A Comparative Assessment of Attendance and Nonattendance at Camp Trillium by Children With Cancer and Their Families; Including Their Utilization of Health and Social Services

Children with cancer cannot be randomized not to attend camp. So the results of this study cannot resolve the conundrum--do better-adapted families attend a camp designed to meet the special needs of their children, or does attendance materially improve the health and welfare of families of children with cancer? However, the very proliferation of such camps is indicative of a need being met and greater efforts should be made to promote the camping experience, and to encourage such children and their families to participate.