biostudies-literatureBogetz JIntramural NIH HHSNational Cancer InstituteCenter for Clinical and Translational ResearchNational Institutes of HealthSeattle Children&apos;s Research Institute709-719https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8464607biostudies-literatureUnknown62(4)<h4>Context</h4>With advances in treatments that have resulted in children living longer with serious illness, it is essential to understand how parents adapt to changes during the final stages of their child's life or after their child's death.<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the process by which parents adapt to their child's serious illness and death among a group of non-bereaved and bereaved parents of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with advanced cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>Qualitative study exploring the experiences of parents of AYAs who were being treated for recurrent or refractory advanced cancer (nonbereaved parents) or had died from their disease (bereaved parents) at one large academic center. Participants completed demographic surveys and semi-structured interviews to better underJournal of pain and symptom managementStuck Moments and Silver-Linings: The Spectrum of Adaptation Among Non-Bereaved and Bereaved Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer.PMC8464607Z99 CA999999Bogetz JTrowbridge ABarton KSKingsley JRosenberg ARTaylor MWiener LfalseStuck Moments and Silver-Linings: The Spectrum of Adaptation Among Non-Bereaved and Bereaved Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer.<h4>Context</h4>With advances in treatments that have resulted in children living longer with serious illness, it is essential to understand how parents adapt to changes during the final stages of their child's life or after their child's death.<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the process by which parents adapt to their child's serious illness and death among a group of non-bereaved and bereaved parents of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with advanced cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>Qualitative study exploring the experiences of parents of AYAs who were being treated for recurrent or refractory advanced cancer (nonbereaved parents) or had died from their disease (bereaved parents) at one large academic center. Participants completed demographic surveys and semi-structured interviews to better under2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Oct2025-04-04T12:04:57.055Z2025-04-04T12:04:57.055ZS-EPMC84646073377581310.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.03.015