Gaming Preferences of Children and Young Adolescents with Cancer

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Leukaemia

“an acute or chronic disease in humans and other warm-blooded animals characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues and often in the blood”

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leukemia

Stem Cell Transplantation ( = Bone Marrow Transplantation)

Procedure, that infuses healthy (stem) cells into a patient‘s body, to replace damaged / diseased ones.

Aftercare

Patients

• 198 children were asked

• little differences between healthy and sick children

• preference for adventure and exploration in games

• preference for animal and fantasy characters

• boys like fighting, girls don’t

Survey

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