ABSTRACT
Children with cancer are a relatively small group within a typical pediatric-imaging department. However they place the greatest demand on staff and services. This is because they are often very ill and have enormous anxieties concerning all medical interactions, not least radiological. Understandably, the parents are also likely to be under considerable stress and expect urgent, immediate, safe radiological investigation with rapid, correct diagnosis. The radiologist needs to be particularly sensitive to these needs, giving objective, decisive, and diagnostically accurate reports. Close rapport with the oncologist is required, not least because he will be under considerable pressure from the parents to expedite treatment.
