Efficacy of a support intervention designed to improve parents' communication with children dealing with parental cancer: a randomized pilot trial.

Objective: Cancer-related communication is critical for parents' and children's adaptation to the disease. This randomized pilot study was conducted to test the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a 4-session intervention designed to improve parents' communication.

Methods: A 4-session intervention was developed to aid parents to support their children through more open/adapted communication.

How to support parenting in patients with cancer and co-parents? From research to practice.

Purpose Of Review: When a parent is diagnosed with cancer, the entire family is impacted. Patients with cancer and co-parents may no longer feel able to fulfill their parenting roles. The aims of this article are to describe interventions designed to support parenting in the oncological context and to make suggestions for the development and assessment of such interventions.