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Leading charities Children with Cancer UK and Cancer Research UK will co-fund a major £5.5 million research programme to advance precision medicine for children and young people whose cancer has returned.

We are proud to announce that our Campaign Co-Chair, Dame Kathy August, has been nominated for a prestigious award for her role in setting up Teach Cancer A Lesson! Dame Kathryn August, Co-Chair of Teach Cancer A Lesson, has been nominated for a 2024 Northern Power...

Only 32 per cent of adults felt confident in recognising cancer signs and symptoms in children, teenagers and young adults, according to newly published research.

Funded by Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG), the research assessed public awareness of the risks and symptoms of cancer in children, teenagers and young adults (CTYA) under 18 in Great Britain, as part of the Child Cancer Smart awareness campaign.

The physical demands of caring for children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer, over a lengthy period, exert significant strain on the health and well-being of family caregivers. The capacity of family caregivers to surmount and cope with the various strains they experience due to the diagnosis and treatment trajectory is essential to the quality of life of the child and adolescent who has been diagnosed with cancer. However, the experiences of family caregivers have been under-explored. This study explored the strains, resources, and coping strategies of family caregivers of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer in Ghana.

We are proud to announce that we are today launching our new campaign called Teach Cancer A Lesson. At some point in our lives, most of us will be touched by a cancer diagnosis. Unfortunately, in this country thousands of young people and their families face this...

The founder of Sophie’s Legacy has met with the Secretary of State for health and social care to discuss the childhood cancer mission.