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Family toll of cancer on survivors and relatives
California scientist Dr. David Kaplan presented findings from 40 families who lost a child to leukemia, showing high rates of divorce, psychiatric treatment, drinking problems, grief, and parental-child tensions. He urged early recognition by clinicians to support coping, noting most issues arose after diagnosis rather than before.
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