<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>CHILDREN with CANCER News </title><link>http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk</link><description></description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[ Childhood Cancer 2012 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/childhoodcancer2012 ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/childhoodcancer2012 ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage" title="Tables of delegates and speakers at Childhood Cancer 2012" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=9b151bef-e8b7-4c1a-86d5-1c10ceeda701&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Tables of delegates and speakers at Childhood Cancer 2012" />This April, over 150 participants joined us in London for Childhood Cancer 2012, our international scientific conference on the causes of childhood cancer.</strong><br /><br />Quite incredible progress has been made in the treatment of childhood cancer in recent decades. <br /><br />However, it is a sobering thought that, despite these advances in treatment and the great advances in understanding the biology of childhood cancer, children are more likely to develop cancer today than at any time in the past.<br /><br />We need to know why.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Shaping a research agenda for the future</span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" title="Delegate reading conference progr... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:57:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Make a donation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/donate-news ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/donate-news ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><strong>There are many ways you can help children with cancer. Please donate today to save more young lives.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Online:</strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href="/help">Visit our donation page</a>&nbsp;to make a donation online today<strong><br /><br /><strong>By phone:&nbsp;</strong></strong>To donate &pound;5 or more, please call our Freephone donation hotline on 0800 077 6600<strong><br /><br /><strong>By text:&nbsp;</strong></strong>To donate &pound;1, &pound;5 or &pound;10, simply text CCUK001, CCUK005 or CCUK0010 to 70070*<strong><br /><br /><strong>More ways to get involved:&nbsp;</strong></strong><a title="Give as you live app" href="/gayl">Give as you Live</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="/run">Run with us&nbsp;</a>|&nbsp;<a title="Challenges" href="/challenges">Join a challenge</a><strong><br /></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="post_h2" style="color: #ff0000;">Who you are helping</span... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:46:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Free shopping app ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/gayl ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/gayl ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b680e3e6-c8dd-49d9-b61b-1aedcb5d3a2c&amp;w=125&amp;h=117&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><strong>Give as you Live&trade; (GAYL) is a free shopping app that raises funds for us every time you shop online.</strong><br /><br />Whether you're buying furniture, flowers or even your next holiday, a percentage of the purchase price will come straight to us.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.giveasyoulive.com/" target="_blank"><span class="arrow_link">Down</span>load the free Give as you Live app</a><br /><br /><strong class="post_h3">Give as you live:</strong><br /><br /> 
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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.giveasyoulive.com/js/shareweb.... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:48:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Virgin London Marathon 2013 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/home-news3 ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/home-news3 ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=1703ed0f-c9ef-4720-9edb-0e3555de7def&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></strong><strong>The Virgin London Marathon 2013 organiser's ballot is now closed</strong>.<br /><strong><br />However, we are taking enquiries</strong> so please <a href="http://www.runleukaemia.org/index.php?page=join_the_team" target="_blank">complete our form</a> to let us know you are interested in joining our running team!<br /><br />If you're unsuccessful when the ballot results are announced in September, or you didn't manage to apply, then we'd be delighted to consider you for one of our <a href="http://www.runleukaemia.org/index.php?page=join_the_team" target="_blank">charity places</a>.<strong><br /><br /></strong><a class="arrow_link" title="Join our team" href="http://www.runleukaemia.org/index.php?page=join_the_team" target="_blank">Join our Team</a><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>Read more: </strong><a href="/Blog... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:37:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Press release: Childhood Cancer 2012 - mobile phones ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/press-release-childhood-cancer-2012-mobile-phones ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/press-release-childhood-cancer-2012-mobile-phones ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_NewsItem1_lblNewsContent" class="textItemBlock"><span class="post_strong">25th April 2012</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Childhood Cancer 2012: International Scientific Conference on Early Exposures and Childhood Cancer<br /><br /></span></span><span class="post_h3">New theory on how mobile phones could cause brain cancer</span><br /><br />A new theory about how radiation from mobile phones might induce brain cancer will be presented for the first time today (Wednesday 25th April) at the Childhood Cancer 2012 conference in London.<br /><br />A landmark report by the World Health Organization&rsquo;s cancer agency last year concluded that there is a possible link between mobile phone use and brain cancer, but how that might happen has remained unclear (1). Explaining the mechanism of how mobile phone radiation might cause cancer is vital for avoiding and ultimately preventing the di... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:56:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Press release: Childhood Cancer 2012 - artificial sweeteners ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/press-release-childhood-cancer-2012-artificial-sweeteners ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/press-release-childhood-cancer-2012-artificial-sweeteners ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_NewsItem1_lblNewsContent" class="textItemBlock"><span class="post_strong">25th April 2012</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Childhood Cancer 2012: International Scientific Conference on Early Exposures and Childhood Cancer<br /><br /></span></span><span class="post_h3">Popular British-made artificial sweetener causes cancer concern<br /><br /></span>A leading cancer scientist is calling for urgent research to be carried out after a new study found that mice were at increased risk of developing cancer after consuming the popular low-calorie artificial sweetener sucralose, which was discovered in Britain (1) (2).<br /><br />The findings will be presented for the first time today (Wednesday 25th April) at the Childhood Cancer 2012 conference in London by Dr Morando Soffritti, Director of the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna, Italy (3). <br /><br />Since the 1970s, the growing obesity probl... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:04:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Once in a lifetime challenge ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/event-news ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/event-news ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <div><strong></strong><strong><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=988f8b08-d27a-48e2-b4e6-c1e7f80e2a33&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br />Conquer Mount Kilimanjaro, trek the deserts of Africa or the Great Wall of China, or cycle to Paris. <br /><br /></strong>If you want to challenge yourself in 2012, join one our overseas or UK bike ride or trekking challenges&nbsp;today!<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Trekking adventures</span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" title="People trekking through a desert" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=db3220c0-9d30-4cee-8b8f-87caf2e636ae&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="People trekking through a desert" />A once-in-a-lifetime challenge to explore the world and your physical limits &ndash; and raise money to save&nbsp;</div>
<div>young lives!<br /><br />Join intrepid explorers and conquer Mount Kilimanjaro, trek through the deserts of Africa or along the Great Wall of China.<br /><br />... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:39:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Press release: Childhood Cancer 2012 - fertility treatments ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/press-release-childhood-cancer-2012-conference-fertilitytreatment ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/press-release-childhood-cancer-2012-conference-fertilitytreatment ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">24th April 2012</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Childhood Cancer 2012: International Scientific Conference on Early Exposures and Childhood Cancer<br /><br /></span><span class="post_h3">Some fertility treatments may increase risk of childhood leukaemia</span><br /><br />Children born to mothers who had trouble getting pregnant for more than a year or who were given fertility drugs to stimulate the ovaries may be more likely to develop leukaemia, new research suggests (1).<br /><br />The study, to be presented for the first time today (Tuesday 24th April) at the Childhood Cancer 2012 conference in London, found that the use of ovarian stimulating drugs was associated with a 2.6 fold increase in risk of developing the most common form of childhood leukaemia (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, or ALL), and a 2.3 fold increase in risk of developing the rarer acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) (2).<br /><br />Children who were conceived naturally after their mo... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:28:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Help us save more young lives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/savingyounglives ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/savingyounglives ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><a href="/Pages/News/Default.aspx?CategoryTitle=patient-stories&amp;IDCategory=f14b14e0-68e8-4b9a-bd58-05f563643dcc"><img class="mediaImage" title="Pictures of just some of the children who, with our help, have survived cancer." src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b4610a8a-7f98-4352-a280-d8bc1fa5bcc8&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Pictures of just some of the children who, with our help, have survived cancer." /></a>Can</strong><span class="post_strong">cer, already the biggest child-killer disease in the UK, is on the increase.</span> <br /><br /><strong>Over 3,300 youngsters including infants and babies, are diagnosed with this dreadful disease every year. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><br /><br />Not so long ago, a diagnosis of leukaemia was a virtual death sentence. Today, thanks to advances in research and treatment, 80% of children with leukaemia survive.<br /><br />Sadly, this is not true for all forms of childhood cancer. <br /><br /><a class="arrow_link" href="/help">Please j... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:07:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Please join our fight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/joinourfight ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/joinourfight ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><a href="/Page/celebrityWall"><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=4ff1eb6e-4ddc-4300-b420-197c22cd53e9&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></a>Join <a href="/Page/celebrityWall">our famous friends</a> in the fight against childhood cancer. Donate today to save more young lives.</strong><br /><br />Over 3,300 youngsters including infants and babies, are diagnosed with cancer each year.<br /><br />Not so long ago, a diagnosis of leukaemia was a virtual death sentence. Today, thanks to advances in research and treatment, 80% of children with leukaemia survive.<br /><br />Sadly, this is not true for all forms of childhood cancer. <br /><br /><a class="arrow_link" href="/help">Please join our fight</a><br /><br /><span class="post_h2">How you can help</span><strong>There are many ways you can help children with cancer. If you are able to, please send a donation, however small. Every penny will count to save more young lives.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Online:</str... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:14:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Louisa Buttery ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/louisa-buttery-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/louisa-buttery-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="A smiling Louisa Buttery" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=90c2251c-fd28-4a99-9540-773272072c61&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A smiling Louisa Buttery" /><br />Louisa Buttery was only three weeks old when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). <br /><br /></span>Her parents Darren and Davina tell us their story.<br /><br />"When Louisa was born we were overjoyed. <br /><br />But our happiness was cut short. At just three weeks old, our baby girl was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).<br /><br />Louisa spent her first six months at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It was extremely tough on us all. <br /><br />Our other children, Charlotte, then four, and Eddie, who was just two, made frequent trips to see Louisa and keep her company.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Three courses of chemotherapy but still not in remission</span><br /><img class="mediaImage" style="margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:03:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Lex Stephenson ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/lex-stephenson-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/lex-stephenson-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="A happy Lex Stephenson with some jumbo crayons" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=9925d778-d19d-47c3-81ce-be04addd88d6&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A happy Lex Stephenson with some jumbo crayons" /><br />Four year old Lex was on a family holiday in Turkey when he fell suddenly and dramatically ill. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /><br />Within 24 hours Lex was diagnosed with <a href="/Pages/Display.aspx?Title=acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia" target="_self"><span class="post_link">acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)</span></a> and needed over three years of chemotherapy.<br /><br />Lex's mother Lee tells their story:<br /><br />"Lex was immediately admitted to a private hospital for emergency treatment before being flown back to the UK in a German Air Ambulance.<br /><br />The plane was so small there was only room enough for Lex and me. Lex's Dad, Allan, followed some hours later on a charter flight and met us at St James's Hospital... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ London Marathon 2012 - this Sunday! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/cheering-teams ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/cheering-teams ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=1ee83d34-86a5-40d6-922f-c018fbd27c00&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />All you need to know for this Sunday's Virgin London Marathon.<br /><br />Good luck to our 1300 plus runners - if you're running for us this weekend, you're our hero!</strong><br />Thank you for all those dark days of training over the winter months.<br />Thank you for harassing your friends and family to sponsor you.<br />And thank you for your final colossal effort on Sunday. Good luck!<br /><br /> <strong><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=9d2ac49f-8ccb-4397-8a45-c2e7641bf134&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></strong><span class="post_h3">Not running? Why not give them a cheer?</span><br /><br />More than 1300 heroes are running to help children with cancer on Sunday. This means that about every 30th runner will be one of ours.<br /><br />They're easy to spot in their Mr Happy and Mr Tic... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:41:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Childhood Cancer 2012 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/science-news ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/science-news ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" title="scientific conference 2012" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=a00db10b-799a-41c3-b5fb-c8b9f7871c1b&amp;w=190&amp;h=190&amp;src=mc" alt="logo for scientific conference 2012" width="150" height="150" /></strong><strong>Researchers and scientists from around the world attended Childhood Cancer 2012 </strong><strong>on 24th to 26th April</strong><strong>, our third scientific conference in </strong><strong>Westminster</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>London</strong><strong> .</strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><a href="http://www.childhoodcancer2012.org.uk" target="_blank">Childhood Cancer 2012</a>, organised by CHILDREN with CANCER, was a major international research conference looking at the causes of childhood cancer. <br /><br />A full review of the conference, presentations and photographs will be available shortly.<br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h2">Read our press releases</span><strong>Stop Press - 25th Ap... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:43:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Jemma Mearns ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/jemma-mearns-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/jemma-mearns-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="Baby Jemma Mearns" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=c7a8c5a1-dc5d-487e-bd5c-e5f3b7ef4f0c&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Baby Jemma Mearns" /><br />Jemma was 10 months old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).&nbsp; <br /><br />Her recovery was long and arduous, with unknown long-term effects. </span><br /><br />Jemma&rsquo;s mum, Michelle, tells their story:<br /><br />"We want to share our family&rsquo;s story to help spread awareness of childhood leukaemia. We hope that one day no family needs to go through the trauma that still lives with my family.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">The diagnosis</span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Jemma Mearns" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=01cd9f70-aab0-4495-bc5f-d7c8bfaea407&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="Jemma Mearns" />"My husband Robert and I are the proud parents of two wonderful ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:06:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Support our current appeal ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/appeal ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/appeal ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong></strong><strong></strong><span class="post_h2">Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson are asking for your help&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /></span><strong></strong><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=cebb1159-579c-4786-ab3b-5ffe4b1fb639&amp;w=190&amp;h=190&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><strong><br />Your support will fund ground-breaking research to help children with cancer.</strong>&nbsp; <br /><br /><a href="/donate">Make a donation today</a> and help save young lives.<br />&nbsp;<br />As CHILDREN with CANCER enters its 25th year, we are saving more young lives than ever before thanks to the support of friends like you. <br /><br />Survival rates for childhood leukaemia are now over 80%. Sadly, this is not true for all childhood cancers. <br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Funding research saves young lives</span><br /><br />We fund life-saving research into the causes, prevention and treatment of childhood cancer.<br /><br />Despite incredible progress in treating... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Joshua Whitesman ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/joshua-whitesman-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/joshua-whitesman-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Joshua Whitesman in hospital" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=af5ffae3-c8c5-44be-b719-b5f2e4a17cef&amp;w=250&amp;h=250&amp;src=mc" alt="Joshua Whitesman in hospital" width="200" height="200" />Joshua was diagnosed with leukaemia at 18 months. Over three years of chemotherapy followed.<br /><br /></span>His father, Toby, tells their story:<br /><br />"My name is Toby Whitesman and I&rsquo;d like to tell you a little about my son, Joshua, and his battle with leukaemia.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Joshua's diagnosis</span><br /><br />We live in Ashford in Kent. My wife Pippa and I have two lovely children, Amber, eight, and Joshua who has now turned five.<br /><br />For the last four years, it has felt like the whole family has been fighting Joshua&rsquo;s leukaemia every step of the way.<br /><br />When Joshua was 18 months old, and Amber only four, our world was turned up... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:06:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Lymphomas ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/lymphomas ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/lymphomas ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Lymphomas are cancers that account for about 10 per cent of childhood cancer cases &ndash; around 160 each year in Britain. </span><br /><br />Lymphomas start in the lymphatic system.&nbsp; The lymphatic system is the network of vessels that runs throughout the body carrying fluid containing white blood and other important immune system cells. Lymph nodes respond to infections by releasing white blood cells called lymphoid cells into the blood stream to fight it off.<br /><br />When someone has lymphoma, lots of abnormal lymphoid, or lymphoma, cells are produced within a particular lymph node. <br /><br />These are the same cells that become cancerous in people who have leukaemia, another form of blood cancer. The difference is that leukaemia develops in the bone marrow and affects normal blood cell production. Lymphoma, on the other hand, develops in the lymphatic system and does not affect normal blood cell production.<br /><br />In patients with lymphoma th... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 23:22:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Sam Blair ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/sam-blair ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/sam-blair ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=564876dd-066a-4ac8-aa6b-c4bb8fad7512&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><strong>Sam Blair was only two years old when he was diagnosed with leukaemia but his short life had already been blighted with frequent infections. </strong><br /><br />It was the symptoms of lethargy and excessive bruising, on top of this history of frequent infections, that alerted mum, Amanda, to the need for blood tests.<br /><strong><br /></strong><strong></strong><span class="post_h3">Sam&rsquo;s dad Simon tells their story</span><br /><br />"As a child, Sam was quite often ill and we were regular visitors to the local doctors surgery.<br /><br />But after regular treatments of antibiotics for chest, throat and ear infections, we insisted on blood tests. My wife Amanda is medically trained and wasn&rsquo;t happy it was just everyday childhood infections.&nbsp; <br /><br />Sam was very lethargic and appeared to suffer from excessive br... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:11:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Scott Stevens ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/scott-stevens ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/scott-stevens ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Scott Stevens" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=042f128f-10c0-4a89-8adb-176442f3f34d&amp;w=190&amp;h=190&amp;src=mc" alt="Scott Stevens" />Scott Stevens was diagnosed with Ewing&rsquo;s sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, when he was 12 years old. <br /><br />Six months later, after an aggressive course of chemotherapy, Scott lost his right leg to cancer.</strong><br /><br />Now aged 21, Scott is a keen runner and competitive volleyball player, is in his third year of medical school and inspires many with his positive frame of mind. <br /><br /><strong>Scott shares his story</strong>.<br /><br />"I was diagnosed with <a href="/News/bone-tumours">Ewing&rsquo;s sarcoma </a>when I was 12 years old. The tumour was in my tibia (or shinbone) on my right leg. <br /><br /><span class="quote">Being diagnosed with cancer was a life changing experience for me and my family.<br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:52:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Hollie O'Brien ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/hollie-obrien-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/hollie-obrien-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="A smiling Hollie O'Brien" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=8ded09b7-c0d5-4665-b666-cde7734965ce&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="A smiling Hollie O'Brien" />Hollie O&rsquo;Brien was only four years old when she passed away, just four weeks after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.<br /><br /></span>Hollie's grandmother, Wendy, shares her story with us:<br /><br />&ldquo;Hollie was a wonderful, vibrant four-year old who wanted to get as much done as she possibly could every day of her short life.<br /><br />It all started in early 2002. Hollie had a very bad attack of the chicken pox &ndash; you couldn&rsquo;t put a pin between them. She never really regained full health after that, suffering from throat infections and sore lips.<br /><br />The last outing Hollie ever had was on July 6th, 2002. It was her auntie&rsquo;s wedding and she was... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:39:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Top Model 2012 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/challenge-home ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/challenge-home ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=7c9edc73-f58f-4ae5-9bb3-b31ddc148f4b&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Grand Finals this weekend of the professional model search.</strong> <br /><br />Well done to all the contestants - and thank you to everyone who has voted and raised money for us. We'll let you have the results later today.<br /><br /><a class="arrow_link" title="Top Model online voting" href="http://www.topmodelworldwide.com/" target="_blank">Find out more about TOP MODEL </a><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">About the competition</span><br /><br />TOP  MODEL is a professional model search seeking out the very best new  model talent that the world has to offer. All finalists are selected at  interview by a panel of industry professionals. <br /><br />Girls from  around the UK, and internationally, make their debut on the catwalk.  They hope to win the ultimate prize of a year-long modelling contract. <br /><br />All  of the previou... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:33:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Bone tumours ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/bone-tumours ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/bone-tumours ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Around 65 children are diagnosed with bone tumours ever year in Britain, 4% of all childhood cancers. </span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="smiling child in wheel chair" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=11442556-011e-412d-9a0d-460a94984eab&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="smiling child in wheel chair" /></span><br />There are two main types of bone tumour that affect children - osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma of bone. <br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Osteosarcoma</span> in children usually affects the long bones of the limbs, most often the legs. <br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Ewing sarcoma </span>has a lower incidence than osteosarcoma. Again, the most common site is the long bones of the leg, but substantial numbers of these sarcomas occur in other bones including the pelvis, the arm, the ribs, sternum and clavicle and the spine. <br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Incidence</span><br /><br ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:22:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Give a Car ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/home-car ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/home-car ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0cb50e88-3e00-4c19-aa26-3d8a9a51d1d1&amp;w=190&amp;h=190&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span><strong><br /></strong><strong>Scrapping your car has never been so easy</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>We're working with Giveacar to raise money for our life-saving work</strong><span class="post_strong">. </span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Giveacar</span> <strong>provides a FREE service which is available throughout the UK:</strong><br /><br /> They will arrange a convenient time to collect your vehicle.<br /><br />Depending on its age and condition, they will either send it for  environmentally safe disposal and recycling at an Authorised Treatment  Facility, or to a salvage auction.<br /><br />Giveacar will donate the proceeds to help fund our life-saving work.<br /><br />You will receive a receipt from both Giveacar and CHILDREN with CANCER.     
