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Childhood cancer accounts for less than 2% of all cancers diagnosed each year. About 12-14,000 children will be diagnosed in a given year with any type of cancer. Over the past fifty years, treatments and cure rates have improved from 10-20% five-year survival rates to between 80-85% five-year survival rates. Psychosocial support of children with cancer and their families has grown and has been more fully integrated into paediatric care over the past five decades. Psychosocial oncology, a relatively new discipline, is a multidisciplinary application of the behavioural and social sciences, and paediatric psychosocial oncology is an emerging subspecialty within the domain of psychosocial oncology. This review presents a brief overview of some of the major clinical issues surrounding paediatric psychosocial oncology. Children's cancers are not always treated like adult cancers. It's important to know that this expertise exists and that there are effective treatments for many childhood cancers. Adjusting to a child's cancer diagnosis and finding ways to stay strong is challenging for everyone in a family.