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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2015 Mar-Apr;38(2):155–161. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000146

Table 2.

Child Characteristics Per Parent Self-report

Child Characteristics (N = 67)
	Mean (SD)	Range
Age in years	10.09 (4.40)	1-17
Months since diagnosis	41.78 (37.17)	2-206
		n (%)
Race	White	59 (88.1)
	Other	7 (10.4)
	American Indian/Native American	1 (1.5)
Type of cancer	Solid tumors (e.g., sarcomas, neuroblastoma)	24 (39.3)
	Hematogenous malignancies (e.g., leukemia)	23 (37.7)
	Central nervous sytem tumors (e.g., medulloblastoma)	14 (23.0)
Cancer relapse or recurrence	Yes	26 (40.0)
	No	39 (60.0)
Palliative care or hospice team	No	52 (80.0)
	Yes	13 (20.0)