Talking to kids about the dreaded "c" word

A PARENT'S cancer diagnosis can cause emotion distress in young people years after treatment, highlight the need for ongoing conversations: report

CLAUDIA Bonifer was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, but she remembers the day she told her daughter as clearly as if it was yesterday.

"WHEN I knew I had to go into surgery, that's when I told her," said the Sydney mum, who is now free of breast and ovarian cancer.