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Bone marrow/stem cell transplants

These treatments are used for leukaemia but can be used for other cancers as well. A stem cell transplant (sometimes called a bone marrow transplant) allows your child to have much higher doses of chemotherapy than usual. This can improve the chance of curing their cancer but has more side effects.

Grandparents

To be told that your grandchild has cancer comes as a terrible shock. Most grandparents worry not only about the sick child, but also about how their own son/daughter will cope.

Brothers and sisters

The brothers and sisters of a child with cancer may have many or all of the same feelings and emotions that parents have.