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<br /> <span class="post_h3">To arra... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:01:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Brain and spinal tumours (CNS tumours) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/brain-and-spinal-tumours-cns-tumours ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/brain-and-spinal-tumours-cns-tumours ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Around 390 young children are diagnosed with brain and spinal solid tumours every year in Britain. <br /></span><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=1ab5f1a8-fd81-48c7-b53e-f6ee4ee426ed&amp;w=190&amp;h=190&amp;src=mc" alt="" width="190" height="190" /><br />They are the most common solid tumours to occur in children.</span><br /><br />Brain and spinal tumours (or central nervous system (CNS) tumours) arise from different types of cells and are classified and named according to the cells in which they began. <br /><br />Many CNS tumours start in glial cells &ndash; the supporting cells of the brain. These are known as <em>gliomas</em> and include <em>astrocytomas</em>, <em>ependymomas</em> and <em>oligodendrogliomas</em>. <br /><br /><em>Medulloblastoma</em> is a type of embryonal tumour which usually develops in the cerebellum at the back of the brain. <br /><br />Most CNS tumours are <a title="benign" h... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 23:16:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ About childhood cancer ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/childhoodcancer ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/childhoodcancer ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=1eaa8b68-846b-45d6-bd5b-af0c89d2f47d&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><br /></span><strong>Over 3,300 youngsters, including infants and babies, are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK.&nbsp;</strong><br /><br />The term &lsquo;childhood&rsquo; cancer refers to the 0 to 14 year age group. <br /><br />In addition, around 1,900 15 to 24 year olds (referred to as teenagers and young adults) are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK.&nbsp;<br /><br />The&nbsp;<a href="/childhood-cancer-types">types of cancer affecting children</a>&nbsp;are quite different from the cancers that affect teenagers and young adults (TYA); TYA cancers are different again from the types of cancer that typically affect adults aged 25+.<br /><br /><strong>Read more:&nbsp;</strong><a title="childhood cancer types" href="/childhood-cancer-types">Types of childhood cancer</a><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">About childh... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:14:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Calling all youth groups and schools! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/childrens-challenges ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/childrens-challenges ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=6e90239c-d9dd-4d21-89a0-f3cd97b95a6c&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><br />We've recently launched our new-look children's fundraising activities - the Children's Marathon Challenge and Cheeky Monkey's Marathon Challenge!</strong><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Register today and help save young lives</span><br /><br /><a href="/childrensmarathon"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" title="Children's Marathon Challenge logo" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=d84f9264-e2d2-451c-a68c-8103b59b03da&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="Children's Marathon Challenge logo" /></a>Designed especially for children, these two great fundraising challenges are great fun and any group of children can join in.<br /><br />So if you're a <strong>school, class </strong>or a <strong>Guide or Scout group,</strong> sign up to our Challenges and raise life-saving funds to fight childhood cancer.<br /><br />What's ... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:01:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Hollie Evans ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/hollie-evans-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/hollie-evans-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="A smiling Hollie Evans" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=271151bf-ffef-445c-8a66-7d6c834ea6b6&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A smiling Hollie Evans" /><br /></span>Hollie has Down&rsquo;s syndrome. In July 2009, she was diagnosed with leukaemia at just 14 months old.&nbsp; Hollie&rsquo;s mum tells us her story.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">A long diagnosis</span><br /><img style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Hollie Evans in her cot" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=5ab89782-6ab3-4368-a013-d51f4d43001f&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="Hollie Evans in her cot" /><br />"When she was four months old, Hollie had little <span class="post_strong">pin prick like spots</span> all over her body. We took her back and forth to the doctors. As Hollie has always been constipated, they said these spots were a straining rash.<br /><br />Months down the line the spots still hadn&rsquo;t gone and more were ap... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:09:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ George Hawkins ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/george-hawkins-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/george-hawkins-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="George Hawkins with his sister" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0fa493ec-1bb3-4f40-90e1-1f6cfc8ad665&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="George Hawkins with his sister" /><br />When a child is diagnosed with cancer, we often forget how this affects their brothers and sisters.<br /><br /></span>When she was seven years old, Mary Hawkins was told the tragic news that her younger brother George had leukaemia. <br /><br />George was four years old. <br /><br /><strong>Mary tells their story:</strong><br /><br />&ldquo;April 2002, I was so excited! I had a baby sister! After having three brothers, I was really pleased to have a sister. A couple of days later Mum brought her home. My family and I were all so happy.<br /><img class="mediaImage" style="margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; float: right;" title="George with his brother" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=9704a43a-9942-4930-945c-e6a3bc889f8a&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt=... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:32:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Ross Anderton ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/ross-anderton ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/ross-anderton ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right;" title="Ross and his sister Katie" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=cbe91990-34fe-49b8-affc-caeb37cb5869&amp;w=250&amp;h=251&amp;src=mc" alt="Ross and his sister Katie" width="199" height="200" />At just 18 months old, Ross was diagnosed with orbital rhabdomyosarcoma - a rare soft-tissue cancer that developed in his eye. </span><br /><br />His mum Lesley tells their story.<br /><br />"In early June 2009, we had noticed that Ross, our 18 month old son, had a <span class="post_strong">puffy area on his lower right eye</span>.&nbsp; We took him to our GP who said it was probably a blocked duct and would refer Ross to the eye pavilion for clarification.<br /><br />Five weeks later, Ross&rsquo; eye started to get bigger. <br /><br />I called our GP surgery to confirm that Ross had been <span class="post_strong">referred to the eye pavilion</span> but the waiting list was 18 weeks. I decided to use my private medical insurance.<b... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:49:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Soft tissue sarcomas ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/soft-tissue-sarcomas ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/soft-tissue-sarcomas ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Young Ross has a soft tissue sarcoma under his eye" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=aa09962c-f841-4085-a975-2c813d4a88dd&amp;w=190&amp;h=190&amp;src=mc" alt="Young Ross has a soft tissue sarcoma under his eye" /><br />Soft tissue sarcomas account for 7% of all childhood cancers, with just over 100 children diagnosed every year in Britain.<br /><br /></span>Sarcomas are rare types of cancer that develop in the supporting tissues of the body, such as bone, muscle or cartilage. <strong><br /></strong><br /><span class="post_h3">Types of sarcoma</span><br /><br />There are two main types of sarcoma: <br /><br /><br /> 
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<li><strong>Soft tissue sarcomas</strong> can develop in muscle, fat, blood vessels, or in any of the other tissues that support, surround and protect the organs of the body. Soft tissue sarcomas account for 7% of childhood cancer diagnoses in Britain, just over 100 children a year.</li>
<li><strong... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:28:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Retinoblastoma ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/retinoblastoma ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/retinoblastoma ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Retinoblastoma is a type of cancer that affects the lining of the eye (the retina). It is very rare, affecting around 40 children a year in Britain &ndash; about 3 per cent of all childhood cancer cases. </span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=d097c4bc-7366-4e62-b48d-e4c5af112f71&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Retinoblastoma is an embryonal tumour and as such, most cases occur in very young children.<br /><br />Retinoblastoma occurs in two forms, heritable and non-heritable, and it can be either unilateral (one eye) or bilateral (both eyes). All children with bilateral tumours have the heritable disease, whereas only 10 per cent of unilateral cases have the heritable form. <br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Incidence</span><br /><br />Around 40 children are diagnosed with retinoblastoma every year in Britain. Almost all of those affected are under five, with more than 40 per cent of the incidence occurri... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:23:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A gift in your will ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/home-will ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/home-will ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=34012a5e-0c3e-408c-961e-e8b5882ecd91&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><strong><br /></strong><strong>Read our free guide to making a Will.</strong><strong>&nbsp; Leaving a gift in your Will can help us save young lives.&nbsp; Your generosity will really make a difference. &nbsp;</strong><br /><br /><span class="post_h2" style="color: #ff0000;">Give a gift in your Will</span><br /><span class="post_h3">Making or changing your Will<br /><br /></span>Making a Will and keeping it updated is very important. <img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" title="A running fundraiser with his son" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=41256e67-2a87-45ae-93ce-4d5cd1fe5120&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="A running fundraiser with his son" /><br /><br />It will help you organise your possesesions and ensure they go to family, friends and charities that matter to you. <br /><br />To help you, we've produced a free guide to a... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:08:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Workplace Giving ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/workplace-giving ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/workplace-giving ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=aa213ef7-572e-4892-9407-3ec2fe908631&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Workplace Giving (also known as Payroll Giving and Give As You Earn)&nbsp; is a great way to support our charity, and help our fight against childhood cancer. </span><br /><br />It's an easy way to make regular donations to us straight from your pay&hellip;.and the only way that your donation can <span class="post_strong">automatically go up to 50 per cent further.</span><br /><br />If you donate &pound;5 a month from your salary, we could receive &pound;10.<br /><br /><a class="arrow_link" href="https://www.workplacegiving.co.uk/onlinegiving/children-with-cancer-uk/" target="_blank">Start giving now</a><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">How it works</span><br /><br /><span class="quote">If you donate &pound;5 a month through your salary, we could receive &pound;10.<br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" sr... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:57:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Lucas Edwards ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/lucas ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/lucas ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Lucas was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when he was born. Today, he is a happy, healthy little boy.<br /><br />His great Aunt Larya tells his story.</span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" title="Lucas in hospital with distended stomach" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=c9304b0a-1bc8-4f79-b09f-c97af272ab16&amp;w=125&amp;h=166&amp;src=mc" alt="Lucas in hospital with distended stomach" />"When Lucas was born in June 2010, the doctors knew immediately that something was wrong. <br /><br />He had a huge <strong>distended stomach</strong> and was rushed straight to intensive care at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.<br /><br />Four days later, we were told that Lucas had <a href="/Pages/News/Display.aspx?Title=neuroblastoma" target="_self"><span class="post_link">neuroblastoma</span></a>.<br /><br />Neuroblastoma is the second most common solid tumour in childhood, affecting just under 100 children a year in Britain. <br /><br />... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:54:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Alex Logan ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/alex ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/alex ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage" title="Alex Logan" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=6d9973b4-4136-48ab-9cea-1eaad74596e1&amp;w=550&amp;h=250&amp;src=mc" alt="Alex Logan" /><br /><br />"My youngest son was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just three years old."<br /><br />Alex's mum Debbie shares her story.<br /><br /></strong><span class="post_h3">Alex's symptoms</span><br /><br /><strong>"It was a very unusual case and very sudden.<br /><br /></strong>We had noticed <span class="post_strong">some bruising</span> on Alex&rsquo;s legs so we took him to our GP on the 4th May 2010. The GP thought that Alex perhaps had anaemia. He recommended that we visit the Accident and Emergency unit at our local hospital if the symptoms didn&rsquo;t improve.<br /><br /><span class="quote">Within two hours, Alex was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.<img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0c9c1733-3f72-4571-8e94-2201b310f78e&amp;w=160&amp;h=36&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:55:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ London Marathon Training Day ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/running-home ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/running-home ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Training for the marathon in Hyde Park" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=5a66ce1f-783c-40c2-80a5-e0a59b498142&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Training for the marathon in Hyde Park" /><br /><br /><strong>Thank you to all our fantastic runners who took part in this Sunday's London Marathon Training day. </strong>We hope you came away with lots of helpful tips and advice. <br /><br />If you'd like some more training advice, take a look on our <a title="training pages" href="/getting-started">training pages.</a><br /><br />You can take a look <strong></strong> <a title="running facebook page" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Children-with-Cancer-Running-Team/285743204788653" target="_blank">photos of the day on our running facebook page</a><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Why you're running the marathon</span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b9ccddf8-cf9c-49f6-81d4-7473d1f159e7&amp;w=125&amp... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 16:02:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Leukaemia treatment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/leukaemia ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/leukaemia ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=1eaa8b68-846b-45d6-bd5b-af0c89d2f47d&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><br />Thanks to the research you have helped us to fund, great advances have been made in the treatment and care of children with leukaemia. </span><br /><br />Fifty  years ago, a diagnosis of leukaemia was virtually a death sentence for a  child. Today, four out of five children diagnosed with leukaemia are  now cured. <br /><br />A major challenge facing doctors today is how to make  treatments safer and minimise the risk of treatment-related harm in  these children.<br /><br /><a class="arrow_link" href="/Pages/Display.aspx?Title=treating-all" target="_self"><span class="post_link">Treating acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)</span></a><br /><a class="arrow_link" href="/Pages/Display.aspx?Title=treating-aml" target="_self"><span class="post_link">Treating acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)</span></a><br /><a class="arrow_link" href... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 23:02:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Neuroblastoma ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/neuroblastoma ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/neuroblastoma ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Neuroblastoma is the second most common solid tumour in childhood, affecting just under 100 children a year in Britain. </span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: right;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=ac600533-f013-4f65-b457-0a24d8901a34&amp;w=190&amp;h=190&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Neuroblastoma is the most common type of embryonal tumour. It is a cancer of specialised nerve cells, called neural crest cells. These cells are involved in the development of the nervous system and other tissues. <br /><br />Neuroblastoma can occur anywhere in the body, but it most often occurs in one of the adrenal glands, in the abdomen. <br /><br />In some children, the neuroblastoma occurs in nerve tissue alongside the spinal cord in the neck, chest, abdomen or pelvis. <br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Incidence</span><br /><br />Neuroblastoma accounts for six per cent of childhood cancer registrations in Britain &ndash; just under 100 children a year. <... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 23:12:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Liam Taylor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/liam-taylor-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/liam-taylor-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Liam was</span><span class="post_strong"> diagnosed with leukaemia</span><span class="post_strong">, </span><span class="post_strong">age three and half. It all happened one devastating Christmas. <br /><br /></span><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="A smiling Liam Taylor" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=321b29c1-71a5-4789-a757-4ec27b7aaff6&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="A smiling Liam Taylor" /></span>Liam's mum, Karen, tells their story.<br /><br />"Christmas 2003 was the time our lives as a family would change - and not for the better.<br /><br />The week before Christmas, Liam had chickenpox and as the days passed, there was no improvement in his health. <br /><br />Liam was still lethargic by Boxing Day, losing interest in the usual Christmas delights, and had developed large bruise type mark on the top of his head.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Tests ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:37:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Luke Everett ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/luke-everett ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/luke-everett ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" title="Luke Everett with his family" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0803a2c5-0c5e-448b-bff5-1f20cb437eb2&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Luke Everett with his family" /><br /><br />Luke was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a very rare cancer when he was just six months old. His mum Claire shares their story.</span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Luke Everett as a baby" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=d8d8db49-3c01-4391-a95a-ffe9eb67767e&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="Luke Everett as a baby" />"Luke appeared to be a healthy, very happy, contented baby. <br /><br />When he was five months old, he began to take less milk in a feed, needed to feed more often, and didn't appear to enjoy solids. We weren't overly concerned and neither was his Health Visitor. <br /><br />One morning when I was changing his nappy (he was six months old), I noticed a lump protruding from under ... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:34:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Britain v Cancer: Jordan Desert Trek ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/britain-v-cancer-jordan-desert-trek-2013 ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/britain-v-cancer-jordan-desert-trek-2013 ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=db8da683-7a8f-4c8c-8a23-93e5a78fedf7&amp;w=125&amp;h=124&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><span class="post_strong">Are you thinking about your New Year's resolutions? </span><br /><br />Sign up for <span class="post_strong">Jordan Desert Trek in April 2013. </span>It's a spectacular five day trek from the Dead Sea to Petra from <span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_EventItem1_lblEventContent" class="textItemBlock"><span class="post_strong">19th - 26th April 2013</span></span><br /><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_EventItem1_lblEventContent" class="textItemBlock"><span class="post_strong"><br /></span></span>Everyone taking part in this fantastic challenge will be raising funds for the cancer charity or hospice of their choice - so as you trek through mountains and deserts, and sleep under the s... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:45:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Riley Cameron ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/riley-cameron-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/riley-cameron-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="Riley Cameron with his mother and sister" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=4df98b24-02f0-41c6-85a8-a351dd840734&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Riley Cameron with his mother and sister" /><br />Eight year old Riley was diagnosed with leukaemia after visits to his GP, A&amp;E and the dentist. &nbsp; <br /><br /></span>The symptoms of leukaemia are notoriously difficult to identify. Symptoms of a &lsquo;sickness bug&rsquo; didn&rsquo;t improve for eight-year-old Riley. <br /><br />A series of visits to his GP, A&amp;E and even the dentist eventually led to a diagnosis of leukaemia.<br /><br />Riley's mum Rachel shares her story:<br /><br />&ldquo;Riley was a really happy boy who loved life and already had so many plans for the future.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Riley lived life to the full</span><br /><br />He had just joined a local football club and went to practice on Friday evenings after school.<br /><br />Riley lov... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:14:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Rose Kelly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/rose-kelly-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/rose-kelly-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0e5364df-983f-42e2-ad08-f8f24e0145fd&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><span class="post_strong"><br /></span><strong>At just five months old, Rose Kelly was diagnosed with infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)</strong>.&nbsp; <span class="post_strong">Rose's diagnosis was the beginning of an arduous road to recovery.<br /></span><br />Rose&rsquo;s mum, Alison, tells her story.<br /><br /> <img class="mediaImage" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; float: right;" title="Baby Rose in hospital" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0fb4e7d3-e601-4db5-989b-65e74da667e3&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="Baby Rose in hospital" />&ldquo;Our world fell to pieces on the 13th July 2006. <br /><br />After a series of infections, Rose was diagnosed with bone marrow failure. She was five months old.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Admitted to hospital the day after diagnosis</span><br /><br />The next day we were admitted to Great Ormo... