What does this research mean for the field?

Parents and providers differ in their perspectives on pediatric cancer psychosocial standards of care, with parents focusing on the immediate consequences of unmet needs and providers emphasizing broader, long-term medical and psychosocial outcomes. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To determine how parents and oncology providers prioritize evidence-based psychosocial, financial, and neurocognitive monitoring standards of care in pediatric oncology.

September 2, 2026Pediatric Blood & CancerOpen Access

Provider and Parent Perspectives on Prioritizing the “Asking and Monitoring” Pediatric Cancer Psychosocial Standards of Care

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JTJulia TagerUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst MKM.S. Natalie Koskela-StaplesUniversity of Florida Health EPEmily M. PariseauBoston University

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Delphi consensus study reveals differing parent and provider priorities for psychosocial standards in pediatric oncology, highlighting the need for structured routine monitoring.

Key Points

To determine how parents and oncology providers prioritize evidence-based psychosocial, financial, and neurocognitive monitoring standards of care in pediatric oncology.
Conducted a mixed-methods study utilizing a two-round Delphi consensus technique combined with optional qualitative free-text responses.
Surveyed a cohort of 129 parents and 62 pediatric oncology providers (medical and psychosocial) and analyzed responses using an iterative qualitative approach.
Parents prioritized immediate hardships when psychosocial and financial needs assessments are neglected, whereas providers emphasized downstream impacts on broader health and psychosocial outcomes.
Providers supported neurocognitive monitoring because they perceived families prioritize it, while parents reported experiencing inadequate clinical understanding and attention toward neurocognitive deficits.

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Tager et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e29ec562ede874ec6cea https://doi.org/10.1002/1545-5017.70634

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Delphi consensus study reveals differing parent and provider priorities for psychosocial standards in pediatric oncology, highlighting the need for structured routine monitoring.

Provider and Parent Perspectives on Prioritizing the “Asking and Monitoring” Pediatric Cancer Psychosocial Standards of Care

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Provider and Parent Perspectives on Prioritizing the “Asking and Monitoring” Pediatric Cancer Psychosocial Standards of Care

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