Advances in Pediatric and Adolescent Psycho-Oncology

Dear Colleagues,

Psychosocial care is critical to supporting the adjustment, coping, and quality of life of children and families from the time of diagnosis, throughout treatment, and into survivorship or through end-of-life and bereavement. Now a standard of care in pediatric oncology, psychosocial support is considered essential for all children and families. Interprofessional team members collaborate on assessment, intervention, education, and research to advance the science and practice of pediatric psycho-oncology.

This Special Issue in Cancers will highlight “Advances in Pediatric and Adolescent Psycho-Oncology,” including but not limited to studies focusing on social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of childhood cancer; quality of life during active treatment, transition off treatment, or during survivorship; palliative care, end of life, and bereavement; and psychosocial interventions for patients and families (e.g., caregivers, siblings).  We welcome quantitative and qualitative methods, and systematic or scoping reviews. Manuscripts that elevate the patient and family voice are strongly encouraged, as is interprofessional authorship.

Dr. Lori Wiener
Dr. Amanda L. Thompson
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Cancers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• childhood cancer
• adolescents
• young adult
• psychosocial care
• emotional outcomes
• survivorship
• palliative care
• bereavement