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:33:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Marine Corps Marathon in Washington ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/running-home-3 ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/running-home-3 ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong></strong><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b4f48002-23bc-4986-9445-196f3285ed87&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Join our Mr Men and Little Miss running team to run </span><span class="post_strong">the US Marine Corps</span><span class="post_strong"> marathon in Washington DC</span>.<br /><br />The  2012 Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) takes places on 28th October 2012.   It's the 5th largest US Marathon and 9th largest in the world.<br /><br /><span class="run_event_details_header">Event details<br /></span><span class="run_event_details">Date: 28th October 2012<br />Location: Washington DC, USA<br />Number of participants: The field is limited to 30,000 participants<br /><span class="time">October 28, 2012</span><br /></span><br /><span class="post_h3">About the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC</span><br /><br />In  its 37th year, the MCM stands as the  largest marathon in the world  that doesn&rsquo;t offer  priz... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 06:49:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Darren Hargrave,  Great Ormond Street Hospital ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/darren-hargrave ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/darren-hargrave ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong></strong><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Darren Hargrave" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=531dabdf-f168-4f10-a403-9e1e2ec06dd2&amp;w=190&amp;h=190&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Darren Hargrave" /><strong>Targeted therapies for childhood cancer. </strong><span class="post_strong"><br /><br /></span><strong>Award amount:&nbsp;&nbsp; &pound;198,011</strong><br /><br /><strong>Date of award:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 2011 </strong><br /><br /><em>Dr Darren Hargrave and Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children</em><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">We are helping the team at Great Ormond Street Hospital to take new treatments from the laboratory to the hospital ward.</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Overview</span><br /><br />Modern treatments enable doctors to cure more than three quarters of children diagnosed with cancer. Despite this, cancer remains one of the main causes of death in children. Most of these deaths result from a ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:49:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Celebrities support special Zippos Circus performance for children with cancer ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/celebrities-support-zippos-circus-performance ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/celebrities-support-zippos-circus-performance ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">26th September 2011<br /><br />Children who are suffering from or have been affected by cancer attended a very special performance at the UK&rsquo;s number one travelling circus Zippos, on Saturday 24th September, in aid of leading charity CHILDREN with CANCER UK.</span><br /><br />Celebrities, including CBeebies favourites <span class="post_strong">Chris Jarvis</span> and <span class="post_strong">Pui Fan Lee</span> and Eastenders stars<span class="post_strong"> Steve McFadden </span>and <span class="post_strong">Linda Henry</span> joined the children to enjoy a sensational circus extravaganza, featuring a cast of over twenty performers.<br /><br />After the show the children, their families, celebrities and performers mingled at a private post show party, where children tried their hand at circus skills.<br /><br />CHILDREN with CANCER UK has a long association with Zippos Circus. The founder, Martin Burton (aka Zippo the Clown), has helped to entertain chil... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A day out at Zippos Circus ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/zippos-circus-day ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/zippos-circus-day ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=6d831450-e77d-451d-97a8-66a7f4ec8e0b&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><br /></span><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_NewsItem1_lblNewsContent" class="textItemBlock"><span class="post_strong">Thank you everyone who sponsored a child to attend Zippos circus extravaganza.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_NewsItem1_lblNewsContent" class="textItemBlock"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=eacf3e8a-fca5-41d1-baa8-c196a1f7db73&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_NewsItem1_lblNewsContent" class="textItemBlock">Your  donations  allowed us to invite children with cancer and their families  to a  unique day wit... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:03:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Tessa Holyoake, University of Glasgow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-tessa-holyoake-university-of-glasgow ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-tessa-holyoake-university-of-glasgow ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=bf7887a1-ef2a-4040-99dc-9355ee820374&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Professor Tessa Holyoake" />We have provided funding to support a new senior research post at the Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre in Glasgow.</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;323,603</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: May 2011</span><br />&nbsp;<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background </span><br /><br />We helped to fund the cost of building and equipping the new Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre in Glasgow, which opened in 2008. <br /><br />The new Centre forms part of Glasgow&rsquo;s Institute of Cancer Sciences (ICS), providing a highly interactive research environment where basic scientists and clinical academics benefit from close interactions with the Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children an... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:31:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ £2 million for research into treatment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/2-million-for-joint-research ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/2-million-for-joint-research ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">We launch our first ever joint grant round with world-leading children's hospital.</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=c7d76cfa-a8db-4eae-8539-e57c2a777e68&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span>We are pleased to announce that CHILDREN with CANCER is collaborating with <a href="http://www.gosh.org/gen/why-we-need-your-help/research/apply-for-research-grant/" target="_blank">Great Ormond Street Hospital Children&rsquo;s Charity</a> to launch a joint national call for research proposals.<br /><br />This is our first-ever joint grant round. Together, we are making a total of <span class="post_strong">&pound;2 million available for research</span> aimed at developing improved treatments for children with cancer.<br /><br />We are working together to champion the development of multi-disciplinary clinically-driven research that will rapidly translate to direc... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:37:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Breakthrough research ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/breakthrough-research ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/breakthrough-research ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=ef912b2a-c60a-4bca-924b-f313b954bae0&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><br /><strong>Once we understand how leukaemia is &lsquo;switched on&rsquo;, we can figure out how to switch it off again.</strong><br /><br />One of our most significant research grants in 2010 was awarded to Professor Tariq Enver, an international leader in the field of leukaemic stem cells at University College London (UCL).<br /><br /><span class="quote">The results of this work are already being taken onto the ward<img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0c9c1733-3f72-4571-8e94-2201b310f78e&amp;w=160&amp;h=36&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span>His recent breakthrough research has identified the cells in which the most common form of childhood leukaemia first arises.<br /><br />Professor Enver is piecing together the intricate mechanisms underlying the development of childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />In essence, he wants to understa... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:35:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Tomas Cowpe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/tomas-cowpe-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/tomas-cowpe-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="additional_spacing" title="Tomas Cowpe and his twin brother Daniel" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=937d4646-64b2-4f10-bccd-85726a37fabd&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Tomas Cowpe and his twin brother Daniel" /><span class="post_strong"><br />In 2008 at just 5 years old, Tomas Cowpe was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).</span><br /><br />Today, Tomas and his twin brother Daniel are helping scientists to find out what triggers leukaemia. <br /><br />Tom&rsquo;s parents, Paul and Samantha, tell their story:<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Tomas's story</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px;" title="A smiling Tomas" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=d08fdc38-a997-4eba-b97d-0a4517cb5ad9&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="A smiling Tomas" /></span><br />"<span class="post_strong">We were devastated by the news that our son had leukaemia.</span><br /><br />I felt physically sick,&rdquo; says Sam. &ldquo;I f... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:36:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ 118 424 Directory Enquiries ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/118-424 ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/118-424 ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ We receive a 10p donation every time you use 118 424 to call directory enquiries. 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<td><strong>118 ... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:06:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Louis Rumble ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/louis-rumble-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/louis-rumble-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=ec57c4eb-b59d-4dc3-a388-9d704fc091b0&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><strong><br /><br /></strong><strong>Louis Rumble was just 19 months old when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). </strong><br /><br /><strong>Mum, Claire, tells us how this news devastated her family.</strong><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Louis' story</span><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=7847298b-cfc2-4c5d-bb38-be567dc58cdd&amp;w=200&amp;h=250&amp;src=mc" alt="Louis in playground" width="125" height="156" /><br />&ldquo;We&rsquo;d had a lovely holiday in France with our 19 month old twins, Louis and Grace. But on our return, Louis wasn&rsquo;t himself. There were dark red bruises on his body and he looked pale, tired, had no appetite and was waking a lot in the night.&nbsp; Within 5 days he had 30 small bruises all over his body and he was sent for blood tests.<br /><b... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:14:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Press statement - CHILDREN with CANCER UK ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/press-statement-children-with-cancer-uk ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/press-statement-children-with-cancer-uk ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">12th May 2011<br /><br />From today, the charity CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA will be known by its reporting name of CHILDREN with CANCER UK, becoming the leading UK charity dedicated to the fight against all forms of childhood cancer.&nbsp; </span><br />&nbsp;<br /><span class="post_strong">Caroline Blakely, CEO of CHILDREN with CANCER UK </span>said, "From small beginnings as a memorial charity over 23 years ago, we have evolved into a major force in paediatric oncology helping to drive childhood leukaemia survival rates up to over 80%.&nbsp; <br /><br />As much of the research we fund now and in the future could benefit children with other forms of cancer, we will now lead the fight not only against childhood leukaemia but also against other forms of childhood cancer."<br /> ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:52:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Mr Happy Ran Britain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/mr-happy-ran-britain ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/mr-happy-ran-britain ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=6f9768b3-4b71-4878-8cd4-486166e420e5&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><strong>6th May 2011</strong><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Leukaemia survivor completes over 1100 miles for leading children&rsquo;s charity.</span><br /><br />As seen on The One Show, BBC Grandstand &amp; This Morning.<br /><br />LAND&rsquo;S END: Andy Jackson, aka Mr Happy, has today (Sunday 8 May 2011) completed his epic run from John O&rsquo;Groats to Land&rsquo;s End, via the Virgin London Marathon, after a staggering 71 days on the road, to raise vital funds for CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA (now known as CHILDREN with CANCER UK).&nbsp; <br /><br />Jackson, 26 from London, ran an average of 22 miles a day for 10 weeks to complete the gruelling challenge (a final total of 1110 miles), but enjoyed every minute.<br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Jackson said</span> &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t believe we&rsquo;ve done it and on schedule too!! It&rsquo;s b... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:21:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Other carcinomas and melanomas ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/other-carcinomas-and-melanomas ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/other-carcinomas-and-melanomas ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Most carcinomas and melanomas are characteristically cancers of adulthood and, even within childhood, the incidence increases steeply with age. <br /><br /></span>Two thirds of affected children are in the oldest category (10 to 14 years). <br /><br />The group of &lsquo;other&rsquo; carcinomas (which excludes carcinomas of the kidney, liver and gonads) and melanomas accounts for 3.3 per cent of childhood cancers.<br /><br />Including carcinomas of the kidney, liver and gonads, carcinomas account for 2.6 per cent of childhood cancers overall (38 cases per year). The most common &lsquo;other&rsquo; carcinoma is thyroid carcinoma, accounting for around seven cases per year. The other most frequent sites include the adrenal gland, the salivary gland and the nasopharynx (top of the throat). <br /><a title="malignant" href="/FAQs/malignant"><br />Malignant</a> melanomas account for one per cent of all childhood cancers (15 cases per year). Most malignant melanomas ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:24:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Hepatic tumours ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/hepatic-tumours ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/hepatic-tumours ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Tumours of the liver are rare in childhood; around 18 children are diagnosed each year in Britain, about one per cent of all childhood cancers. </span><br /><br />Eighty per cent of childhood hepatic tumours are <em>hepatoblastomas</em>, a type of embryonal tumour; the remainder are <em>hepatic carcinomas</em>.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Incidence</span><br /><br />Hepatic tumours account for one per cent of childhood cancers. <br /><br />Eighty per cent of childhood hepatic tumours are <em>hepatoblastoma</em>s, a type of embryonal tumour; the remainder are <em>hepatic carcinomas</em>.<br /><br />Incidence of hepatoblastoma is highest in the first two years of life, declining steeply thereafter. Hepatoblastomas are more common in boys. <br /><br />Incidence of hepatic carcinomas increases with age, with the majority of cases diagnosed at age 10-14 years. Boys and girls are affected equally. <br /><br />In addition to hepatoblastoma and hepatic carcinomas... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:23:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Germ-cell tumours ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/germ-cell-tumours ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/germ-cell-tumours ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Germ cells are the cells which develop into sperm and eggs.</span><br /><br />Germ cell tumours (GCT) are a diverse group of tumours. They can occur in different parts of the body and there are several distinct sub-types, including yolk-sac tumours, germinomas, embryonal carcinomas and teratomas. These may be <a title="malignant" href="/FAQs/malignant">malignant</a> or <a title="benign" href="/FAQs/benign">benign</a>. <br /><br />In adults and adolescents, GCT most commonly develop within the ovaries or testes. These are called <em>gonadal germ cell tumours</em>. <br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Childhood GCT</span>, however, predominantly arise outside of the gonads. <br /><br />As a baby develops in the womb the germ cells usually move to the ovaries or testes. Occasionally, however, they fail to migrate to their proper location and settle in other parts of the body, where they can develop into tumours. These are called <em>extragonadal germ cell tumour... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:46:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Renal tumours ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/renal-tumours ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/renal-tumours ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Around 90 children are diagnosed with renal tumours every year in Britain &ndash; 6 per cent of all childhood cancer registrations. </span><br /><br />Ninety per cent of these renal tumours are <span class="post_strong">Wilms tumour</span> (also known as nephroblastoma). <br /><br />Wilms tumour is a type of embryonal tumour, occurring when some of the immature cells from which the kidneys develop don&rsquo;t mature and remain present in a child&rsquo;s kidney after birth. Sometimes they start to grow out of control, forming a jumbled mass of small immature cells. <br /><br />Most cases of Wilms tumour (more than 90 per cent) affect only one kidney. <br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Incidence</span><br /><br />Wilms tumour is one of the most common types of childhood cancer, affecting around 80 children a year in Britain. <br /><br />As with other embryonal tumours, Wilms tumour predominantly affects children under the age of five years; the peak incidence is ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:21:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Children's hospices ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/childrens-hospices ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/childrens-hospices ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" style="float: right;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=1ab5f1a8-fd81-48c7-b53e-f6ee4ee426ed&amp;w=250&amp;h=250&amp;src=mc" alt="" width="125" height="125" />Tremendous progress has been made in the treatment of childhood cancer in recent years - around three quarters of children diagnosed with cancer now survive. <br /><br /><span class="post_strong">For around 300 children a year in the UK, however, treatment is not successful. Through our investment in research we are trying to improve the outlook for these children, to drive up the survival rate still further. </span><br /><br />In the meantime we do what we can to help families facing the loss of a child. <br />&nbsp;<br /><span class="post_h3">Hospice care</span> <br /><br />A network of children&rsquo;s hospices exists to help and support life-limited children and their families. <br /><br />Caring for a child with a life-limiting condition can be emotionally, physically and financially demand... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Legalising safe treatment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/past-successes-legalising-safe-treatment ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/past-successes-legalising-safe-treatment ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=77ad9462-8b7e-47c6-9b06-a7134bba1d07&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span>
<div id="dv8212011144844">In 2004 a new EU directive on blood products made Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (DLI), a life-saving leukaemia treatment, illegal in UK transplant centres.&nbsp; We quickly took action to preserve this vital treatment. <br /><br />DLI can be used when patients relapse following a bone marrow transplant.<br /><br />The procedure uses white blood cells from the same bone marrow donor to boost the life-saving effects of the original transplant. In around 10% of cases it saves the child&rsquo;s life.<br /><br />New EU legislation required all blood products to be produced in a licensed blood factory, not in the transplant centre where DLI are produced, and which are only licensed for producing stem cells not for producing blood.<br /><br />This caused a huge dilemma for... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:57:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Using the immune system to fight leukaemia – Dr Malcolm Taylor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/using-the-immune-system-to-fight-leukaemia-dr-malcolm-taylor ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/using-the-immune-system-to-fight-leukaemia-dr-malcolm-taylor ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <em><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Malcolm Taylor" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=f26ff48b-1ff8-46fc-b402-40da1818068c&amp;w=225&amp;h=218&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Malcolm Taylor" /></span></em><span class="post_strong">The role of HLA genes in protection from childhood leukaemia</span><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Amount of grant: &pound;129,063</strong><br /><strong><br />Completion date: July 2010</strong><br /><em><br />Dr Malcolm Taylor, University of Manchester</em><br /><br />The majority of children diagnosed with leukaemia can now be successfully treated. Cure often comes at great cost though as the powerful treatments used to save children&rsquo;s lives can cause lasting damage to their health and development.<br /><br />The ultimate goal is to prevent the disease altogether.<br /><br />One possible approach to prevention builds on growing evidence of the role of the immune system in the development of leukaemia. Scientists now beli... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:28:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Improving treatments for children with leukaemia – Dr Nicholas Goulden ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/nicholas-goulden ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/nicholas-goulden ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Nicholas Goulden" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b3ae204a-f8d5-4845-8e8b-00536126591c&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Nicholas Goulden" />UK studies of minimal residual disease-based stratification and treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;3,243,897<br /><br /></span><span class="post_strong">Completion date: March 2010</span><br /><br /><em>Dr Nicholas Goulden, Great Ormond Street Hospital<br /><br /></em>Back in the 1960s, when effective leukaemia treatments were first emerging, some children could be cured with relatively gentle treatment. <br /><br />As treatment has advanced, more powerful drugs are used. <br /><br />The impact of this has been to drive up the survival rate, but it is estimated that half of the children cured today are being given stronger treatment than they actually need. <br /><br />They are be... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:34:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Our work in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/devolvedadministration ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/devolvedadministration ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><br /></span><span class="arrow_link">Scotland</span><br /><br />
<div class="post_collapseTitle" style="float: left;">We have been campaigning to increase support for a new Motion in the  Scottish Parliament.</div>
