UK childhood cancer experts come together for CCLG Annual Conference
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) hosts its Annual Conference next week (April 22-23), bringing together experts from across the childhood cancer community.
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Charities come together for Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month this April
This April marks the second Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity for charities and the young people we support to come together and raise awareness of the unique challenges facing this age group when faced with the three words that change their lives: “you have cancer".
Types of cancer in children
Understanding more about the cancer your child has and the treatments that may be used can often help parents to cope.
Ed prepares for huge four in four fundraising for CCLG
A fitness enthusiast is set to test his endurance levels to the limit by taking on four ultramarathons in four days over the Easter weekend to raise funds for Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG).
The Little Princess Trust has funded exciting new projects through CCLG
The Little Princess Trust (LPT) has announced 10 new research projects that will improve outcomes for children with cancer, awarded in partnership with Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG).
Revised career and education framework launched for long-term follow-up nurses
An important resource designed to support nurses who work in the field of long-term follow-up and late effects for children and young people after cancer has been updated and expanded.
Fitness friends tackle endurance challenge in memory of George
A team of fitness enthusiasts are preparing to take on an endurance-testing challenge to raise funds for a Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) Special Named Fund.
New research into rare and unusual cancer funded, thanks to CCLG Special Named Funds
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) is proud to announce its first research project into Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a rare type of cancer that affects just 50 children per year in the UK.
Accessible new learning resource launched for multiprofessionals in early career stage
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) and Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer (TYAC) have released the first in a series of eLearning units to aid the development of multiprofessionals in the early years of a career in children or teenage and young adult cancer services.
Pioneering research sheds light on immune cells in childhood brain tumours
Childhood cancer researchers looking at the composition of a childhood brain tumour called ependymoma have made a key breakthrough in the way this disease is understood. For years, treatments for ependymoma have seen limited progress, with no major breakthroughs on the horizon for these young...