Gareth Veal, Professor of Cancer Pharmacology at the Newcastle University Cancer Centre, leads a team helping doctors to personalise treatments through an innovative process called ‘therapeutic drug monitoring’. Here, he tells us more about his work.
Pritesh Patel, Senior Specialist Pharmacist in Paediatric Cancer at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and CCLG member
Single-cell transcriptomics linked to lineage tracing to interrogate the role of intra-tumour heterogeneity in shaping therapeutic susceptibility and resistance in paediatric cancer
Charley Scott’s daughter was diagnosed with cancer as a two-year-old. She tells us about an accessible new information resource that she and her husband Jon have created to help other children and families, influenced by their own experiences.
Molecular radiotherapy (MRT) is an evolving form of children’s cancer treatment. Dr Mark Gaze, Caroline Elmagrahi and Georgia Azzopardi, of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, tell us more about what it is and what work is being done to develop its usage.
Claire Crowley’s son, James, was diagnosed with leukaemia in November 2014. She describes the challenges of feeding James while on treatment and the nutrition support he received.
Exploring alterations in amino acid metabolism as novel therapeutic targets in paediatric glial tumours using advanced metabolomics methods
Dr Mark Brougham and Dr Raquel Revuelta-Iniesta co-chair the Cancer and Nutrition working group for Children and Young People, part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). They tell us more about the group, the importance of nutrition and what research is happening to improve nutrition for patients.
Sometimes, due to the effects of their cancer and its treatment, children may require extra support to get the nutrition they need. Breeana Gardiner, a specialist paediatric dietitian in haematology/oncology at Great Ormond Street Hospital, explains more.
