The family and friends of an 18-year-old girl who died of a rare and aggressive blood cancer are hoping to make history by becoming the largest group to visit all 272 London Underground stations in a single day.
In 2016, one family funded an entire leukaemia research project - turning their experience of childhood cancer into positive action in their son's memory.
Did you know that CCLG is the professional body for all healthcare professionals and researchers working in young people’s cancer services across the UK and Ireland?
We talk to Professor Vikki Rand about how technology has given new insights into lymphoma, which are now being translated into clinical trials.
Hear from Professor Suzanne Turner about her research and how families are at its heart.
Targeting treatments to cancer cells is a key goal of childhood cancer research. After all, why wouldn’t you want your treatment to only harm the thing you want to fight?
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.
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.
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.
