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After hearing the words ‘your child has cancer’, it’s normal to feel lost. You may have many questions, but don’t know where to turn.
Reading real, childhood cancer stories can help you make sense of your situation and remind you that you’re not alone. From early symptoms and diagnosis to getting life back on track, we follow and support many families on their journeys.
You can use the filter to navigate through the cancer stories. E.g select Acute Myeloid Leukaemia to find stories on how families got to know their child had leukaemia.
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When a child is diagnosed with cancer, we often forget how this affects their brothers and sisters. When she was ...
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Courtenay was 13 when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma. This is his story:
Four-year-old Lex was on a family holiday when he suddenly fell ill. Within 24 hours Lex was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic ...
Read moreEva was 18 months old when she was diagnosed with a Wilms’ Tumour. More than 400 procedures later her mum, ...
Read morePaul Stephens, now 34, was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was two and a half years old. He’s an active ...
Read moreTwin brothers Ethan and Kai were diagnosed with leukaemia, less than one year apart. Ethan was just 19 months old ...
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