Magazine articles list

Senior Academic Consultant at University of York, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Leeds Children’s Hospital and CCLG member.

Ross Long was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2013. He tells us about those who supported him and how he plans to write a book to lessen the isolation of other young people diagnosed with cancer.

Toria Pick, Family Support Worker at PASIC explains about her career so far, what her role involves, what her proudest moment is , what her job means to her and how families can find out about accessing a family support worker.

Collaboration, teamwork and partnerships are vital to childhood cancer research. Ellie Wilkinson, CCLG's Research Communications Executive, explains how charities are coming together and researchers are linking up to work towards a better future for children with cancer.

Professor Bruce Morland is a recently retired paediatric oncologist from Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Here, he tells us about his work as a chief investigator on a global clinical trial.

The Children’s Cancer Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) aims to identify gaps in research and ‘unanswered questions’ on children’s cancer by including patients and parents. Susie Aldiss, Prof Faith Gibson and Dr Jess Morgan, of the project team, explain more.

We published our first Research Impact Report this year to celebrate CCLG's progress towards finding a cure for children's cancer. As readers of Contact magazine, we are delighted to share extracts from this report in this 4-page supplement for Contact readers.

Katy Jones' daughter Eden was three years old when she was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2017. She explains some of the things her family considered before deciding on entering into a clinical trial.

Dr Guy Makin, Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Oncology at the University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, talks to us about his work.