Children's cancer is double stress for grandparents, says study

A University of Calgary researcher has completed the largest study to date on the experiences of grandparents who have had a grandchild diagnosed with, and treated for, childhood cancer.

Funded by the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta, Nancy Moules and her colleagues from the University of Calgary and the Alberta Children's Hospital intensively examined how grandparents often worry two times more than immediate parents.

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