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This issue showcases many examples of how patients and families have empowered themselves to help them face the challenges of cancer.

This issue explores the range of different relationships that families face when their child is diagnosed with cancer. Patients and families begin an unfamiliar journey of trying to navigate existing relationships as well as forging new ones, such as when meeting other families on the ward and hospital staff. Each relationship comes with different expectations, benefits and challenges, but the importance of human connection in times of struggle is still the same.

In this issue of Contact magazine, all about education, we hear from parents, patients, professionals and teachers about their experiences of education, school and childhood cancer.

Innovation has stayed at the heart of our childhood cancer community and this issue showcases the many areas where it has transformed treatment, care and support for young patients throughout their cancer experience.

In this issue, we learn more about how children are supported with their food and nutrient intake to make sure they stay as healthy as possible throughout their cancer experience and beyond.

We are celebrating 100 issues of Contact in this edition! To mark this amazing milestone, this issue is dedicated to the incredible progress made in treating and caring for children with cancer.

This issue delves into the latest thinking behind exercise therapy and gives valuable advice and tips from experts on how to encourage activity at the hospital, school and home.

This Contact issue explores the implications and challenges of treating less common and rare cancers in children. It's an area where medical and scientific collaboration and knowledge-sharing, both nationally and internationally, play a key part in finding answers on the best way to treat patients.

A true community is about feeling connected and responsible for what happens and bringing comfort and kindness during difficult times. Friends, neighbours, work colleagues, hospital staff and other families facing the same diagnosis are all types of communities that can give help and support. Wider medical and scientific communities also exist where professionals work together, both nationally and internationally, to drive positive change for all children with cancer. Communities are all around us - we just need to reach out and ask for help.

Doctors and scientists are always looking to improve treatments, and one way of doing this is through clinical studies. Taking part in a clinical trial is a key part of treatment for many children with cancer. In this issue, we have lots of helpful information on what clinical studies are, how they work and who is involved. We also hear from families who share their experiences of taking part in clinical studies.