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<div id="dv8212011121147" class="post_collapseContent"><br />Motion S3M-800, tabled by Keith Brown MSP, calls for the Minister for  Public Health to investigate the association between high voltage power  lines and childhood leukaemia, and take action to safeguard Scotland&rsquo;s  citizens from this risk. <a href="/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=52712218-614c-4e93-ad88-70866a8191ac">View the Motion in full</a> (PDF).<br /><br />We  campaigned to raise awareness and help muster enough support amongst  the 129 Members of the Scotti... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:59:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Mr Happy Runs Britain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/mrhappyrunsbritain ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/mrhappyrunsbritain ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage" title="Andy Jackson with his Mr Happy costume" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=f967a173-8d8a-439d-ad92-683782e15e2a&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Andy Jackson with his Mr Happy costume" /><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">27 February 2011<br /><br /></span><span class="post_strong">Andy Jackson, aged 26, will attempt to run from John  O&rsquo;Groats to Land&rsquo;s End to raise &pound;250,000 for CHILDREN with CANCER UK,  the same amount it cost to treat his own leukaemia. <br /><br /></span>Andy was 18 when he ran his first London Marathon, just seven months after being diagnosed with leukaemia and two weeks BEFORE his life saving bone marrow transplant.&nbsp; <br /><br /><span class="quote">I haven&rsquo;t got a fundraising target in mind but would love to raise &pound;250,000 &ndash; the amount that it cost to have my bone marrow transplant and all the follow up treatments. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Andy Jackson</span><img class="media... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 03:28:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Government funding for leukaemia research ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/past-successes-governmentfunding ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/past-successes-governmentfunding ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <div id="dv8212011144920"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=8be31bf3-e99a-41bc-84a3-de7140affa16&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="" />In 2005 the government froze funding for research into the causes of childhood leukaemia. We took action to get this essential budget of &pound;1 million reinstated.<br /><br />The UK Government currently has only one research budget which includes money for research into the causes of childhood leukaemia - the Department of Health&rsquo;s Radiation Research Programme. This essential programme was frozen in 2005, meaning that many new research projects could not get funding.<br /><br />In 2006, CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA&rsquo;s Chief Executive, spoke directly to officials at the Department of Health about this issue. One of our trustees also made representations to the Minister of State for Public Health and secured the first public statement on the subject.<br /><br />In June 2006 we were delighte... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 01:30:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A rainy Day ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/a-rainy-day ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/a-rainy-day ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ hjfawoe;jvn ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 02:54:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Mike Murphy & Dr Gerald Draper, University of Oxford ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-mike-murphy-dr-gerald-draper ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-mike-murphy-dr-gerald-draper ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=766bc658-14d8-441b-aee4-99fc68f3958f&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="" width="190" height="190" /><span class="post_strong">Studies of retinoblastoma</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;168,039</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: January 2011</span><br /><br /><br />Dr Mike Murphy &amp; Dr Gerald Draper<br />Childhood Cancer Research Group, Oxford <br /><br />Retinoblastoma is a cancer that affects the lining of the eye (the retina). It is very rare, affecting around 40 children a year in Britain. Almost all patients with retinoblastoma can now be successfully treated, but unfortunately many children with retinoblastoma have a greatly increased risk of developing subsequent cancers. <br /><br />The research team wants to better understand the reasons for this increased risk. <br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background</span><br /><span cl... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:29:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ SAGE (Stakeholder Advisory Group on EMF/ELF) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/sage ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/sage ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">In March 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified Extremely Low Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields (ELF EMFs) as a class 2b carcinogen - &ldquo;possibly carcinogenic to humans&rdquo;.&nbsp;</span> <br /><br />The Health Protection Agency recommended that the Government &ldquo;consider the need for further precautionary measures&rdquo; to reduce public exposure to EMF. <br /><br />In 2004, the UK adopted new guidelines which set magnetic field levels above which people should not usually be exposed.&nbsp; That left the question about what effects EMFs below these levels have on people, where there is an association with childhood leukaemia but no clear causal mechanism.<br /><br />In response to this, the Stakeholder Advisory Group on Extremely Low Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields (SAGE) was set up at the behest of Government in 2004.&nbsp; <br /><br />The SAGE process was one third funded by CHILDREN with CANCER (former... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 14:54:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Paul’s House, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/pauls-house-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/pauls-house-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <br /><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" style="float: left;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=1432f6e3-37b0-4ec0-bdda-56f03b0c80c9&amp;w=150&amp;h=100&amp;src=mc" alt="" width="200" height="133" />We have worked with our friends at CLIC Sargent to establish a new home from home for the families of childre</span><span class="post_strong">n being treated at University College London Hospital. </span><br /><br />Paul&rsquo;s House, named after Paul O&rsquo;Gorman, opened in September 2010. <br /><br />Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of our supporters, we were able to contribute &pound;1.1 million towards the costs of this much-needed new facility. <br /><br />More than 200 children and teenagers with cancer are treated at UCLH every year. Only one third are from the London area, with the remainder travelling from all over the south east of England.<br /><br />Children can be admitted to hospital for months at a time. Parents naturally want to remain close at hand but hospita... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:13:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Cherri Cox ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/cherri-cox-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/cherri-cox-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="Cherri, Casey and Shanie" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=712af0f1-a385-4261-8250-93ce940e432a&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Cherri, Casey and Shanie" /><br />At three years old Cherri was diagnosed with leukaemia. Her family's world was turned upside down. <br /><br />Cherri is now in remission. <br /><br /></span>Dad Paul tells their story:<br /><br />"My name is Paul Cox and I am a very proud dad to three beautiful girls &ndash; Cherri, Casey and Shanie.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Cherri's diagnosis</span><br /><br />When our first daughter Cherri had just turned three, my wife Donna and I had our world turned upside down when our little girl was diagnosed with leukaemia.<br /><br />Cherri had been ill for a couple of months with what our doctor thought were just repeated viral infections. Then one day she literally didn&rsquo;t get off the sofa. She didn&rsquo;t move, eat or drink all day.<br /><br /><img class=... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:38:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ MPs put pressure on Government ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/policymakers ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/policymakers ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <br />Three MPs have put the spotlight on new Government legislation which could increase the number of children at risk of leukaemia &ndash; a risk associated with living close to high voltage power lines.<br /><br />
<div class="post_h3">Nick Hurd MP for Ruislip Northwood</div>
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<div class="post_collapseContent" id="dv18112011102115"><br /><span class="post_strong">Nick Hurd proposed an amendment requiring the new Homes and Communities Agency to consider the health risks arising from power lines when deciding where to place new houses.</span><br /><span class="post_strong">&nbsp;</span><br />We were concerned that cheap land near high voltage power lines might be used for new social and affordable housing, popular with young families. Nick Hurd shared our concer... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:41:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Stephen Rappaport, University of California ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-stephen-rappaport-university-of-california ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-stephen-rappaport-university-of-california ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Professor Stephen Rappaport" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=a98bd381-4a3e-49cc-974a-41d0c9ae8761&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Professor Stephen Rappaport" />Pilot study to identify quinone adducts in newborn dried blood spots</span><br /><br />Professor Stephen Rappaport, University of California, Berkeley<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Award amount: &pound;73,957</span><br /><br />Studies linking childhood leukaemia with exposure to environmental chemicals have been hampered by the lack of quantitative information about levels of exposure and resulting internal doses.<br /><br />A potentially important avenue for obtaining information about in utero exposures involves reaction products between carcinogenic chemicals and blood proteins that are present in dried blood spots (DBS) &ndash; drops of blood obtained at birth to test newborns for genetic diseases.<br /><br />The reaction produc... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:23:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Virgin London Marathon 2013 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/vlm ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/vlm ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=682e9992-30bf-4e43-909d-e0456871fe91&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Join the Mr Men and Little Miss Running Team in the best marathon in the world! </span><br /><br /><span class="run_event_details_header">Event details</span> <span class="run_event_details"><strong>Date</strong>: 21st April 2013<br /><strong>Location</strong>: Greenwich to the Mall, London<br /><strong>Distance</strong>: Marathon (26.2 miles)<br /><strong>Number of participants</strong>: c34,000<br /><span class="time">April 21, 2013</span><br /></span><br /><strong>Thanks to the generous support of our runners we have raised millions since being the Official Charity in 2002.</strong><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Well done and thank you to every one of our Mr Men and Little Miss runners who took part in the Virgin London Marathon 2012.<br /></span><br />Around 1,300 dedicated runners joined our team - that meant that on race d... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:11:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Tariq Enver, UCL Cancer Institute, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/tariq-enver ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/tariq-enver ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <br /><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=963c8087-9105-453f-8d15-55b81ee47aee&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />The biology of normal and leukaemic stem and progenitor cells</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;330,000</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: September 2010 </span><br /><br /><em>Professor Tariq Enver, University College London Cancer Institute<span class="post_strong"><br /></span></em><br />Professor Enver is an international leader in the field of leukaemic stem cells. <br /><br />His recent breakthrough research has identified the cells in which the most common form of childhood leukaemia first arises.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Stem cells and blood production</span><br /><br />Our bone marrow produces millions of blood cells every day. <br /><br /><span class="quote"> Three  types of cell are produced &ndash; red blood cells, white blood cells a... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:42:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Paul O'Gorman Building ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/bristol-royal-hospital-for-children-paul-ogorman-building ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/bristol-royal-hospital-for-children-paul-ogorman-building ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Paul O'Gorman Building" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=8370575b-8c10-4211-922a-e5111d9196ee&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Paul O'Gorman Building" />This new children&rsquo;s hospital, the only dedicated paediatric hospital in South West England, opened in 2001. It is a national and international referral centre for children requiring bone marrow transplantation.</span><br /><br />In addition to providing the most up-to-date treatment facilities, one of the main aims in the design of the new hospital was to overcome many of the practical difficulties that face patients, families and staff.<br /><br />The provision of more single cubicles and single rooms and better facilities for parents to stay overnight with their child was an important consideration.<br /><br /><span class="post_strong">We provided funding of &pound;500,000 towards the... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:51:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Great Ormond Street Hospital redevelopment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/great-ormond-street-hospital-redevelopment ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/great-ormond-street-hospital-redevelopment ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=e0781aaf-e1ea-497b-9ce6-8aaa1c27e894&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><br /><br />The team at London&rsquo;s Great Ormond Street Hospital treats one in 10 of the children diagnosed with cancer in the UK. </span><br /><br />We have worked with them to support two major capital projects: the Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Patient Hotel and the redevelopment and expansion of their oncology and haematology facilities. <br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Patient Hotel</span><br /><br />In recent years the Hospital has placed a growing emphasis on the development of its day care services so that children don&rsquo;t need to be admitted unnecessarily. <br /><br />This has great benefits for children being treated for cancer. <br /><br />There are times during treatment when admission is necessary, but much of the treatment can be given on an outpatient basis. <br /><br />The trips to and from hospital un... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:48:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Amazing Great Children's Party ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/welfare-the-amazing-great-childrens-party ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/welfare-the-amazing-great-childrens-party ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage" title="A happy girl on a merry-go-round" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=2bdddae9-6284-4b32-b43f-03db89642f23&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A happy girl on a merry-go-round" /><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">July 2010 marked the 23rd anniversary of our amazing great day of fun for thousands of disabled, disadvantaged, leukaemic and seriously ill children.</span><br /><br />Once again we entertained around 6,000 deserving children &ndash; children whose lives are not the expected carefree ones of childhood because of some disability or a life-threatening illness, or perhaps a difficult or unhappy home<br /><br />With the help and support of many volunteers and sponsors, we provided all the expected party fun &ndash; marvellous magicians, fantastic face-painters, fabulous food, rollicking rides and a star-studded stage show.<br /><br /><a class="arrow_link" href="/Pages/News/Default.aspx?Title=our-welfare-projects&amp;IDCategory=3ded8c80-522d-410f-b72a-d491c... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:16:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Anand Chokkalingam, University of California, Berkeley ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-anand-chokkalingam-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-anand-chokkalingam-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=85ca1def-90d7-407a-8c25-07a953086e1a&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /><span class="post_strong">Variation of genes of the MHC, exposure to infections and risk of childhood ALL</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;142,597</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Completion date: February 2010</span><br /><br /><em>Dr Anand Chokkalingam &amp; Professor Patricia Buffler, University of California Berkeley; Dr Elizabeth Trachtenberg, Children&rsquo;s Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, California</em><br /><br />There is now a substantial body of evidence suggesting that a child&rsquo;s pattern of early exposure to infectious diseases may affect their risk of subsequently developing leukaemia.<br /><br />Dr Chokkalingam is a part of the Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study (NCCLS) &ndash; a major investigation of the risk factors associated with childhood leukaemia. We fu... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:47:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Anjali Shah, University of Oxford ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-anjali-shah-university-of-oxford ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-anjali-shah-university-of-oxford ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" title="Dr Anjali Shah" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0f8b6c0b-9043-435c-ad06-5f548a5067d5&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Anjali Shah" />The impact of predictors of co-morbidity and treatment intensity on  survival from leukaemia and other childhood cancers in England and  Wales</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;51,905<br />Date of award: December 2009<br /></span><br /><em>Dr Anjali Shah, Dr Michael Murphy and Dr Charles Stiller, Childhood Cancer Research Group, University of Oxford</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background</span><br /><br />Survival from leukaemia and other childhood cancers has increased dramatically since the 1970s. <br /><br />This is thanks to the use of intensive therapy, which has been continuously developed and improved through an ongoing series of clinical trials.<br /><br />For leukaemia, survival has b... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:58:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Nicholas Goulden and Dr Chris Mitchell ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-chris-mitchell-and-dr-nicholas-goulden ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-chris-mitchell-and-dr-nicholas-goulden ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" title="Dr Nicholas Goulden" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0d0d7335-7e1f-45b6-8bc6-c6da14cea3bf&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Nicholas Goulden" width="135" height="135" /></span><strong>New UK childhood ALL trial: UK ALL 2011</strong><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;750,000</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2009</span><br /><br /><em><br />Dr Nicholas Goulden, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London<br /></em><em>Dr Chris Mitchell, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford</em><br /><em></em><br />The latest national clinical trial for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia started in April 2011. <br /><br />This replaces the previous trial, UK ALL 2003, which has revolutionised the way that children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) are treated.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background &ndash; clinical trials and leukaemia treat... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:12:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Paresh Vyas and Professor Irene Roberts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-paresh-vyas-and-professor-irene-roberts ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-paresh-vyas-and-professor-irene-roberts ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Image of mutated DNA molecules" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=f9605859-5306-463b-bdf6-0a5df927fea2&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Image of mutated DNA molecules" />Down's syndrome associated pre-leukaemia and leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;922,319</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2009</span><br /><br /><em>Dr Paresh Vyas, Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine, Oxford and Professor Irene Roberts, Imperial College London</em><br /><br />Children with Down's syndrome (DS) have a greatly increased risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).<br /><br />This project, which we are funding in collaboration with the Leukaemia Research Fund, is investigating the genetic changes which underlie this devastating association.<br /><br />The defining feature of DS is three copies of chromosome 21 instead of the usual two. As well as... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:38:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Malcolm Taylor, University of Manchester ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-malcolm-taylor-university-of-manchester ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-malcolm-taylor-university-of-manchester ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Malcolm Taylor" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=ba340689-fd7f-440e-9842-22f2c1f35212&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Malcolm Taylor" />Systematic analysis of MHC-restricted antigen-specific T cell responses in children with leukaemia using T cell microarrays &ndash; a pilot validation study</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;314,697</span><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2009</span><br /><br />Although childhood leukaemia is now very successfully treated &ndash; and in most cases cured &ndash; with chemotherapy, the ultimate goal is to prevent the disease altogether.<br /><br />One possible approach to prevention builds on growing evidence of the role of the immune system in the development of leukaemia, by exploiting the body&rsquo;s own immune defences to develop a leukaemia vaccine.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background</span><br /><br />Evide... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 02:52:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Jillian Birch, University of Manchester ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-jillian-birch-university-of-manchester ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-jillian-birch-university-of-manchester ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Professor Jillian Birch" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=02d57536-ea90-411a-ba34-90c2b276d861&amp;w=250&amp;h=250&amp;src=mc" alt="Professor Jillian Birch" />International study of non-CNS embryonal tumours &ndash; UK pilot</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;324,539</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2009</span><br /><br /><br /><em>Professor Jillian Birch, University of Manchester; Professor Patricia McKinney, University of Leeds; Dr Michael Murphy, University of Oxford</em><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">This project is part of an international collaboration looking at a group of rare, understudied childhood cancers known as embryonal tumours.</span><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background</span><br /><br />Embryonal tumours occur in many different parts of the body. They are characterised by the proliferation of tissue that is normally only... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Yvonne Dugera ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/yvonne-dugera-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/yvonne-dugera-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="Yvonne Dugera at home surrounded by Christmas presents" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=81c380c5-7188-4e1c-8fba-be01e70cbc51&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Yvonne Dugera at home surrounded by Christmas presents" /><br />So many different symptoms, but nothing pointed to leukaemia. At last the blood test told the terrible truth. <br /><br />An extremely ill Yvonne began a gruelling journey to recovery.