Imaging is central to diagnosing and monitoring solid cancers and scans are a key part of the patient and family journey. Different types of scans such as CT, MRI and PET, have all become commonplace in hospitals throughout the UK and children benefit from the accurate high-quality images they produce.
The clinical lead nurse at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre and Chair of TYAC talks to us about his career, plans and interests.
Dr Annmarie Jeanes, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist at Leeds Children’s Hospital, explains the different types of imaging your child may experience at the time of diagnosis, during treatment and follow-up
Adapting to life after treatment can be difficult, and patients and their families may experience a range of different emotions as a result.
Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham and CCLG member, talks to us about her work
Dr Rob Jobe is a clinical psychologist at Health in Mind, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. He spoke to parents about some of the emotions they experienced during their child’s cancer journey and offers advice on managing such feelings.
Louise Campbell, 30, remembers how her parents tried to maintain some normality during her leukaemia treatment. As an expectant mother, she also explains how she now finds herself looking back on her own childhood with a different perspective.
Catrin Bayliss is a health play specialist at Cardiff and Vale UHB.
Sam Behjati divides his time between clinical work at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge and research at the nearby Wellcome Sanger Institute.
