70% of high school cancer patients took a leave of absence or dropped out due to treatment, according to the first fact-finding survey conducted by the National Cancer Center for families of cancer patients under the age of 18. It was.
He says that the burden of treatment costs is affecting his life and that support needs to be strengthened.
The National Cancer Center conducted a survey of families of patients under the age of 18 who were diagnosed with cancer at 97 medical institutions nationwide from adulthood to last year, and asked about treatment and medical treatment life from more than 1,200 people. I got an answer.
As a result, the average of the questions that evaluated the medical care received on a scale of 10 was 8.4, and the number of respondents who received specialized medical care was as high as 90.4%.
On the other hand, 61.3% of high school patients took leave for treatment, 8.8% dropped out, and their families changed their jobs and work styles to care for patients under the age of 18. The ratio was 65.5%, of which 35.7% were "leave or leave" and 32.8% were "retirement or closure".
In addition, only 39.7% of respondents answered that they had sufficient support to discuss their family's worries and burdens, indicating that the support was not sufficient.
Chitoyo Ogawa, Dean of the Department of Pediatric Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, said, "It is important to strengthen awareness of the system to support school attendance and to support families in addition to medical expenses such as transportation and accommodation expenses. I'm talking.