</span><br /><br />While Yvonne was receiving treatment for leukaemia, she helped out in our office.<br /><br />Yvonne's treatment is now complete and she's a valuable member of our team, looking after our <a title="Trekking adventures" href="/Pages/Events/Default.aspx?Title=trekking-adventures&amp;IDCategory=89919a4f-402c-49c6-b3e8-454a23bed06c&amp;IDTag=">Trekking adventures</a> and many of our supporters and fundraisers.<br /><br />Yvonne has since taken on a new personal challenge &ndash; to <a href="/Pages/Blog/Display.as... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:52:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Rysdale ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/elizabeth-rysdale-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/elizabeth-rysdale-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="Elizabeth Rysdale with her father" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=2615e646-cdcf-4dc0-8e31-5a36c6714336&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Elizabeth Rysdale with her father" /><br />Just after her first birthday, Elizabeth's parents noticed a lump on her eye.<br /><br />Appointments with an eye consultant led to a diagnosis of leukaemia.<br /><br /><br /></span>Elizabeth's father, Andrew, tells us her story:<br /><br /><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="A smiling Elizabeth" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=e2ca63d9-80f1-4a75-921b-fe87a5bdc473&amp;w=125&amp;h=125&amp;src=mc" alt="A smiling Elizabeth" />"My daughter, Elizabeth Mary Rysdale, was born on 20th December 2004 &ndash; the day that London submitted the bid for the Olympics.<br /><br />Elizabeth's birth date qualifies her for the 2012 Children's Promise and she will be invited to take part in one of the Olympic Ceremonie... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:40:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Caitlin Knutsson ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/caitlin-knutsson-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/caitlin-knutsson-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="A happy Caitlin Knutsson" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=bc2ec56b-076f-4d04-b530-c5f21226f256&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A happy Caitlin Knutsson" /><br />In 2005, five year old Caitlin was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.<br /><br />She and her family were living in Poland at the time.<br /><br /></span>Caitlin&rsquo;s mum, Mary tells their story:<br /><br />&ldquo;My daughter, Caitlin, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) when our family was living in Warsaw, Poland.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">After a blood test, we got her diagnosis the next day</span><br /><br />The nurse called from school to tell me that Caitlin, who was five years old at the time, was sick. She&rsquo;d fallen asleep in class. She&rsquo;d seemed unusually pale that morning when I dropped her off.<br /><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="A smiling Caitli... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:01:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Ben Smith ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/ben-smith-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/ben-smith-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="A smiling Ben Smith" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=442e3b53-f24b-49e7-9307-5eabc29fb7c2&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A smiling Ben Smith" /><br />With a year of intensive chemotherapy now completed, nine-year-old Ben Smith still faces two years of maintenance chemotherapy.<br /><br /></span>Ben&rsquo;s mum, Anita, tells us the story of his diagnosis and of Ben&rsquo;s inspirational bravery.<br /><br />&ldquo;Ben was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in March 2007. It was truly the most frightening day of my life.<br /><br />To have a normal seven-year-old child attending school one day, only to be diagnosed with a life threatening illness another, is just surreal.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">The doctor sent Benf for some blood tests</span><br /><br />Ben had been unwell with a slight chest and throat infection and had been on antibiotics for about a week. But he just didn't really pick up.<br /><s... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:26:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Charlotte Hutchinson ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/charlotte-hutchinson-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/charlotte-hutchinson-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="Charlotte Hutchinson with her family" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=cc84c6e5-66e9-40cc-a37b-4e3794dc8e48&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Charlotte Hutchinson with her family" /><br />It came as a terrible shock to the Hutchinson family when their active 13-year-old daughter Charlotte was diagnosed with leukaemia.<br /><br /></span>Charlotte&rsquo;s mother Pam shares their experience.<br /><br />"Friday 11th August 2006 is a day that will stick in my mind forever. <br /><br />Charlotte, then 13, went to the GP for a full blood test as she had been unwell for about the past two to three weeks.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Abnormalities in Charlotte&rsquo;s blood</span><br /><br />It was quite a normal Friday, until the consultant haematologist rang and said there were abnormalities in Charlotte&rsquo;s blood and could we take her straight down to East Surrey hospital.<br /><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRigh... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:46:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Hollie Robinson ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/hollie-robinson-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/hollie-robinson-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="Hollie Robinson with Lady Diana" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=c11fe730-5335-44b1-b609-20439d040403&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Hollie Robinson with Lady Diana" /><br />Hollie Robinson was four when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). <br /><br />She is now 14 and has been in remission for 10 years. In her own words, she shares her experience of living with the disease.</span><br /><br />"My name is Hollie Robinson Marsh and when I was four I became ill. <br /><br /><span class="post_h3">I was ill and I hadn&rsquo;t got better</span><br /><br />My mum started to get worried because I was ill and I hadn&rsquo;t got better. After a week, she took me to the local doctors who said it was just a virus and sent me home.<br /><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Hollie Robinson with a friend" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b68ca145-6649-43cd-84d3-b8c89... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:56:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Bethan Ayliff ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/bethan-ayliff-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/bethan-ayliff-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="A smiling Bethan Ayliff" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=77d0203f-2dc6-451b-ba18-afc53eef3833&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A smiling Bethan Ayliff" /><br />Bethan was just four years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). <br /><br />She had been unwell with several infections. Her parents knew something wasn't right.<br /><br /></span>Bethan&rsquo;s mother, Andrea, tells their story.<br /><br />"It's not something you would expect to happen to your four year old daughter.<br /><br />But unfortunately it can and does happen.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Bethan had been unwell and was exhausted</span><br /><br />Bethan had been unwell with several infections and was exhausted. She began to lose interest in the things she usually enjoyed. <br /><br />She was always such an outgoing child and loved to be out doing something all the time.<br /><br />We had an idea that something was not quit... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Andy Jackson ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/andy-jackson-new ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/andy-jackson-new ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="additional_spacing" title="Andy Jackson lying on a hospital bed smiling" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=a3c36cb4-7492-442a-981a-1b782206a0e1&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Andy Jackson lying on a hospital bed smiling" /></span><br /><span class="post_strong">Andy was preparing for his first year of university in summer 2003. </span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">He was feeling tired and getting frequent headaches, then started to experience problems with his vision. </span><span class="post_strong">A routine eye  examination uncovered something more serious.</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br /></span>Andy was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML).<span class="post_strong"><br /></span><br /><span class="post_strong">In February 2011, Andy set off on a new challenge - </span><a class="post_strong" href="/Pages/News/Display.aspx?Title=mr-happy-ran-britain" target="_self"><span class="post_link">Mr Happy Runs Britain</span></a>... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:10:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Government refuses to protect young lives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/government-refuses-to-protect-young-lives ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/government-refuses-to-protect-young-lives ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">13 October 2009</span><br /><br />LONDON: CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA is the charity leading the campaign for a ban on building homes and schools near high voltage overhead power lines.&nbsp; Today the charity has condemned the Government for failing to act on recommendations and advice from leading scientists, professionals and MPs in their call for action to protect children from the potentially harmful effects of living close to high voltage overhead power lines.<br /><br />A building moratorium on new homes and schools close to high voltage overhead power lines was identified as the &ldquo;best available option&rdquo; for obtaining a significant reduction in exposure to extremely low frequency EMFs by SAGE, the Government&rsquo;s own Stakeholder Advisory Group, in its report published in April 2007.&nbsp; Following that announcement, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) called on the Government to legislate to restrict the building of new homes ... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:56:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Mel Greaves, Institute of Cancer Research ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-mel-greaves-institute-of-cancer-research ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-mel-greaves-institute-of-cancer-research ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=5479b1ec-f65d-439d-abf9-14c60ba472cb&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_NewsItems1_lvNews_ctrl1_lblContentField" class="post_strong">Collateral DNA damage as an indicator of prior aetiological exposures in infant leukaemia.<br /><br /></span><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;82,421</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Completion date: July 2009</span><br /><br />Infant leukaemia (ie. leukaemia in children under one year of age) is a unique and particularly malignant variety of the disease.<br /><br />Professor Greaves and team discovered some years ago that the major mutation that drives this leukaemia (a fusion gene called MLL-AF4) arises before birth.<br /><br />This includes evidence from identical twins in which there is a high concordance rate of leukaemi... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:54:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Gordon Strathdee, University of Newcastle ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-gordon-strathdee-university-of-newcastle ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-gordon-strathdee-university-of-newcastle ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=cdf361e5-aa63-4b9b-b534-58877d148e69&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Functional relevance of loss of HOX gene expression in childhood leukaemia.</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;93,630</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Completion date: May 2009</span><br /><br /><em>Dr Gordon Strathdee, University of Newcastle; Professor Robert Brown, University of Glasgow; Dr Stefan Meyer, University of Manchester</em><br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h3" style="font-weight: bold;">Background</span><br />In normal bone marrow a small number of long-lived blood stem cells are constantly generating the huge numbers of cells in the blood. They do this by dividing and then changing and developing &ndash; a process known as differentiation.<br /><br />Once the cells have differentiated they have a finite life-span and no longer divide. Leukaemic cells ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:39:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Eric Wright, University of Dundee ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-eric-wright-university-of-dundee ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-eric-wright-university-of-dundee ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=93517eff-c276-440a-81e9-f9e585be6ea5&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Investigations of microenvironmentally-mediated damage as a promotional factor in childhood leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;142,272</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Completion date: May 2009</span><br /><br /><em>Professor Eric Wright, Dr Sally Lorimore and Dr Philip Coates, University of Dundee</em><br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h3" style="font-weight: bold;">Background</span><br />Exposure to ionising radiation is known to increase the risk of leukaemia in both children and adults.<br /><br />It has been assumed that leukaemia develops as a result of direct DNA damage at the time of radiation exposure but in recent years a number of unexpected research findings have challenged this assumption.<br /><br />Further, we know that some children have a ... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 01:01:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Owen Williams, Institute of Child Health, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-owen-williams-institute-of-child-health-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-owen-williams-institute-of-child-health-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=ce9423d2-2570-427d-b22d-a368d5444eb6&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />The role of MLL in the molecular pathogenesis of infant and childhood leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;1,788,970</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Project completed: February 2009</span><br /><br />The high overall cure rate for childhood leukaemia masks an extremely poor outlook for children with certain forms of the disease. Children who are diagnosed with leukaemia at less than one year of age have a particularly poor prognosis. As many as 50 per cent of them will not reach their fifth birthday.<br /><br />The vast majority of infant leukaemias are associated with acquired abnormalities in one particular gene, the MLL gene, found on chromosome 11.<br /><br />The MLL gene plays a central role in the development of normal blood cells in healthy people. Ho... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 05:31:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr J Anderson and Dr M Pule, Institute for Child Health ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-j-anderson-and-dr-m-pule-institute-for-child-health ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-j-anderson-and-dr-m-pule-institute-for-child-health ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" title="A researcher at work" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=8be31bf3-e99a-41bc-84a3-de7140affa16&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A researcher at work" />Assessment of anti-PAX5 immunotherapy for paediatric haematological and solid cancers</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;200,289</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br /><br /><em>Dr John Anderson</em><em> and </em><em>Dr Martin Pule</em><em>, Institute for Child Health, London</em><br /><br /><br /><br />This ground-breaking research aims to help children who are failed by existing treatments.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background</span><br /><br />Most children with leukaemia are initially treated with high doses of chemotherapy &ndash; to kill the deadly leukaemia cells and enable blood cells to restore their vital functions.<br /><br />Some children respond... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:46:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor P Amrolia and Dr N Goulden, Institute of Child Health ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/amrolia-and-goulden ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/amrolia-and-goulden ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=77ad9462-8b7e-47c6-9b06-a7134bba1d07&amp;w=250&amp;h=250&amp;src=mc" alt="" width="190" height="190" /></span><span class="post_strong">Immunotherapy after stem cell transplant in children with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia</span>.<br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;348,658</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br /><em>Professor Persis Amrolia </em><em>and </em><em>Dr Nicholas Goulden</em><em>, Institute of Child Health, London <br /><br /></em><br />This ground-breaking research aims to help children who are failed by existing treatments.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background</span><br /><br />When a child is first diagnosed with leukaemia, doctors immediately start an aggressive chemotherapy regime to try to kill the leukaemia cells. <br /><br />For some children this is enough. Bu... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:56:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Persis Amrolia, Institute of Child Health, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/amrolia ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/amrolia ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" title="Dr Persis Amrolia" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=e8b2b6d1-96ad-4340-9242-0ea91c6c1a8d&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Persis Amrolia" />Improving immune response following bone marrow transplant for children with acute myeloid leukaemia (ALL)</span>.<br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;348,791<br /><br /></span><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Background</span><br /><br />When a child is diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), doctors immediately start aggressive chemotherapy to kill the deadly leukaemic cells.<br /><br />Unfortunately this isn&rsquo;t enough to cure all children; some simply don&rsquo;t respond to the chemotherapy, others may respond well initially only to relapse. The only hope for these children is a bone marrow transplant.<br /><br />The child&rsquo;s best hope lies in a tran... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Joachim Schüz, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joachim-schuz-institute-of-cancer-epidemiology ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joachim-schuz-institute-of-cancer-epidemiology ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Joachim Sch&uuml;z" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0e72db14-0cb5-4529-b88c-6c4af7523f92&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Joachim Sch&uuml;z" />Proximity to power lines and childhood leukaemia in Denmark</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;83,135</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br /><em>Dr Joachim Sch&uuml;z, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Denmark</em><br /><br />The Draper Report*, published in 2005, showed a significantly increased risk of leukaemia in children in England and Wales living within 600 metres of a high voltage overhead power line.<br />&nbsp;<br />This result surprised many, not least because of the distance to which the increased risk extended - a distance beyond that at which there are elevated magnetic fields &ndash; meaning that the increased risk cannot be attributed to the effect of the magnetic fie... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:40:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Joshua Schiffman, University of Utah ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joshua-schiffman-university-of-utah ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joshua-schiffman-university-of-utah ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Joshua Schiffman" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=f48e717a-4dcd-4dc6-92fc-d39476089ddc&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Joshua Schiffman" />Identifying and characterising copy number variation (CNV) as a risk factor for childhood leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;183,069</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br />Copy number variation (CNV) is a type of genetic variation. Over 4,000 regions of copy number variations have been identified in the &lsquo;normal&rsquo; human genome.<br /><br />CNV regions contain stretches of duplicated or deleted DNA in healthy individuals and can be found throughout the entire genome.<br /><br />Although a very recent discovery, CNVs already have been associated with susceptibility to complex diseases like autism, autoimmunity, HIV, and even schizophrenia.<br /><br />Most recently, a fou... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 03:43:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Lyndal Kearney, Institute of Cancer Research, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-lyndal-kearney-institute-of-cancer-research-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-lyndal-kearney-institute-of-cancer-research-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Image of a JAK2 gene" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b3c8d837-2de8-4f72-a0fa-6870b57d4a45&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Image of a JAK2 gene" />Defining the role of JAK2 mutations in the natural history and molecular pathogenesis of &lsquo;excess risk&rsquo; ALL in children with Down's syndrome</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;128,083</span><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br />Children with Down's syndrome (DS), the genetic hallmark of which is an extra copy of chromosome 21, have a greatly increased risk of developing acute leukaemia in the first few years of life.<br /><br />The leukaemias in DS children are of two distinct kinds. Approximately one half are of a variety that is normally extremely rare - acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia (AMKL).The increased risk for this subtype is some 400-500 times elevated.<br /><br />The remainde... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 07:15:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Shai Izraeli, Sheba Medical Center, Israel ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-shai-izraeli-sheba-medical-center-israel ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-shai-izraeli-sheba-medical-center-israel ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Professor Shai Izraeli" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=84cccfea-11b2-4e79-8a28-6c872e3577e7&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Professor Shai Izraeli" />Haematopoietic transcription factors and childhood leukaemia &ndash; Down's syndrome as model</span><br /><br />Amount of grant: &pound;198,432<br /><br />Date of award: December 2008<br /><br />Children with Down's syndrome (DS) are more likely than other children to develop leukaemia.<br /><br />As many as one in ten children with DS are born with a pre-leukaemic condition called transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD); in about one fifth of cases this condition progresses into full-blown leukaemia.<br /><br />DS is caused by a genetic mutation which produces an extra copy of chromosome 21. Recent studies have shown that TMD is caused by collaboration of this mutation, known as Trisomy 21, and mutation of GATA1, a protein involved in the development of blood ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Richard Feltbower, University of Leeds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-richard-feltbower ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-richard-feltbower ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Richard Feltbower" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b73b07e0-9ed8-4ba2-8aea-219ff9d80a29&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Richard Feltbower" />Leukaemia and other cancers in teenagers and young adults in England: an aetiological analysis applying new statistical approaches</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;120,351</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br />Clinically, leukaemia in older individuals behaves differently from the straightforward common form of childhood ALL.<br /><br />It is possible that leukaemia in the teenage and young adult (TYA) age group comprises a spectrum of diseases which include late-presenting childhood type diseases and early-presenting adult type diseases.