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Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2014 Jun 6;24(2):204–211. doi: 10.1002/pon.3589

Table 1.

Standards, Guidelines, and Evidence-Based Consensus Reports on Psychosocial Support: Subjects Addressed

Authors/Developers Title Report Type Assessment/Screening Treatment/Interventions Multidisciplinary Team/
Collaborations
School/ School re-entry Remission Relapse Survivorship Parents/ Marital Issues Siblings Grandparents Cultural Socioeconomic Community Support End –of-life Provider Training
7Arceci, 1996 (ASPH/O) Comprehensive Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Programs: Standard Requirements for Children and
Adolescents with Cancer and Blood Disorders
Standard × × × × ×
8Thaxter et al, 2002 (SIOP) International Society of Paediatric Oncology:
Standards of Care and Training
Standard × × × × × × × × × ×
9 Institute of Medicine, 2008 Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting
Psychosocial Health Needs
Standard × × ×
10 Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, 2010 Standards of Psychosocial Health Services for
Persons with Cancer and their Families
Standard × × × × × ×
11Kowalczyk et al, 2013
(SIOPE)
Towards Reducing Inequalities: European Standards
of Care for Children with Cancer
Standard × × × × × × × × ×
12 Chesler et al, 1993 Principles of Psychological Programming for
Children with Cancer
Guideline × × × × × × ×
13Masera et al, 1993
(SIOP)
SIOP Working Committee on Psychosocial Issues in
Pediatric Oncology
Guideline × × × × × × × × ×
14Masera et al, 1995
(SIOP)
SIOP Working Committee on Psychosocial Issues in
Pediatric Oncology: Guidelines for
School/Education
Guideline × × ×
15Lauria et al, 1996 (ACS) Psychosocial Protocol for Childhood Cancer Guideline × × × × × × × × × × ×
16Masera et al, 1996
(SIOP)
SIOP Working Committee on Psychosocial Issues in
Pediatric Oncology: Guidelines for Care of Long-
term Survivors
Guideline × × × ×
17 American Academy of Pediatrics, 1997 Guidelines for the Pediatric Cancer Center and Role
of Such Centers in Diagnosis and Treatment
Guideline × × × ×
18Masera et al, 1997
(SIOP)
SIOP Working Committee on Psychosocial Issues in
Pediatric Oncology: Guidelines for Communication
of the Diagnosis
Guideline × × × ×
19Masera et al, 1998
(SIOP)
Guidelines for a Therapeutic Alliance Between
Families and Staff : A Report of the SIOP Working
Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric
Oncology
Guideline × × × × × × ×
20Masera et al, 1999
(SIOP)
Guidelines for Assistance to Terminally Ill Children
with Cancer: A Report of the SIOP Working
Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric
Oncology
Guideline × × × × × ×
21Spinetta et al, 1999
(SIOP)
Guidelines for Assistance to Siblings of Children
with Cancer: Report of the SIOP Working
Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric
Oncology
Guideline × × × × × ×
22Kusch et al, 2000
(University of Bonn)
Structuring Psychosocial Care in Pediatric Oncology Guideline × × ×
23Spinetta et al, 2000
(SIOP)
Guidelines for the Recognition, Prevention, and
Remediation of Burnout in Health Care
Professionals Participating in the Care of Children
with Cancer: Report of the SIOP Working
Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric
Oncology
Guideline × ×
24Spinetta et al, 2002
(SIOP)
Refusal, Non-Compliance, and Abandonment of
Treatment in Children and Adolescents with Cancer:
A Report of the SIOP Working Committee on
Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric Oncology
Guideline × × × × × ×
25 Children’s Oncology Group, 2004 Supportive Care of Children with Cancer: Current
Therapy and Guidelines from the Children’s
Oncology Group
Guideline × × ×
26 Children’s Oncology Group, 2008 Long Term Follow-Up Guidelines for Survivors of
Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancers
Guideline × × ×
27 Pearce, 2009 Policy and Practice in Teenage and Young Adult
Cancer Care in England: Looking to the Future
Guideline × × ×
28van de Wetering et al, 2011
(Emma Children’s
Hospital)
Supportive Care of Children with Cancer Guideline × ×
29Coccia et al, 2012
(NCCN, LIVESTRONG)
Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Clinical
Practice Guidelines
Guideline × × × × × × ×
30 Duff et al, 2012 Management of Distressing procedures in children
and young people: time to adhere to the guidelines
Guideline × ×
31 Edwards, 1998 Access to Quality Cancer Care: Consensus
Statement of the American Federation of Clinical
Oncologic Societies
Consensus × × × × × ×
32Clarke et al, 2004
(University of York)
Care and Support Needs of Children
and Young People with Cancer and
Leukaemia and Their Families
Consensus × × × × ×
33Zebrack et al, 2010
(LIVESTRONG)
Quality Cancer Care for Adolescents and Young
Adults: A Position Statement
Consensus × ×