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.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped scientists propose a promising new drug combination for DIPG brain tumours. Prof Chris Jones, Director of the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), and Dr Fernando Carceller, Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Consultant at The Royal Marsden Hospital, tell us more.
Michelle Eldred’s daughter, Amelia, was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2017 on her seventh birthday. Here, Michelle tells us about a pioneering procedure which helped Amelia remain active after a leg amputation.
Caroline Brown, Lead Complementary Therapist for Paediatrics, Teenagers and Young Adults at The Royal Marsden Hospital
Dr Alison Finch is a nurse and researcher from University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). She explains how ambulatory care is positively impacting young people’s experiences of treatment and how a CCLG Special Interest Group has been formed to develop this care nationally.
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
The Little Princess Trust (LPT) has announced 10 new research projects that will improve outcomes for children with cancer, awarded in partnership with Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG).
In the UK and Ireland, over 100 childhood cancer researchers have been funded through CCLG. But what are they working on? Let's take a trip to the University of Oxford to find out...