<br /><br />The distribution of disease in this age group is very different from younger children &ndash; the incidence of ALL and AML is similar w... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:37:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Anand Chokkalingam, University of California, Berkeley ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-anand-chokkalingam-university-of-california ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-anand-chokkalingam-university-of-california ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Anand Chokkalingam" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=8c5f77f7-1cd7-494b-8c30-68521e2faf28&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Anand Chokkalingam" />Mechanistic studies of folate as a risk factor for childhood acute lymphocytic leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;227,181</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br />The vitamin folate is essential for healthy foetal development.<br /><br />Evidence from laboratory and epidemiology studies implicates folate in childhood leukaemia risk.<br /><br />However, perhaps due to the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors, as well as the common use of indirect assessments of foetal folate exposure such as maternal dietary intake, the precise role of folate in childhood leukaemia development has proved hard to pinpoint.<br /><br />Foetal exposure to folate is affected not o... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Waseem Qasim, Institute of Child Health, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-waseem-qasim-institute-of-child-health-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-waseem-qasim-institute-of-child-health-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" title="Image of DNA molecules" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=f9605859-5306-463b-bdf6-0a5df927fea2&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Image of DNA molecules" />T-cell receptor therapy against leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;210,301</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2008</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">This ground-breaking research aims to help children who are failed by existing treatments.</span><br /><br /><em></em>Dr Qasim and colleagues from both Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital in London are collaborating to develop a new technique for treating children who cannot be helped by current treatments.<br /><br />In essence, they are developing a technique which they hope can be used to boost a child&rsquo;s own immune response against leukaemia.<br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Backgroun... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:09:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Paul O’Gorman Childhood Leukaemia Research Centre, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-leukaemia-research-centre-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-leukaemia-research-centre-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <img class="mediaImage" style="float: left;" title="A researcher at work" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=339a55b3-63bb-4466-a87b-b2981faf541b&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A researcher at work" /><br /><br /><strong>Opened in 1995</strong><br /><br /><strong>This centre at the Institute of Child Health (ICH), the research arm of Great Ormond Street Hospital, was our first Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Centre.</strong><br /><br />We contributed &pound;2 million to the costs of the new centre, which opened in 1995.<br /><br />Now part of University College London, ICH is the leading British academic research institution for child health.<br /><br />Scientists in the centre work closely with the clinicians in the Hospital, who treat one in every 10 children diagnosed with cancer in the UK.<br /><br />A major aim of the close relationship between clinicians and scientists is to translate discoveries from the lab into the clinic, to deliver real benefits to the young patients they treat.<br /><br />... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:15:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Joseph Wiemels, University of California, San Francisco ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joseph-wiemels-university-of-california-san-francisco ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joseph-wiemels-university-of-california-san-francisco ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0155e3ec-2930-449c-8b06-504402a66d9e&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Etiology of T(1;19) E2A-PBX1+ Leukemia: An Integrative Research Project</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Amount of grant: &pound;148,594</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: October 2008</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h3" style="font-weight: bold;">Background</span><br />Childhood leukaemia is characterised by genetic mutations called translocations, where genes break and fuse with other broken genes &ndash; creating a fusion gene. Different translocations are associated with different forms of the disease.<br /><br />In the past, most research into the causes of childhood leukaemia has treated leukaemia as a single disease. However the different forms of the disease &ndash; and the different translocations which underlie them - probably have different causes, mean... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:39:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Understanding the genetic characteristics of leukaemia – Dr Joseph Wiemels ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joseph-wiemels-translocations ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joseph-wiemels-translocations ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <em><span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Dr Joseph Wiemels" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=68be59e8-e200-4eba-bf62-08280ccb46d3&amp;w=200&amp;h=200&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Joseph Wiemels" /></span></em><span class="post_strong">Etiology of T(1;19) E2A-PBX1+ Leukemia: An Integrative Research Project</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br /></span><span class="post_strong">Amount of&nbsp; grant: &pound;148,594</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Completion date: October 2008</span><br /><br /><em>Dr Joseph Wiemels, University of California<br /><br /></em>Childhood leukaemia is characterised by genetic mutations called translocations, where genes break and fuse with other broken genes &ndash; creating a fusion gene. Different translocations are associated with different forms of the disease.<br /><br />In the past, most research into the causes of childhood leukaemia has treated it as a single disease. How... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:33:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Denis Henshaw, University of Bristol ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-denis-henshaw-university-of-bristol ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-denis-henshaw-university-of-bristol ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" title="A group of campaigners" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=f23d1248-f055-44d6-ac64-6d083f65efbc&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A group of campaigners" />Environmental causes of childhood leukaemia: focus on EMF and air pollution</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;471,438</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: August 2008</span><br /><br />In response to the growing body of evidence, agencies such as the UK&rsquo;s Health Protection Agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have agreed that electric and magnetic fields (EMF), of the type emitted by high voltage power lines, could cause cancer.<br /><br />In 2005, the largest single study of childhood cancer and power lines &ndash; the Draper Study* &ndash; reported that children in England and Wales whose birth address fell within 600 metres of a high vo... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:24:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Patricia Buffler, University of California Berkeley ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-patricia-buffler-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-patricia-buffler-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=8c9bd1f3-26e6-4b98-922b-3d78ecd748a9&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Individual genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures in the aetiology of childhood leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;110,666</span><br /><br /><br /><em>Professor Patricia Buffler and Dr Sandrine Dudoit, Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study, University of California Berkeley</em><br /><br />Childhood leukaemia is a complex disease which has a variety of different forms.<br /><br />It is known to have more than one cause and it appears to develop in a number of stages, with a genetic susceptibility present at birth in the majority of cases.<br /><br />Many studies have looked for associations between childhood leukaemia and various environmental factors such as parental smoking, exposure to vehicle emissions and exposure to pesticides. The literature ... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:17:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ New analysis finds day care attendance early in life cuts childhood leukaemia risk by about 30% ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/daycare ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/daycare ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">28 April 2008</span><br /><br />LONDON: Children who attend day care or play groups have about a 30 per cent lower risk of developing the most common type of childhood leukaemia than those who do not, according to a new analysis of studies investigating the link.<br /><br />The new research, to be presented Tuesday at the 2nd CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA Causes and Prevention of Childhood Leukaemia Conference in London, is the first comprehensive analysis of studies investigating the association between social contact and childhood leukaemia.<br /><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bodyContent_cphPageMaster_cphPageMaster_ContentPlaceHolder_NewsItem1_lblNewsContent" class="quote">... the first comprehensive analysis of studies investigating the association between social contact and childhood leukaemia.<img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0c9c1733-3f72-4571-8e94-2201b310f78e&amp;w=160&amp;h=36&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span><br />&ldquo;C... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:53:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Gladys Block, University of California Berkeley ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-gladys-block-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-gladys-block-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Effect of maternal and child diet and folate metabolism gene variants on childhood leukaemia risk</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Amount of grant: &pound;133,022</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Professor Gladys Block, Dr Sandrine Dudoit and Professor Patricia Buffler, Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study, University of California, Berkeley</em><br /><br />It is now widely accepted that the initiating genetic event in leukaemia development often occurs when the child is still in the womb. Therefore, it is important that potential risk factors in leukaemia development are examined in the in utero environment.<br /><br />Early childhood is another potentially critical period of exposure.<br /><br />Diet is a factor that has been linked to childhood leukaemia in a number of previous studies although maternal diet and early childhood diet have never been comprehensively examined.<br /><br />In this study, the research team will carry out a det... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:13:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Andrew Hall, University of Newcastle upon Tyne ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-andrew-hall-university-of-newcastle-upon-tyne ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-andrew-hall-university-of-newcastle-upon-tyne ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=cc5536cb-7510-40b9-9d1b-60605dea0acd&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Drug resistance in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Total cost: &pound;284,086</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Project completed: March 2008</span><br /><br />Professor Andy Hall is the scientific director of the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, housed in the Paul O'Gorman Building at University of Newcastle. His team is undertaking important research into the causes of drug resistance in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).<br /><br />Evidence suggests that most leukaemia patients who relapse after treatment do so because they have developed a resistance to the drugs used to kill the cancerous cells. This drug resistance is caused by the emergence of genetically altered leukaemic cell clones. Studies have shown that these ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:59:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Support from Hilton Hotels Small Change Big Difference Campaign ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/support-from-hilton-hotels-small-change-big-difference-campaign ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/support-from-hilton-hotels-small-change-big-difference-campaign ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">4 March 2008</span><br /><br /><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=2ce4f886-87d0-4b5a-a6e3-5cff06b1cdfc&amp;w=180&amp;h=126&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Hilton hotel guests have helped to make a big difference with their small change, thanks to a special campaign that has run in Hilton hotels from October 2007 through to January 2008. A grant of &pound;129,746 was awarded to UK charity CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA including trustee Linda Robson and celebrity supporters Lesley Joseph and Paul Young at a special ceremony held in London.<br /><br />The Small Change Big Difference campaign invites Hilton guests to add an optional &pound;1 onto their room bill. This simple and effective campaign has so far raised nearly &pound;700,000 since its first launch in 2004.<br /><br />CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA Trustee and TV star Linda Robson accepted a cheque for &pound;129,746 on behalf of the charity. Celebrity supporters Paul Young and Lesley Joseph w... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 23:59:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Russel Reiter, University of Texas ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-russel-reiter-university-of-texas ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-russel-reiter-university-of-texas ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Light at night, melatonin and experimental leukaemia progression</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Amount of grant: &pound;66,695</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: March 2008</span><br /><br /><br />Inadvertent light exposure during the hours of darkness is common in developed countries because of the widespread use of artificial lighting.<br /><br />Such exposure to light at night prevents humans from producing a hormone called melatonin which is normally produced during the hours of darkness. There is some evidence that melatonin is a cancer-inhibiting agent.<br /><br />In the UK, and other developed countries, the frequency of childhood leukaemia has been increasing, for reasons that are not known. One possibility is that light pollution at night, which suppresses the production of melatonin, is a contributory factor.<br /><br />An American study found a correlation between the emergence and spread of the childhood age p... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:57:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ King of the Jungle, Christopher Biggins, meets fundraisers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/king-of-the-jungle-christopher-biggins-meets-fundraisers ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/king-of-the-jungle-christopher-biggins-meets-fundraisers ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">11 February 2008</span><br /><br />Much loved actor and current King of the Jungle Christopher Biggins took time out of his busy schedule to meet fundraisers, including 96 year old Fauja Singh, after they completed the annual Birmingham to London bike ride in aid of CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA.<br /><br />The presentation took place on Sunday 27 January at the Wyke Green Golf Club, Isleworth, where the star was presented with a cheque for &pound;25,368.44 from SACA, the organisers behind the event.<br /><br />SACA also took the opportunity to announce that, further to the success of last year&rsquo;s event, they have nominated CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA to be the beneficiary of the event for a second year running. Deputy CEO of CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA Peter Reynolds said &ldquo;We are honoured to be the nominated charity for a second year. It is a privilege to be associated with SACA again and we look forward to another successful event&rdquo;.<br /><br />Over 250 cy... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:24:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A Sad Farewell ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/a-sad-farewell ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/a-sad-farewell ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">30 January 2008</span><br /><br />CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA&rsquo;s Chairman of Celebrity Friends and supporter Jeremy Beadle has died, aged 59.<br /><br />His involvement with the charity was immense and included countless personal appearances, as well as heading up and advising on numerous fundraising campaigns.<span class="quote">We are all devastated by this very sad news. Jeremy  was not only a close  personal friend and an extraordinary entertainer,  he was one of the  most dedicated supporters this charity has ever seen.<img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0c9c1733-3f72-4571-8e94-2201b310f78e&amp;w=160&amp;h=36&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span><br /><br />He compered the annual Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Banquet and Ball, entertained the children at the Amazing Great Children&rsquo;s Party every July and organised the Jeremy Beadle&rsquo;s Quiz Party each year.<br /><br />His support for CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA knew no bounds and his d... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:14:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Mike Sury, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-mike-sury-great-ormond-street-hospital-nhs-trust ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-mike-sury-great-ormond-street-hospital-nhs-trust ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=fb4f4775-bc8e-40ee-baa7-a7f7c33d216a&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Side effects in children after anaesthesia for intrathecal chemotherapy</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;5,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Project completed: December 2007</span><br /><br /><br />Children being treated for leukaemia and other malignancies require repeated short painful procedures and whereas most adults can tolerate these under local anaesthesia alone, most children need a general anaesthetic.<br /><br />Such anaesthetics can have unpleasant side effects in children and this is a particular concern for children who have to endure frequent procedures.<br /><br />We provided funding to support a research nurse to undertake a questionnaire and interview audit project to determine the incidence and severity of side effects in children following anaesthes... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:42:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Chris Boshoff, UCL Cancer Institute ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/boshoff ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/boshoff ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" title="Professor Chris Boshoff" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=d2deeb6e-72e9-48ee-9d87-e5146f2aea86&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Professor Chris Boshoff" />These three different strands of work promise important progress in treating childhood cancer</span>.<br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;1,006,808</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2007</span><br /><br /><em>Professor Chris Boshoff, Professor Poul Sorensen and Dr Pablo Rodriguez-Viciana</em><br /><em>University College London Cancer Institute</em><br /><br />The Cancer Institute at University College London opened in September 2007, housed in the spectacular new Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building. <br /><br />We contributed &pound;2 million to the cost of the state-of-the-art research facilities, the eighth research centre to carry Paul&rsquo;s name.<br /><br />To help ensure that the work... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:26:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Tevfik Dorak, University of Newcastle upon Tyne ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-tevfik-dorak-university-of-newcastle-upon-tyne ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-tevfik-dorak-university-of-newcastle-upon-tyne ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=35cdc8ac-1050-4a16-a314-893009371ac0&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />Genes influencing body iron content and childhood leukaemia risk</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Total cost: &pound;98,912</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: October 2007</span><br /><br />The association between increased body iron content and cancer risk is well-established in adults. No study had previously examined whether the risk also applied to children.<br /><br />Dr Dorak had previously demonstrated an association between a particular variant of the HFE gene, which increases iron levels, and risk of childhood leukaemia and in this study he set out to explore the relevance of iron to childhood leukaemia development by examining iron-related genetic variation in children with and without leukaemia.<br /><br />In this project, his team has identified two further variants of... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:25:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Mark Lowdell, Royal Free Hospital, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-mark-lowdell-royal-free-hospital-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-mark-lowdell-royal-free-hospital-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Trial of allogeneic leukaemia-activated natural killer lymphocytes after low dose TBI and fludarabine</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Amount of grant: 11,500</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: October 2007</span><br /><br /><br />Over the past 10 years, with support from CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA and others, the Immunotherapy Group at the Royal Free &amp; University College Medical School has investigated the anti-leukaemia activity of a type of white blood cell called &ldquo;natural killer&rdquo; (NK) cells. These cells exist in everyone and are responsible for primary immune attack of infected cells and tumours.<br /><br />These cells are responsible for one of the beneficial effects of stem cell transplantation &ndash; an effect known as graft versus leukaemia (GVL) in which the donated stem cells attack the leukaemia cells remaining in the patient&rsquo;s bone marrow.<br /><br />SCT is, however, fraught with difficulty. ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Joseph Wiemels, University of California, San Francisco ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joseph-wiemels ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-joseph-wiemels ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Joseph Wiemels" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=68be59e8-e200-4eba-bf62-08280ccb46d3&amp;w=250&amp;h=250&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Joseph Wiemels" />The contribution of electromagnetic frequency exposures to the Fallon leukemia cluster</span><br /><br />Amount of grant: &pound;67,707<br /><br />Date of award: October 2007<br /><br /><em>Dr Joseph Wiemels, Professor Sam Milham, Lloyd Morgan, University of California, San Francisco</em><br /><br />An inexplicable outbreak of leukaemia occurred in Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada between 1997 and 2002. 16 children were diagnosed, of which three have died. Coincidence was ruled out on the basis that this kind of cluster could occur by chance alone in the USA once every 22,000 years.<br /><br />Despite investigative efforts performed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other research groups, the distinct causative factor(s) of this cluster remain uniden... