Resumen

MARQUES, Ana Paula Felippe de Souza. Cancer and stress: a study on children in chemotherapy treatment. Psicol. hosp. (São Paulo) [online]. 2004, vol.2, n.2. ISSN 2175-3547.

This paper is the result of a fild and theoretical research, performed at Ofir Loyola Hospital in Belém (Pa), wich the main objective was to compreehend better the relation of  infant cancer and stress, considering  the hard exigence treatment influences in aggravated of stress symptomatology and what its repercussion in the biopsychosocials child  life.  This article describes the research wich was developed and discuss about the theme reported,  contributing  to criate ways that allow  children who suffer this disease a listening  space for them to resignify their experiences and feelings.

Palabras clave : Cancer; Stress; Infant treatment.