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CCLG Research Talks: Are you Child Cancer Smart?

With Dr Shaarna Shanmugavadivel

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Dr Shaarna Shanmugavadivel explains Child Cancer Smart, our new campaign aiming to improve childhood cancer diagnosis times.

  • Learn more about the top symptoms of childhood cancer
  • Find out how Child Cancer Smart hopes to make a difference

Dr Shaarna Shanmugavadivel

Shaarna is a children's emergency doctor working on a PhD in childhood cancer diagnosis. She worked on the national award-winning HeadSmart campaign, an awareness campaign that aims to speed up brain tumour diagnosis for children in the UK, and now is CCLG's Child Cancer Smart research fellow.

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CCLG Research Talks

This series of webinars explores the world of children and young people's cancer research, aimed at parents, patients, and the general public. Each episode features expert speakers, as well as the opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

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Our research blog covers a huge range of topics relating to cancer in children and young people, with input from clinicians, researchers and young people who have been affected by cancer.