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:25:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Institute of Cancer Sciences, Paul O'Gorman Building ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/institute-of-cancer-sciences-paul-ogorman-building ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/institute-of-cancer-sciences-paul-ogorman-building ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" title="Eddie and Marion O'Gorman opening the Institute of Cancer Sciences at University College London" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=eb53e59f-19c2-41d3-97b7-40e152ae14bf&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Eddie and Marion O'Gorman opening the Institute of Cancer Sciences at University College London" /><br />The Institute of Cancer Sciences at University College London was officially opened on 18th September 2007.</span><br /><br />Eddie and Marion O'Gorman and Paul's sister, Sandra, cut the ribbon at the opening.<br /><br />We have been fundraising since 2004 for this new facility and, in recognition of our contribution, the building in which the Institute is housed has been named the Paul O'Gorman Building.<br /><br />The Institute will co-ordinate all of UCL&rsquo;s cancer research, providing a focus for excellent basic science and translational studies across the College&rsquo;s different sites.<br /><br />Ultimately, the Institute wi... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:19:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Support from Hilton Hotels Campaign ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/support-from-hilton-hotels-campaign ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/support-from-hilton-hotels-campaign ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">8 August 2007</span><br /><br />Hilton Hotels &lsquo;Small Change Big Difference&rsquo; Campaign supports leading UK charity CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA<br /><br />Hilton hotel guests will be making a big difference this winter to children suffering from leukaemia, as the Hilton in the Community Foundation announces the Small Change Big Difference campaign will benefit leading UK charity CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA.<br /><br />The campaign invites Hilton guests to add an optional &pound;1 onto their room bill during October, November and December 2007. Last year&rsquo;s campaign was a huge success, raising over &pound;200,000 for children&rsquo;s hospices across the UK and Ireland.<br /><br />CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA is the UK&rsquo;s leading charity dedicated to the conquest of childhood leukaemia through pioneering research, new treatment and support of leukaemic children and their families.<br /><br />Money raised by the Small Change Big Difference campaign will be ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:32:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Richard Feltbower, University of Leeds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-richard-feltbower-university-of-leeds ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-richard-feltbower-university-of-leeds ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Does population mixing measure infectious exposure at the community level?</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;66,062</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: July 2007</span><br /><br /><br />There is now an extensive body of evidence linking the risk of childhood leukaemia with infectious exposure in early life (see our review below: Does infection cause or prevent childhood leukaemia?).<br /><br />Most geographical research projects looking at disease associations with infections rely on indirect or &lsquo;proxy&rsquo; methods such as &lsquo;population mixing&rsquo; to estimate the range and dose brought into a community. Previous studies have assumed that areas with a high level of population mixing have high levels of infectious disease.<br /><br />But the term population mixing itself encompasses many different measures and Dr Feltbower&rsquo;s aim was to determine whether commonly used measures of popu... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:50:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Report by MPs will save young lives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/report-by-mps-will-save-young-lives ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/report-by-mps-will-save-young-lives ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">17 July 2007</span><br /><br />Leading childhood leukaemia charity, CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, has welcomed a new report from a Cross-Party Inquiry of senior backbench MPs, which they say adds unprecedented political support to the growing international scientific, medical and professional consensus that a precautionary building moratorium should be introduced to protect children&rsquo;s health.<br /><br />The report, being launched in Parliament at 10.30am on Wednesday 18 July, will recommend that Government introduce a building moratorium within at least 60 metres of existing High Voltage Overhead Transmission Lines.<br /><br />CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA's Chief Executive said &ldquo;This report really gives Government the green light it needs to introduce precaution in the UK. Precautionary measures have already been introduced in Europe (Switzerland, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands) and as far afield as Australia - it&rsquo;s now time for us to follow suit. T... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:47:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Pressure on Government to ban building near power lines ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/pressure-on-government-to-ban-building-near-power-lines ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/pressure-on-government-to-ban-building-near-power-lines ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">26 April 2007</span><br /><br />Leading children&rsquo;s cancer charity CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA welcomes the publication today of the SAGE report, which it feels leaves Government little option but respond immediately with a commitment to substantive precautionary action. The report was officially published simultaneously on the SAGE website and the websites of the 3 funders of the process; the Department of Health, National Grid and CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA.<br /><br />The report concludes that a ban on building new homes and schools near power lines is the &ldquo;best available option&rdquo; for obtaining a significant reduction in exposure to power frequency EMFs and urges Government to make &ldquo;a clear decision on whether to implement this option or not&rdquo;.<br /><br />The Minister for Public Health, Caroline Flint MP has been under pressure to introduce a moratorium on new building near power lines since the 2005 publication of the Department of Heal... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:05:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Nicholas D Priest, Middlesex University ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-nicholas-d-priest-middlesex-university ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-nicholas-d-priest-middlesex-university ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Environmental radioactivity as a cause of leukaemia in a high radiation area within central Asia: feasibility study</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Total cost: &pound;15,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: February 2007</span><br /><br />Professor Nicholas D Priest, Middlesex University; Dr David Hoel, Medical University of South Carolina; Professor Mukash Burkitbayeav, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University<br /><br /><br /><span class="post_h3">Project summary</span><br /><br />Exposure to high dose radiation (either by exposure during medical radiography or as a consequence of nuclear accidents or explosions) is one of the few proven risk factors for childhood leukaemia. It is thought &ndash; but not yet established - that protracted exposure to low dose environmental radiation could also be a risk factor.<br /><br />Studying the association between leukaemia risk and such low dose radiation (which may come from natura... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:38:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Paul O’Gorman Building, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-building-northern-institute-for-cancer-research-newcastle ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-building-northern-institute-for-cancer-research-newcastle ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage" title="Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=d1861c77-e996-48ad-a0ed-0316df3a62d5&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle" /><br /></strong><br /><strong>Opened in 2004</strong><br /><br /><strong>Childhood cancer is a major research theme at the Institute which has become the hub for the University&rsquo;s world-class capability in cancer research since opening in 2004.</strong><br /><br />We contributed &pound;2 million towards the costs of building and equipping the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, housed in the award-winning Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building.<br /><br />More than 160 staff and students are engaged in conducting and supporting research at the Institute. Working at the clinical-laboratory interface, they undertake basic research to define new targets for therapeutic and diagnostic exploitati... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:55:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Paul O'Gorman Diagnostic Testing Laboratory, Manchester ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-molecular-diagnostic-laboratory ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-molecular-diagnostic-laboratory ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" title="Paul O'Gorman Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Manchester" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=073da356-ac8e-4d9a-a3e0-5e484992c9db&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Paul O'Gorman Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Manchester" /><br /></span><br /><strong>Opened in 2006<br /><br /><span class="post_strong"><br /></span>We provided funding to equip the &lsquo;molecular diagnostic&rsquo; laboratory, part of a new translational research facility at the Paterson Institute.&nbsp; </strong><br /><br />The Paterson Institute is an integral part of the oncology centre at the Christie Hospital, a specialist cancer hospital serving the north west of England.<br />&nbsp;<br />Translational research is about taking the results from the laboratory bench to the bedside &ndash; translating the science into new treatments.<br /><br />We provided funding of &pound;750,000 to equip the &lsquo;molecular diagnostic&rsquo; laboratory, one of a number of labora... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:03:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Catherine Metayer, University of California Berkeley ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-catherine-metayer-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-catherine-metayer-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Catherine Metayer" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=2d23dc71-e5a0-4ac3-83d7-0491eac5497d&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Catherine Metayer" />Environmental chemical exposures in the aetiology of cytogenetic subgroups of childhood leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;115,569</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: December 2006</span><br /><br /><em>Dr Catherine Metayer and Professor Patricia Buffler, University of California Berkeley</em><br /><br />A number of chromosomal abnormalities occur in children with leukaemia and these are used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes.<br /><br />It has been shown that some of these abnormalities are present in the neonatal blood spots of the children with leukaemia, indicating that for many children the leukaemia was initiated before birth.<br /><br />It is likely that the various subgroups of childhood leu... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:54:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Vladimir Binhi, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-vladimir-binhi-russian-academy-of-sciences-moscow ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-vladimir-binhi-russian-academy-of-sciences-moscow ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Theoretical study of the role of magnetic nanoparticles in the transduction of weak alternating and slow variable magnetic fields</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;20,490</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Completion date: September 2006</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong"><br /><span class="post_h3">Project summary</span></span><br /><br />There is now clear evidence of an increased risk of childhood leukaemia associated with exposure to the sorts of magnetic fields associated with electricity supply.<br /><br />But, although there are a number of theories, there is no well-established mechanism by which such fields interact with the body to increase leukaemia risk. This lack of mechanism has led to claims that the association may be spurious.<br /><br />It has been shown that the human brain contains tiny magnetic particles. These respond to magnetic fields, and may therefore play a role in mediating the int... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 02:31:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Mike Murphy, University of Oxford ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-mike-murphy-university-of-oxford ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-mike-murphy-university-of-oxford ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Dr Mike Murphy" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=766bc658-14d8-441b-aee4-99fc68f3958f&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Dr Mike Murphy" />Programme grant (five years): Epidemiological studies of childhood leukaemia</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;811,851</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Date of award: September 2006</span><br /><br /><em>Dr Mike Murphy, Childhood Cancer Research Group, University of Oxford</em><br /><br />In September 2006 we awarded funding of &pound;629,796, and then a further &pound;182,082 in 2007, to the Childhood Cancer Research Group (CCRG) to support a five-year programme of work looking at the causes of childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />The Group is world-renowned for its epidemiological studies on childhood cancer.<br /><br />They hold the National Registry of Childhood Tumours, the world&rsquo;s largest and most important national population-ba... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:24:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Power lines top agenda in Parliament as Scotland demands action to save young lives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/power-lines-top-agenda-in-parliament-as-scotland-demands-action-to-save-young-lives ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/power-lines-top-agenda-in-parliament-as-scotland-demands-action-to-save-young-lives ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">20 June 2006</span><br /><br />MSP&rsquo;s will hear today (Wednesday 21 June) the results of a ground breaking new survey which shows that more than 9 out of 10 Scots are calling for action which could save children from exposure to potentially dangerous fields from new and existing overhead power lines.<br /><br />These lines have been linked to a massive increase in the risk of children developing leukaemia (Draper Report 2005).<br /><span class="quote">There&rsquo;s a popular misapprehension that this strength of feeling was reserved to those who lived in affected areas, owned homes near power lines or have young children. This survey gives lie to these unsubstantiated claims. Scottish people clearly want action and want it now<img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0c9c1733-3f72-4571-8e94-2201b310f78e&amp;w=160&amp;h=36&amp;src=mc" alt="" /></span><br />The results are the most significant recorded since the debate on overhead... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:31:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Public prepared to pay to help reduce risks of childhood leukaemia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/public-prepared-to-pay-to-help-reduce-risks-of-childhood-leukaemia ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/public-prepared-to-pay-to-help-reduce-risks-of-childhood-leukaemia ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">3 May 2006</span><br /><br />60 per cent of people surveyed say that they are concerned about the link between childhood leukaemia and exposure to electric and magnetic fields (known as EMF) and more than half of these are so concerned that they would be prepared to pay extra on their electricity bills to help fund measures to reduce exposure to EMF, a principal source of which is overhead electricity transmission lines.<br /><br />Research published last year (Draper Report) demonstrated that children living within 200m of a high voltage overhead power line were at a 70 per cent greater risk of developing leukaemia. The survey results are published ahead of a Parliamentary Commission of MPs, chaired by Dr Howard Stoate MP, which begins next Monday (8th May).<br /><span class="quote">On average people would be prepared to pay &pound;3.66 extra per month on  their electricity bills. Around 75% of respondents wanted some direct  action on reducing exposure to EM... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:33:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Drs Paul Veys & Persis Amrolia, Great Ormond Street Hospital ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/drs-paul-veys-persis-amrolia-great-ormond-street-hospital ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/drs-paul-veys-persis-amrolia-great-ormond-street-hospital ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Anti-CD34 immunotoxin study</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;17,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: May 2006</span><br /><br /><br />Children undergoing stem cell transplantation must endure powerful chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy treatment to destroy their own bone marrow and create space for the donated stem cells. This process is known as conditioning.<br /><br />Unfortunately the conditioning treatments can damage the patient&rsquo;s other organs, causing life-threatening side-effects. Drs Veys and Amrolia set out to develop a new way of destroying the patient&rsquo;s marrow, by using an antibody that recognises bone marrow cells and linking it to a toxin which will kill them.<br /><br />Because this &ldquo;immunotoxin&rdquo; binds only to marrow cells the team hypothesised that it should kill them specifically, without causing damage to other tissues.<br /><br />The team identified an antib... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Sir Steve Redgrave smashes world record for fundraising as Lloyd Scott completes Flora London Marathon in suit of armour ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/sir-steve-redgrave-smashes-world-record-for-fundraising-as-lloyd-scott-completes-flora-london-marathon-in-suit-of-armour ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/sir-steve-redgrave-smashes-world-record-for-fundraising-as-lloyd-scott-completes-flora-london-marathon-in-suit-of-armour ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">30 April 2006</span><br /><br />If Lloyd Scott remains on schedule, he will complete the Flora London Marathon around 10am on Monday 1 May.<br /><br />Sir Steve Redgrave will be present to welcome Lloyd and announce he has raised &pound;1,806,916.84, smashing the world record for fundraising by over half a million pounds. Once all pledged donations have been received the amount will be submitted to Guinness World Records for verification. PLEASE NOTE: the final figure could be higher.<br /><br />It would have taken Lloyd just over 8 days to complete the course, which he started on Sunday 23 April. Dressed in a full suit of armour weighing 100lbs and dragging a 200lb dragon behind him, Lloyd will complete the marathon to support Sir Steve Redgrave&rsquo;s attempt to break the world record or individual fundraising. Sir Steve&rsquo;s target to beat the current Guinness World Record was &pound;1,252,467 with all proceeds being spilt between 3 charities including ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Paul O’Gorman Building, Newcastle ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-building-newcastle ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-building-newcastle ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" title="Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building, Newcastle" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=14e4a8fc-437f-4132-a759-b3124bf57e81&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building, Newcastle" /><br /><br />Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, University of Newcastle</span><br /><br />Childhood cancer is one of the major research themes at the Institute which has become the hub for the University&rsquo;s world-class capability in cancer and leukaemia research since opening in 2004.<br /><br />We contributed &pound;2 million towards the costs of building and equipping the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, housed in the award-winning Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building.<br /><br />More than 160 staff and students are engaged in conducting and supporting research at the Institute. Working at the clinical-laboratory interface they undertake basic research to define new targets for therapeutic and diagnostic exploi... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:27:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Ainsbury, University of Bristol ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/elizabeth-ainsbury-university-of-bristol ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/elizabeth-ainsbury-university-of-bristol ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Poster prize</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;15,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: December 2005</span><br /><br /><br />At our 2004 conference Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and prevention we awarded prizes for the best posters by young researchers (under the age of 30 years).<br /><br />We awarded six prizes of &pound;15,000 each, with the money to be used to further the individual&rsquo;s research into childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />Liz's poster &ldquo;An investigation into polarisation as a possible metric with regard to human exposure to ELF magnetic fields from appliances within the home&rdquo; was one of those selected by the panel.<br /><br />Liz, a PhD student at the University of Bristol, used the prize money to broaden her research horizons and continue to advance the field of research into extremely low frequency magnetic fields and their relationship with health ... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 17:41:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Donna Hammal, University of Newcastle upon Tyne ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/donna-hammal-university-of-newcastle-upon-tyne ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/donna-hammal-university-of-newcastle-upon-tyne ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Poster prize<br /><br /></span><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;15,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: December 2005</span><br /><br /><br />At our 2004 conference Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and prevention we awarded prizes for the best posters by young researchers (under the age of 30 years).<br /><br />We awarded six prizes of &pound;15,000 each, with the money to be used to further the individual&rsquo;s research into childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />Donna&rsquo;s poster &ldquo;Paternal occupation as a risk factor for leukaemia and non-Hodgkin&rsquo;s lymphoma in children and young adults: a study from the North of England&rdquo; was one of those selected by the panel.<br /><br />The initial work, as presented at the conference, looked at the paternal occupation groups of radiation exposure and pesticide/herbicide exposure.<br /><br />With the support of the prize money, Donna was able to e... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:11:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Marilyn Kwan, University of California, Berkeley ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-marilyn-kwan-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-marilyn-kwan-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Poster prize</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;15,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: December 2005</span><br /><br /><br />At our 2004 conference Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and prevention we awarded prizes for the best posters by young researchers (under the age of 30 years).<br /><br />We awarded six prizes of &pound;15,000 each, with the money to be used to further the individual&rsquo;s research into childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />Marilyn&rsquo;s poster &ldquo;Food consumption of children and risk of childhood leukaemia&rdquo; was one of those selected by the panel.<br /><br />With the support of the award, Marilyn was able to complete two manuscripts on the epidemiology of childhood leukaemia: &lsquo;Breast feeding patterns and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia&rsquo; published in British Journal of Cancer, July 2005; and &lsquo;Maternal illness and drug u... