[The psychological counseling in the long-term follow-up in oncology: Review and prospects]

Abstract

The aim of the article is to describe psychological counseling implemented in the context of the study of the long-term follow-up in oncology (SALTO in Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne and in Gustave-Roussy). The authors address the specificity of this consultation, proposed to adults who had childhood cancer, focusing in particular on the observed psychic movements. To conclude, the authors justify the interest of a clinical approach and the necessity of such psychological consultation for these former patients became adults.

Keywords: Cancer pédiatrique; Long-term supervision; Pediatric cancer; Psychopathologie; Psychopathology; Suivi à long terme.