In this section, we suggest how you can start preparing and talking to your ill child about what is happening to them. It is difficult to decide how much you tell your child and when. We offer some ideas and words that have been used by other people.
Dr Jon Elkins and Dr Anna Rose at the University of Oxford hope to develop a new drug which will affect vital ALT-positive cancer cell processes.
We talk to Professor Vikki Rand about how technology has given new insights into lymphoma, which are now being translated into clinical trials.
CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association has supported The Little Princess Trust (LPT) in funding five innovative new research projects.
The human body relies on blood to perform many functions for it to operate as it should do. But cancer and its treatments can affect the blood in many ways. In this edition of Contact, we find out how cancer and its treatment may affect a person's blood and how doctors tackle this.
Kelly Herriott’s daughter, Evie, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2020 when she was 21 months old. Here, Kelly explains how Evie’s treatment affected her blood, offers advice to others facing a childhood cancer diagnosis, and tells us what life looks like for their family now.
Two years ago, Wilf’s biggest dream was survival.
Charlotte Smith’s daughter, Betsy, was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2023. Here, Charlotte explains what helped her and her family during Betsy’s treatment, the support she received, and how hope came from an unlikely source.
Blood is vital for the body to function properly. Dr Emmy Dickens, a consultant paediatric haematologist at Addenbrookes Hospital, explains what blood is and why it’s important.
Craig Baillie is a stem cell transplant clinical nurse specialist at Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. Here, he explains what a stem cell transplant is, the different types, and the process of receiving one.
