Patient stories - Children with Cancer

It is hard to imagine what it must be like to be told your child has cancer, but every day 12 families in the UK receive this devastating news.

Read the journeys of some of the many families affected by childhood cancer. Each story is special highlighting their own ups and downs, and the daily battle that children and their families have to go through from diagnosis to treatment.

With your help we can move towards a brighter future where treatments are safer and kinder, and no family loses their child to cancer.

Have you or a family member been affected by childhood cancer? Many of our supporters have been affected by childhood cancer – either through family, friends or their own personal experience. These patient stories can help inspire others to get involved with us, or can support our media work.

If you have a story that you’d like to tell, please do email stories@childrenwithcancer.org.uk

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Neuroblastoma

Patient Story – Summer

Summer was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma on 9 May 2023 when she was just nine months old. Her mum Charlotte ...

multi system langerhans cell histiocytosis

Patient Story – Florrie H

Florrie was diagnosed with multi system Langerhans cell histiocytosis on 21 September 2020 when she was just 18 months old. ...

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Patient Story – Lucy G

Lucy was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma on 12 July 2021 when she was just 11 months old. Her mum Rene tells ...

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Patient Story – Micky

Micky was just 11 years old in 2018 when he was diagnosed with Early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Tragically, ...

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Patient Story – Isabellah

Isabellah was diagnosed with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma on 27 August 2021 when she was three years old. Her mum Amy tells ...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Patient Story – Dylan A

Dylan was diagnosed with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) a rare lung cancer in February 2016, when he was two years old. ...

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