A fitness enthusiast is set to test his endurance levels to the limit by taking on four ultramarathons in four days over the Easter weekend to raise funds for Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG).
A whistlestop tour of seven of the key rights children have while they are in hospital, including those that are important for children with cancer, and see how these are respected.
Children with cancer who also have learning difficulties and autism often have additional needs when it comes to their care. Jeanette Hawkins, CCLG’s Chief Nurse, tells us more about a project aiming to improve support for this group of patients.
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.
Caroline Brown, Lead Complementary Therapist for Paediatrics, Teenagers and Young Adults at The Royal Marsden Hospital
Dr Alison Finch is a nurse and researcher from University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). She explains how ambulatory care is positively impacting young people’s experiences of treatment and how a CCLG Special Interest Group has been formed to develop this care nationally.
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
