Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics (n = 3)

Participant number	Gender/Age	Cancer Type	Family Background	School Background
P2	Male / 10 years old	Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) at the age of 10	He came from separated parents whose father was unemployed and lived with another woman while his mother worked in Manila and is remarried. He stayed with his grandparents, who took care of him. His mother paid for his chemotherapy sessions. He excelled in math and was an honor student.	He is in Grade III. Goes to a Town elementary public school. Maintains good grades in Math and Science subjects.
P7	Female / 14 years old	Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)	She was 14 years old when diagnosed with advanced cancer. She had to stop schooling. Very conscious of how her cancer diagnosis had affected her family emotionally and financially. She expressed a lot of guilt that her family, including her siblings, had to stop school and work very hard to finance and support her treatment.	She is in Grade 8 from a private elementary school in their province. Her favorite subjects are English, Language, and Spelling. She is praised by her teachers for her good performance in school before cancer treatment.
P10	Male / 14 years old	Retinoblastoma at the age of 14	He was an errand boy who would buy food for his family using his bike. Also, being an eldest, he realized his younger brother was still very dependent on his parents while he enjoyed the company of his twin brothers.	He is still in Grade 3 on account of failing marks in his report card related to absences from the classroom and school activities due to advanced cancer. He goes to a public school in the city