Sheila Cartwright, one of the first CCLG members and retired paediatric radiation oncologist, reflects on her career, and explains how LinkedIn allows her to keep up with developments in childhood cancer and reconnect with former patients.
Rachel Corbett’s daughter, Suki, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in January 2017, aged four. Rachel writes about spending Christmas in hospital and how the experience has changed how her and her family think of it.
Prof Louis Chesler leads the Paediatric Oncology Experimental Medicine (POEM) Centre at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR). He tells us about some of the exciting digital innovations that have the potential to transform childhood cancer treatment.
Adapting to life after treatment can be difficult, and patients and their families may experience a range of different emotions as a result.
Dr Martin English, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital and CCLG member writes...
Catrin Bayliss is a health play specialist at Cardiff and Vale UHB.
Steph Hall is a senior children’s cancer nurse at Leeds Children’s Hospital (LCH). She tells us what life looked like on a children’s cancer ward before COVID, what it’s looked like during the pandemic, and what it’s looking like now.
Dr Ed Cheeseman, Consultant Paediatric Pathologist and Chair of CCLG’s Biological Studies Steering Group, explains the difference between ‘normal’ cells and cancer cells, how the latter develop, and what they do to the body.
Sarah Mcdonald’s daughter Summer was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2012. She writes on what life looked like for Summer’s sister, Kya, during treatment.
