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What are the top priorities for childhood cancer research?

Researchers used to just work on things that they thought were important to learn more about. Now, parents and patients are getting more involved and shaping research priorities...

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What is quality of life and how can childhood cancer doctors measure it?

One of the most interesting things about quality of life is that it is different for everyone. It depends on your values, culture, and expectations. So, how can we learn what matters to children?

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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?

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Are young people with cancer different from other cancer patients?

Welcome to a special edition of Research Roundup in honour of the first ever Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month!

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What are the six main types of childhood cancer research?

When you start looking at childhood cancer research, there is medical jargon to understand and lots of different terms for projects. Here's a run down of what they mean...

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What's it like being a woman in science? With Professor Chris Halsey

February 11th is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which celebrates the scientific achievements of women and encourages all children to consider a future in science.

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Closing the care gap: Why worldwide childhood cancer care needs improving

On Saturday 4 February, it is World Cancer Day. The theme for this year is ‘Close the care gap’. We take a look at what needs to be done to help children with cancer globally.

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Could one of the most aggressive cancers in children be caused by one gene?

We know that cancer happens when the working of cells ‘goes wrong’ – and that this is normally due to multiple changes in the cell’s genetic code. But not all cancers have multiple changes...

What happened in 2022? Our cancer research highlights

Before 2022 fades into distant memory, we wanted to take a moment to look back at everything CCLG achieved this year for childhood cancer research. Let’s take a look!

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My life as a childhood cancer researcher' with Dr Maria Niklison Chirou

Have you wondered how a researcher spends their time, or the highs and lows that come with working on children's cancer? We spoke to Maria about her work...