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Our founder, and also Chairman since 1988, Eddie O’Gorman has decided to step down as Chairman as of 12 January 2022. We’re all so driven to continue the O’Gorman family legacy and help achieve a future where every child survives cancer.
Scientists at UCL have found that a mutation commonly seen in osteosarcomas, the most common type of bone cancer, could render tumours susceptible to a licensed group of cancer treatments known as PARP inhibitors.
Alice was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma a week before her second birthday in 2019. Neuroblastoma is a type of cancer which only has a 50% survival rate. We believe that no parent should be told that their child only has a 50% chance of survival. That is why research is still urgently needed.
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Every day more than 12 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK.
8 out of 10 young childhood cancer patients can be successfully treated thanks to vital, specialist research we helped fund.
We are working to develop safer, kinder & more effective childhood cancer therapies, with fewer toxic side effects.
We invest in childhood cancer research that would otherwise go unfunded. Only around 2% of cancer research funding in the UK* is spent on research that is fully dedicated to childhood and young adult cancer.
*estimated amount based on data from the NCRI Cancer Research Database (CaRD) for 2018/19
As a children’s cancer charity, we actively raise and invest money to fund specialist research to improve our understanding of childhood cancer and save the life of every child affected by it.
We are there when families need us most. By funding welfare projects, delivering unforgettable events and fostering a loving environment, we strive to make the world a happier place for children.
To save children’s lives, research is essential. Childhood cancers are different to adult cancers and need their own research. Most childhood cancers are unique to children.
At Children with Cancer UK we want to find safer, more effective treatments for all young patients. Cancer is still the most common medical cause of death in children and young people. Our focus as a children’s cancer charity is to fund visionary research and bring the breakthroughs that will bring hope to children and their families.
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Our journey started with a promise to a dying boy. The O’Gorman family was shattered when brother and sister, Paul and Jean, fell victim to cancer within nine months of each other. 14-year-old Paul died only nine weeks after his initial diagnosis of leukaemia. But before he died, Paul asked his parents, Marion and Eddie O’Gorman, to help other children with leukaemia.
Paul’s sister Jean, in defiance of her cancer, started to raise money in her brother’s memory. She died just nine months later.
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24 hours in the life of a child with cancer. Understand what it means to be a child living with cancer as Laraib shows you her day through a series of short videos.
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