How Did Adolescents With Cancer Experience the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Report From Italian Pediatric Hematology Oncology Association Centers.

Adolescents with cancer seem to have coped well with the pandemic: although they were very afraid of the virus for themselves and their families, and had to limit their social contact, they did comply with the restrictions. Their experience of cancer probably also had a positive effect in cultivating adolescents who are more responsible and resilient in emergency situations such as the pandemic.