Quality of life in pediatric oncological disease: Integrative literature review

Abstract

With the progressive technological development, that we can observe all over the world, and with the increasing rates of paediatric cancer patient survivals, there are every day more “cured” children, but those sequels whom remained will interfere in these children’s quality of life and others [1]. It’s becoming important to evaluate these paediatric cancer patients in order to evaluate the results of the treatments in their perspective, giving nursing a prestige and preponderant roll in the treatments clinical evaluation, on children’s health surveillance and monitoring, in order to increase health gains [2]. The aim of this study is to identify the paediatric cancer patients and their families needed nursing cares in order to increase their quality of life.