Dr Rachel Cox, is a consultant paediatric oncologist and Chair of CCLG’s Late Effects Group. She tells us what late effects are, and how the work of the group is helping to improve the quality of life for survivors of childhood cancer.
ALLTogether-1 is an international clinical trial looking at improving treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Dr John Moppett, who oversees the trial in the UK, explains more.
Our research projects cover the whole cancer journey from learning about how cancer cells grow to improving everyday life for patients and survivors.
Gayle Routledge, mum to Lewis who sadly died of cancer aged two in 2010 and founder of bereavement charity A Child of Mine, tells us how his memory inspires all that she does now.
Nicky Webb, Clinical Nurse Specialist for the long-term follow-up of survivors of childhood cancer and joint Chair of the Children’s After Cure Nurses UK Group.
Dr Catherine Pointer was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2006, aged 14. She tells us how her experiences inspired her to become a cancer researcher, working alongside one of the doctors who treated her.
Cara Smith was diagnosed with a brain tumour as a toddler. Here, she tells us how the past is helping shape her future.
Lee Brennan, 48, found fame as the singer of '911' in the late 1990s. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma as a 9-year-old, before relapsing aged 15, and he tells us how his cancer experience has influenced a new vocation.
Jack Hamilton was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2010, aged seven. Now at university studying medicine, he explains how he hopes to fulfil his dream of becoming an oncologist.
