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In 2016, one family funded an entire leukaemia research project - turning their experience of childhood cancer into positive action in their son's memory.

After Anna's oldest daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia, she decided to get involved with the Childhood Cancer Priority Setting Partnership. Together with childhood cancer professionals, survivors, and patients, she helped identify the research questions that matter most to children, young people and families.

Trials test everything from medicines to surgeries and changes to the standard of care. They are the culmination of years of research and can only happen when there is already a great deal of evidence. But how do they actually work?

Did you know that CCLG is the professional body for all healthcare professionals and researchers working in young people’s cancer services across the UK and Ireland?

While almost all children diagnosed with retinoblastoma survive, there is still an urgent need for safer and more effective treatments that can save lives and eyesight.

Teenagers and young adults with cancer know what they need - faster diagnosis, age-specific support, better treatments - but their voices often go unheard. We want to change that.

Bone marrow transplants put a huge strain on a child's body. But what if there was a way to prepare patients and improve recovery?

New cancer treatments take a long time and a lot of money to develop. So, what if we could use existing drugs from other conditions to kill cancer cells?

How would you describe someone who has two or three degrees and up to 10 years working in research? I’m willing to bet you wouldn’t consider them ‘early’ in their career...