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15th February 2019 is International Childhood Cancer Day, a global campaign marked by childhood cancer charities and organisations to raise awareness of childhood cancer and the impact of cancer on young people and their families.
On this day we are sharing some of our patient stories then and now images, that show their journey as a childhood cancer patient and as a childhood cancer survivor.
At Children with Cancer UK, we raise money to improve survival rates and match extraordinary children with extraordinary research to benefit everyone. Our vision is a world no child dies of cancer. Help us reach our vision by donating today.
To mark International Childhood Cancer Day 2019, we’re sharing some of our inspiring stories on social media from our heroic patient families, featuring their then and now images to illustrate each child’s cancer journey. Every day 12 children and young people get the news they have cancer, that’s 4500 children every year in the UK. 
Every year we host our International Science Conference ‘Cancer in Children and Young People International Scientific and Medical Conference. The 2018 Scientific Conference was held at Church House, Westminster, London. The conference brought together scientists from across the world with their main focus on the causes, treatment and prevention of childhood and young person cancer. 
Patient Story – Aston
Aston was diagnosed with Ependymoma, a type of brain tumour, on 12 August 2022 when he was just eight
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