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 01:50:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Michelle Morrow, Institute of Child Health, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-michelle-morrow-institute-of-child-health-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-michelle-morrow-institute-of-child-health-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Poster prize<br /><br /></span><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;15,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: December 2005</span><br /><br /><br />At our 2004 conference Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and prevention we awarded prizes for the best posters by young researchers (under the age of 30 years).<br /><br />We awarded six prizes of &pound;15,000 each, with the money to be used to further the individual&rsquo;s research into childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />Michelle&rsquo;s poster &ldquo;Functional analysis of TEL-AML1 fusion protein in haemopoietic progenitor cells in vivo and in vitro&rdquo; was one of those selected by the panel.<br /><br />Michelle&rsquo;s prize money enabled her, and other members of the research team, to attend meetings to present their work, including the FASEB &lsquo;Hematological Malignancies&rsquo; conference in Vermont and the &lsquo;Runx 2005&rsquo; meeting in Edinburg... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:10:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Stuart Peirson, Imperial College London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-stuart-peirson-imperial-college-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-stuart-peirson-imperial-college-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Poster prize<br /><br />Amount of grant: &pound;15,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: December 2005</span><br /><br /><br />At our 2004 conference Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and prevention we awarded prizes for the best posters by young researchers (under the age of 30 years).<br /><br />We awarded six prizes of &pound;15,000 each, with the money to be used to further the individual&rsquo;s research into childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />Stuart&rsquo;s poster &ldquo;Experimental validation of novel and conventional approaches to quantitative real-time PCR data analysis&rdquo; was one of those selected by the panel.<br /><br />Stuart used his &pound;15,000 prize to pay for laboratory consumables to take forward his work on Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (Q-PCR) on which the prize was initially awarded, with the aim of improving both the accuracy and the precision of Q-PCR assays. Q-PCR is an important a... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 03:23:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Kevin Urayama, University of California, Berkeley ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/kevin-urayama-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/kevin-urayama-university-of-california-berkeley ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">Poster prize<br /><br /></span><span class="post_strong">Amount of grant: &pound;15,000</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: December 2005</span><br /><br /><br />At our 2004 conference Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and prevention we awarded prizes for the best posters by young researchers (under the age of 30 years).<br /><br />We awarded six prizes of &pound;15,000 each, with the money to be used to further the individual&rsquo;s research into childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />Kevin&rsquo;s poster &ldquo;Influence of cytochrome P450 IAI genetic polymorphisms on the association between residential exposure to traffic and childhood leukaemia&rdquo; was one of those selected by the panel. Kevin had already completed preliminary work evaluating the role of inherited variants of the multidrug resistance (MDR) 1 gene on risk of childhood leukaemia.<br /><br />With the support of the award he was able to genotype an additio... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:00:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Dr Anjali Shah, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-anjali-shah-london-school-of-hygiene-tropical-medicine ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/dr-anjali-shah-london-school-of-hygiene-tropical-medicine ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=e42d18a0-8548-4f1f-a95a-9d780e4e0b6d&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="" />PhD in Childhood Leukaemia in Great Britain: Trends in Incidence, Survival and Cure</span><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">Award: Dr Shah's PhD was funded out of the O&rsquo;Gorman/Davidson endowment*</span><br /><span class="post_strong">Completion date: 2005</span><br /><br />In Great Britain, the National Registry of Childhood Tumours records childhood cancer registrations across the whole of the UK. It is considered virtually complete from 1962, when it was established, to the early years of the 21st century.<br /><br />Before 1962, leukaemia was almost universally fatal in children. No effective treatments were available and children died very quickly once the disease took hold.<br /><br />Dr Shah examined mortality data from the early part of the century, integrating it with the incidence data which is ava... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:12:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ UCL Cancer Institute, Paul O’Gorman Building, London ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-building-institute-of-cancer-sciences-london ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-building-institute-of-cancer-sciences-london ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><img class="mediaImage" title="Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building, Institute of Cancer Sciences, London" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=3c9fe7ed-320d-458a-a6bd-5fbf3b9d8cb8&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Building, Institute of Cancer Sciences, London" /><br /></strong><br /><strong>Opened in 2007<br /></strong><br /><strong>The new Cancer Institute co-ordinates all of the cancer research taking place within University College London.</strong><br /><br />We contributed &pound;2 million towards the cost of this important new facility. In recognition of our contribution, the building in which the Institute is housed has been named the Paul O'Gorman Building.<br />&nbsp;<br />The Institute houses over 350 scientists and clinicians, embedded within one of the finest, largest and most productive biomedical faculties in Europe. It provides a focus for excellent basic science and translational studies across the College&rsquo;s different sites.<br /><br />Included within ... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:23:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Professor Jill Hows, University of Bristol ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-jill-hows-university-of-bristol ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/professor-jill-hows-university-of-bristol ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">A preliminary study of human NK T-cells in stem cell transplant recipients</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Amount of grant: &pound;23,581</span><br /><span class="post_strong"><br />Completion date: December 2004</span><br /><br /><br /><em>Professor Jill Hows, University of Bristol and Dr Steve Robinson, United Bristol Healthcare Trust</em><br /><br />Stem cell transplantation (SCT) remains a delicate and risky process but can represent the only chance of a cure for some children with leukaemia. Transplant technology is advancing rapidly and ongoing research is improving the long-term outlook for those requiring transplants.<br /><br />Under this grant Professor Hows and colleagues were studying a beneficial side-effect of SCT known as Graft vs Leukaemia (GVL) in which the grafted stem cells attack leukaemia cells remaining in the recipient&rsquo;s body. GVL is now considered to be important in the cure of leukaemia after SCT.<br /><br />The team ... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:51:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Paul O’Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Glasgow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-leukaemia-research-centre ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-leukaemia-research-centre ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage" title="Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=d57d2e96-ac8b-4831-9fe0-f5e386cd4bf9&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre" /><br /></span><br /><strong>Opened in 2008</strong><br /><br /><strong>This new Centre provides clinicians and researchers in Glasgow with access to much-needed new facilities and equipment. </strong><br /><br />Until the opening of this important new centre, haematology research was scattered around six different sites in Glasgow, making collaboration between NHS work, research and clinical activity very difficult. Often staff had to work with outdated equipment or inadequate facilities.<br /><br />We contributed &pound;500,000 towards the cost of this major new leukaemia research centre in Scotland.<br /><br />The facilities now available at the Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre will help research teams to translate the results of their ... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:21:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ New research suggests early diet may play key role in protecting against childhood leukaemia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/new-research-suggests-early-diet-may-play-key-role-in-protecting-against-childhood-leukaemia ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/new-research-suggests-early-diet-may-play-key-role-in-protecting-against-childhood-leukaemia ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">8 September 2004</span><br /><br />London, UK: Incidence rates of childhood leukaemia are significantly lower in Asia than in Western countries and delegates at a conference in London today (Thursday 9 September) will consider evidence that this may be due to differences in diet pattern.<br /><br />The incidence of childhood leukaemia in Britain increased dramatically during the twentieth century. The increase has mainly affected the under-five age group, in whom the risk increased by more than 50 per cent during the second half of the century alone.<br /><br />Although the causes of leukaemia in children are poorly understood, modern environmental and lifestyle factors are thought to play a major role in the rising incidence. If this is the case, it should be possible to take preventive measures. But first we need to identify the factors responsible. This is the motivation behind the conference &ndash; Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and pre... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:21:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Increase in childhood leukaemia may be due to increased light at night ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/increase-in-childhood-leukaemia-may-be-due-to-increased-light-at-night ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/increase-in-childhood-leukaemia-may-be-due-to-increased-light-at-night ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">7 September 2004</span><br /><br />London, UK: International experts will today (Wednesday 8 September) consider the evidence for a link between the rise in childhood leukaemia and increased light at night at an international scientific conference in London.<br /><br />The incidence of childhood leukaemia increased dramatically in the twentieth century. The increase has mainly affected the under five age group, in whom the risk increased by more than 50 per cent during the second half of the century alone.<br /><br />Although the causes of leukaemia in children are poorly understood, environmental factors are thought to play a major role in the rising incidence since changes in our genetic make up simply do not happen on this kind of timescale. If this is the case, then it may be possible to take preventative measures, but first we need to determine what these factors are. This is the driving force behind the conference &ndash; Childhood leukaemia: incidence, ... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:22:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ New evidence of radiation risk in childhood leukaemia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/new-evidence-of-radiation-risk-in-childhood-leukaemia ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/new-evidence-of-radiation-risk-in-childhood-leukaemia ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">6 September 2004</span><br /><br />London, UK: Ionising radiation has long been recognised as a cause of leukaemia in exposed children.<br /><br />But delegates at a conference in London today (Tuesday 7 September) will hear how ground-breaking research is now providing evidence that the children of men exposed to radiation may also be at increased risk of developing leukaemia.<br /><br />The causes of leukaemia in children are, in general, poorly understood. The disease is known to be multi-causal, and it is widely accepted that it is multi-stage, initiated in utero with some second event triggering development of the disease in childhood.<br />The incidence of childhood leukaemia in Britain increased dramatically during the twentieth century. The increase has mainly affected the under-five age group, in whom the risk increased by more than 50 per cent during the second half of the century alone.<br /><br />The reasons for the increase remain unclear and it i... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:50:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Rising childhood leukaemia incidence prompts conference ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/rising-childhood-leukaemia-incidence-prompts-conference ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/rising-childhood-leukaemia-incidence-prompts-conference ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">5 September 2004</span><br /><br />London, UK: The advances in treating childhood leukaemia over the last forty years have been one of cancer&rsquo;s outstanding success stories - but the fall in mortality has diverted attention from a rise in incidence, a London conference will hear today (Monday 6 September).<br /><br />Professor Michel Coleman will tell experts at the first international  scientific conference on the causes of childhood leukaemia:<br /><br /><em>"The marked disparity between incidence and mortality trends crystallises the problem posed by childhood leukaemia from a public health standpoint: we have become steadily better at treating it &ndash; at least in the sense of preventing children dying from it &ndash; but we have made little or no progress in preventing it. Rational approaches to prevention are difficult to formulate when so little is known about the cause."</em><br /><br />The conference &ndash; <strong>Childhood leukaemia: inciden... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:13:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Research suggests unborn children may be at risk from environmental pollution ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/research-suggests-unborn-children-may-be-at-risk-from-environmental-pollution ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/research-suggests-unborn-children-may-be-at-risk-from-environmental-pollution ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">5 September 2004</span><br /><br />London, UK: New research being presented at a conference opening in London today (Monday 6 September) shows that harmful environmental agents can cross the placenta to reach the developing foetus.<br /><br />The incidence of childhood leukaemia in Britain has increased dramatically during the last century. This increase has mainly affected the under five age group, in whom the risk increased by more than 50 per cent in the second half of the century alone.<br />The causes of leukaemia in children are not well understood and the reasons for the increasing incidence are unknown. This is the driving force behind the conference &ndash; Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and prevention &ndash; which is being hosted by CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, Britain&rsquo;s leading charity devoted to the conquest of the disease.<br /><br />Environmental factors are thought to play a major role in the increasing incidence and as Ala... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:10:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Paul O'Gorman Lifeline ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-lifeline ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/paul-ogorman-lifeline ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <p><img class="mediaImage" title="A researcher with two smiling Hispanic children" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=3235a2bf-a194-4e24-8831-45a36aaf416e&amp;w=550&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="A researcher with two smiling Hispanic children" /></p>
<span class="post_strong">Since 1996 we have been working with a charity now called Paul O&rsquo;Gorman Lifeline which helps to provide treatment for children from eastern Europe and central Asia with life-threatening illnesses. </span><br /><br />Treatments for cancer are expensive and many poorer countries simply do not have the means to provide them. Countries in eastern Europe and central Asia do not have the facilities or the finances to provide the treatments which are available in developed countries.<br /><br /><span class="quote">Treatments for cancer are expensive and many poorer countries simply do not have the means to provide them.<img class="mediaImage postImageFloatRight" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0c9c1733-3f72-4571-8e94-2201b310f78e&amp... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:10:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Holidays in Tuscany ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/holidays-in-tuscany ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/holidays-in-tuscany ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" style="float: left;" title="Landscape of the Tuscan hills" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=0cfa98f6-b7e4-4d66-9568-971b79200335&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Landscape of the Tuscan hills" width="190" height="190" />A week's holiday, for sick and recovering children, in the exquisite Tuscan hills.</span><br /><br />A week&rsquo;s holiday in Tuscany, Italy, is being offered for families with a child who has recently had, and is recovering from, leukaemia or another life-threatening cancer.<br /><br />Friends of CHILDREN with CANCER, with holiday villas in Tuscany, are generously making this offer.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="post_strong">This holiday includes:</span><br /><br /> 
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<li>One week&rsquo;s holiday in a villa in the Tuscan hills. Nearest airport is Pisa.        
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<li> Accommodation </li>
<li>With a family on a bed &amp; breakfast basis</li>
<li>Self-catering guest ac... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:27:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Young Oncology Unit, Christie Hospital, Manchester ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/young-oncology-unit-christie-hospital-manchester ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/young-oncology-unit-christie-hospital-manchester ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="Young Oncology Unit Teenage Cancer Trust logo" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=b47fb58c-d6e2-4a3d-b304-7d22ab1d102b&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="Young Oncology Unit Teenage Cancer Trust logo" />In 1998 we contributed &pound;250,000 to The Christie Hospital to help them develop new facilities that allow teenagers to receive treatment in an age-appropriate environment.</span><br /><br />Teenagers with cancer have different needs to child or adult patients but in most hospitals teenagers are treated either on a children&rsquo;s or an adult ward.<br /><br />The teenage years are a particularly difficult time to be hospitalised for an illness such as leukaemia.<br /><br />Hospitalisation removes the young adult from their friends and peers at a critical time in their social development. It is easy for them to feel isolated and left behind.<br /><br />The Young Oncology Unit (YOU) provides care for teenagers and you... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:19:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ CHASE Hospice Care for Children ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/chase-hospice-care-for-children ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/chase-hospice-care-for-children ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">CHASE exists to support families whose children are not expected to reach the age of 19 because of incurable illnesses.</span><br /><br />We have contributed &pound;150,000 to CHASE to help meet the cost of providing services to the families of children whose leukaemia treatment has failed.<br /><br />Although four out of five children diagnosed with leukaemia now survive, leukaemia still claims the lives of around 100 children every year in the UK.<br /><br />Dying children need time and space with their families to come to terms with what is happening but at the same time they need specialist care to ensure that their remaining time is as comfortable as possible.<br /><br />CHASE offers a care network stretching throughout SW London, Surrey and Sussex.<br /><br />At the heart of their service is its community team, whose members are out and about in the community every day of the year, supporting these families where it counts most &ndash; in their own homes... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:20:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Variety Club Children’s Nurses ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/the-variety-club-childrens-nurses ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/the-variety-club-childrens-nurses ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong">We provide funding towards the Variety Club&rsquo;s innovative Paediatric Nursing Award scheme.</span><br /><br />We make an annual grant of &pound;60,000 towards the Variety Club&rsquo;s innovative Paediatric Nursing Award scheme.<br /><br />Through this scheme the Variety Club provides vital training grants for nurses working with children in the UK, covering travel and accommodation costs as well as course fees.<br /><br />This enables nurses to undertake vital training that they would otherwise be unable to afford.<br /><br />In this way the Variety Club helps nurses improve their skills in specialist areas and, as a result, have a direct impact on the standard of healthcare for children in the UK.<br /><br /><a class="arrow_link" href="/Pages/News/Default.aspx?Title=our-welfare-projects&amp;IDCategory=3ded8c80-522d-410f-b72a-d491ca5008e6&amp;IDTag=">Return to our list of welfare projects</a><br /><br /> ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 01:41:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Sussex Snowdrop Trust ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/sussex-snowdrop-trust ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/sussex-snowdrop-trust ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="The Sussex Snowdrop Trust logo" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=23ac030d-80e0-4002-adf7-4cb67aa09bc6&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="The Sussex Snowdrop Trust logo" />Sussex Snowdrop Trust was set up to help the families of children with life-threatening illnesses after they have been discharged from hospital.</span><br /><br />We have donated &pound;20,000 to the Sussex Snowdrop Trust to support the work they do in caring for children with leukaemia.<br /><br />The Trust was set up following some local research which highlighted a lack of support for families of children with life-threatening illnesses after they have been discharged from hospital.<br /><br />The Trust funds two Community Paediatric Nurses and a Nursing Assistant who work closely with the other teams involved in each child&rsquo;s care, including hospital staff, teachers and social workers.<br /><br />The nurses provide continuity in care and th... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:09:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ St Oswald’s Hospice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/st-oswalds-hospice ]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[ http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/st-oswalds-hospice ]]></guid><description><![CDATA[ <span class="post_strong"><img class="mediaImage postImageFloatLeft" title="St Oswald's Hospice logo" src="/GetImage.aspx?IDMF=78863359-11f4-41d8-a8b8-2a3040cdc35f&amp;w=225&amp;h=225&amp;src=mc" alt="St Oswald's Hospice logo" />St Oswald&rsquo;s Hospice in Newcastle offers respite care in a purpose-built children&rsquo;s unit for children. It offers families the opportunity to spend time in a supportive and fun environment.</span><br /><br />All children, young people and families need regular breaks and a chance to have some time out and fun. <br /><br />Parents and carers of children with a life-limiting illness are no different.<br /><br />The burden of looking after a sick child limits the options open to families. There may not be money available to pay for a holiday and the child&rsquo;s specialist treatment may mean that it is not feasible in any case.<br /><br />St Oswald&rsquo;s Hospice in Newcastle offers respite care in a purpose built unit for children from north east Engl... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:20:44 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
