Childhood cancer strikes “a terrible blow that afflicts, without exception, all the members of the family, ” says the book À margem do leito ​ — A mãe e o câncer infantil (At the Bedside — ​ The Mother and Child Cancer).
Ja bērns saslimst ar vēzi, tas ir ” smags trieciens pilnīgi visiem ģimenes locekļiem ”, atzīts grāmatā À margem do leito — A mãe e o câncer infantil (Pie slimības gultas. Māte un bērna vēzis).