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Article History

Received: 8 May 2025

Revised: 22 May 2025

Accepted: 22 June 2025

First Online: 25 July 2025

Declarations

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: The research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and Belmont Report.

: For the conduct of the research in the hospitals, after the application in the scientific committees of the four pediatric oncology hospitals (“Hippocration” General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Children’s and Adolescent’s Hematology-Oncology Unit of 2nd Paediatric Clinic of A.U.Th. in the AHEPA General University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou"Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology of “Agia Sophia” Children’s Hospital) responsible for issues of medical ethics and research ethics, permissions were given by the committees. Approval decisions were signed by hospital directors.

: On the first page of the questionnaire, there was the information about the consent of the participant. In particular, it was very clearly stated that the questionnaire is part of an empirical research in the context of a PhD thesis in the Department of Ethics and Sociology of the School of Theology in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Furthermore, it was stated that this scientific research focuses on the study and understanding of the problems created with the onset of the disease in childhood and that focuses in cases of children with malignant neoplasia, with questions about the psychological, social and spiritual problems of parents with children with cancer. Finally, it was clearly written that the questionnaire is anonymous and those who do not want may not participate.

: The authors declare no competing interests.