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Cancer stories

Darcey's story

Darcey was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in November 2022 when she was just 17 months old. Her mum, Sophie, shares her story.

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Samuel's story

Life was turned upside down for us and Samuel’s two brothers when we were told he had a brain tumour. The tumour was removed in a long operation, but a few days later, we were given the devastating news that it was cancer. Soon after, we found out that it had spread and that there was another spot of disease elsewhere in his brain, making his condition high-risk of relapse after treatment, rather than the standard risk we were originally told.

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Cancer stories

Philippa's story

Philippa was just two years old when she was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a cancer-like disease. Her mum, Claire, shares her story.

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Scarlett-Anne's story

Scarlett-Anne was diagnosed with nephroblastoma, also known as Wilms tumour, at the age of four. Her mother, Abby, shares her story.

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Niamh's story

Niamh was six years old when she was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2020. Her mum, Victoria, shares her story.

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Yami's story

Yami Moloteni was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in July 2021, when aged 18. She tells us about her cancer diagnosis and treatment and its impact on her, and offers advice to both professionals and other young cancer patients to help empower young people around healthcare.

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Richard's story

Richard Storry was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in November 2010, aged 17. Here he talks about how this impacted him, some of the specific challenges a TYA cancer patient faces and offers advice to others.

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Morven's story

Dr Morven Brown is a health psychologist and childhood cancer researcher at Newcastle University. Here, she tells us about being diagnosed with cancer as a 23-year-old, and how her own experiences have influenced her work and interests.