Seeing Cancer Through a Sibling’s Eyes: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Them

Perceptions of the impact of cancer on the family often come from the parental perspective. However, recent research revealed worse agreement in parent—sibling pairs, regarding social and emotional health-related quality of life compared with parent–cancer survivor pairs. Such findings remind us that each member of a family will assess the impact of the illness differently and care must be taken to help the siblings heal from the cancer experience as well.