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adolescent; U.S. Gov't; PedPal Lit; Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support; psychology Questionnaires Research Support; Adolescent Psychology Cancer Care Facilities Child; Child Psychology Female Humans Interviews Male Neoplasms/physiopathology/; methods Quality of Life/; P.H.S. Self Assessment (Psychology); psychology/therapy Pediatrics Pilot Projects Psychometrics/instrumentation/; Sickness Impact Profile Tennessee; the domain most frequently missing was the meaning of being ill domain. Here we present a new definition of the quality of life of pediatric oncology patients that is based on six domains; this definition may ensure the completeness and sensitivity of these important instruments.