A recent public survey undertaken by Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) has found that nearly 60% of childhood cancer survivors are faced with a range of health challenges, with the biggest impact on emotional and mental health.
We are delighted to welcome our new TYAC Chair Liz Purnell, Lead Nurse for Teenagers & Young Adults with Cancer for South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, and North Derbyshire, and Executive member Hanna Simpson, Lead Nurse for Teenagers & Young Adults with Cancer, Ambulatory Care and Withington Unit at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) is deeply saddened to hear one of its founder members and pioneers in paediatric oncology, Professor Jillian Mann, MBE, has passed away, aged 84.
The launch of the final report of the Children’s Cancer Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) was marked recently with a special event in London (28 June).
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) is delighted to announce two new research projects that will help further understanding of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
Two men have raised almost £3,000 for Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) by cycling the entire length of Great Britain in just five days.
Gemma Hebbron scaled the UK’s tallest sculpture, the 80 metre-high ArcelorMittal Orbit in London, for Thomas Fight TALL, a Special Named Fund at Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) that raises money for research into childhood leukaemias.
Matt Redwood, from Wiveliscombe, took on the first of an endurance-testing trilogy in Luxembourg last month in support of Jack’s Journey, which raises money for research into Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a rare cancer that affects around 50 children a year in the UK.
NHS England has this week published new ‘service specifications’ for teenage and young adult cancer services in England. These documents outline the standards that are expected in teenage and young adult cancer services, including in Principal Treatment Centres and Designated Hospitals.
