Goreti Marques, Cintesis researcher and member of the Santa Maria Health School, in Porto, was one of the specialist heard by the Notícias Magazine in the framework of a news report childhood cancer.
The CINTESIS researcher advanced some conclusions of the paper “O impacto da doença oncológica nos irmãos saudáveis” (The impact of oncological disease on healthy siblings), of which she is a coauthor, stressing that “decreased school performance, suffering from separation during long periods of hospitalization, psychosocial maladjustment, somatic symptoms, feelings of rejection, isolation, jealousy, worry, anxiety, sadness and uncertainty” are some of the consequences of this experience.
The full news report can be read here.