Telling the Truth…With Kindness: Retrospective Evaluation of 12 Years of Activity of a Support Group for Children and Their Parents With Cancer.

Background: Cancer in a parent can have harmful effects on a child's ability to cope with the situation, in particular if communication about the disease is limited.

Objective: The aim was to evaluate whether the parent-child group run by a psychoanalyst and a doctor at the hospital helps facilitate communication about the disease with a child and helps to sooth the child and his/her symptoms.

Methods: This qualitative retrospective study conducted among 61 families (71 adults, 19 children) using semidirected interviews made it possible to identify the expectations and benefits perceived by the parents and children.

Roles of the urologist and nurse from the perspective of patients with prostate cancer receiving luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue therapy.

Objectives: To establish the roles of the urologist, general practitioner (GP) and nurse from the perspective of the patient with prostate cancer receiving hormone therapy, and to assess patient satisfaction, in particular with management and information needs.

Patients And Methods: Patients with prostate cancer receiving luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue (LHRH-a) therapy were recruited by a representative sample of 58 French urologists (March to April 2007) and invited to complete a 42-item questionnaire.

Results: In all, 350 representative patients participated in the study; >90% were totally or quite satisfied with the information given by their urologist at diagnosis and the start of treatment.