Gareth Veal, Professor of Cancer Pharmacology at the Newcastle University Cancer Centre, leads a team helping doctors to personalise treatments through an innovative process called ‘therapeutic drug monitoring’. Here, he tells us more about his work.
Pritesh Patel, Senior Specialist Pharmacist in Paediatric Cancer at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and CCLG member
Charley Scott’s daughter was diagnosed with cancer as a two-year-old. She tells us about an accessible new information resource that she and her husband Jon have created to help other children and families, influenced by their own experiences.
New and innovative cancer treatments go through many steps to make their way from ‘bench to bedside’. Professor Pamela Kearns, Dr Sarah Al-Jilaihawi and Dr Jessica Douglas-Pugh from the University of Birmingham’s Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU) explain more about this process.
Exploring alterations in amino acid metabolism as novel therapeutic targets in paediatric glial tumours using advanced metabolomics methods
60 seconds with Laura Sealy, Specialist Paediatric Dietitian at Bristol Children’s Hospital
Louise Henry, Advanced Dietetic Practitioner (Paediatrics and TYA) at The Royal Marsden Hospital, gives an overview on nutrition while a child is receiving cancer treatment, including its challenges and tips to support families.
Breastfeeding during treatment can have lots of benefits for infants with cancer. Karen Jepson, Advanced Paediatric Dietitian at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, explains more about the positive impact it can have.
Claire Crowley’s son, James, was diagnosed with leukaemia in November 2014. She describes the challenges of feeding James while on treatment and the nutrition support he received.
