Research Focus: How can we help childhood cancer survivors get active?
Promoting physical activity in childhood cancer survivors: Using qualitative and co-design methods to inform the development of an evidence-based intervention.
Physical activity: What to consider and what is happening to support children with cancer
Debbi Rowley (left) and Lucy Waller (right) are physiotherapists at Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital, respectively. Here, they offer advice on things to consider before starting physical activity and tell us about some of the initiatives happening across the UK to help children with cancer move more.
Man’s mega marathon challenge for LCH research
Matt Redwood, from Wiveliscombe, took on the first of an endurance-testing trilogy in Luxembourg last month in support of Jack’s Journey, which raises money for research into Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a rare cancer that affects around 50 children a year in the UK.
Mum conquers fears with dizzying descent for leukaemia research
Gemma Hebbron scaled the UK’s tallest sculpture, the 80 metre-high ArcelorMittal Orbit in London, for Thomas Fight TALL, a Special Named Fund at Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) that raises money for research into childhood leukaemias.
What are genetic errors in childhood cancer and where did they come from?
Cancer is caused by something going wrong in a cell’s genetic code. However, it’s not always clear where these errors come from - were they inherited or are they new?
NHS England publishes new standards for teenage and young adult cancer services
NHS England has this week published new ‘service specifications’ for teenage and young adult cancer services in England. These documents outline the standards that are expected in teenage and young adult cancer services, including in Principal Treatment Centres and Designated Hospitals.
Families fund research that will improve treatment for rare leukaemia variant
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) is proud to announce a new research project which aims to improve treatment for children with a rare variant of leukaemia.
What are healthy cells doing in childhood brain tumours?
Our bodies are made up of lots of types of cells - and so are brain tumours. But what are the healthy cells doing inside tumours, and how could this impact cancer survival?
Family’s fundraising hits £200,000 in memory of kind-hearted Ruby
A family’s fundraising for research into children’s blood cancer in memory of their teenage daughter has passed £200,000.