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My doctor turned me away when I complained about a persistent cough at 16... weeks later I received the devastating cancer diagnosis that changed my life forever

A 16-year-old girl who went to the doctor with a bad cough received a devastating cancer diagnosis just weeks later. The then-16-year-old immediately started treatment at the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, where she swapped going to school and spending time with her friends for intense chemotherapy and weekly lumbar punctures. Daisy was diagnosed with acute …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Karnataka sees over 1,500 pediatric cancer cases a year, doctors flag ultra-processed food

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: Karnataka has been reporting more than 1,500 cases of pediatric cancer annually, with blood cancer the most common form of the disease among both boys and girls, according to the Population-Based Cancer Registry in Bengaluru. While genetics and environmental factors contribute to the rising cases, experts warned that dietary habits — particularly increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods — may …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

NIH-backed research saved my son's sight — and his life

LA Times

Jack Schaef, who survived a rare childhood eye cancer, participating in the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Cadet for a Day program in partnership with the Make-A-Wish Colorado Foundation in 2023. “We could remove his eye,” our oncologist offered at first, “and even that might not be enough.” Medical researchers from universities and the National Institutes of Health rally near the …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Fox News Star Diagnosed With Cancer Hours Before Giving Birth To First Son

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Fox News’ Kat Timpf revealed Tuesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer last week, around 15 hours before she went into labor and gave birth to her first child. “Now, before you worry, my doctor says it’s Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasn’t spread,” Timpf wrote on X, formerly Twitter. It’s just, …

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More girl children registering for cancer treatment

The Hindu

Of the estimated 88,948 new cancer cases detected in Karnataka every year, as many as 975 are children. Doctors at the State-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology are seeing more girls registering for cancer treatment now compared to previous years. Pointing out that the institute is working on a comprehensive State childhood cancer management policy, Dr Kumar said measures are …

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1 month, 1 week ago

More children survive cancer through targeted treatment

Dutch News

More children are surviving cancer because of improved diagnostic methods and targeted treatment, figures from Dutch cancer data registration body NKR have shown. “Fortunately the last decades are showing an upward trend,” oncologist Henrike Karim-Ros of the Dutch cancer centre IKNL told broadcaster NOS. High-grade gliomas, or tumours of the brain, are among the deadliest cancers in children, with a …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Childhood cancer increasingly survivable as treatment improves

NL Times

Improved diagnostics and treatments mean that the survival rate for children with cancer continues to increase, the Comprehensive Cancer Centre of the Netherlands reported. Of the children diagnosed with cancer between 2010 and 2018, 84 percent were still alive five years later. “It is good to see that the survival rate of childhood cancer has further improved,” said Professor Doctor …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines

New Indian Express

GENEVA: The World Health Organization launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates. "Countries in the pilot phase will receive an uninterrupted supply of quality-assured childhood cancer medicines at no cost," the UN health agency said in a statement. The …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

GP accused 53-year-old man of 'faking' symptoms - in fact he had the deadliest brain cancer and it killed him

Daily Mail

A daughter has told of her grief after a GP dismissed her father's incurable brain tumour and said 'he was faking it'. Stephen Blakeston, from Hull, suddenly began suffering severe headaches and jumbled speech in October 2010 But after urgently arranging a GP appointment, his family were shocked after he was told his symptoms were merely 'stress-related'. Now Ms Rhodes …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Teenage boy was told his tumour was just a pulled muscle - now it’s terminal

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

Woman, 28, banned from seeing her GP after repeatedly asking for morphine is diagnosed with incurable cancer

Daily Mail

A young woman who was banned from her GP after repeatedly asking for pain killing medication was later diagnosed with an incurable cancer, it has emerged. Steph Thomas, 28, was removed from the Hope Farm Medical Centre in Ellesmere Port and told it was because of a 'breakdown in the GP/patient relationship' following her demands for more morphine. Steph Thomas, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Healthy two-year old boy suffered an easy-to-dismiss symptom - his parents ignored it at first, but test later revealed it was cancer

Daily Mail

A mum has told of how her 'whole world turned upside down' when her two-year-old son's unsightly bruise turned out to be a rare type of blood cancer. But within four days he was diagnosed with cancer Zak was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia — a rare type of blood cancer that affects about 760 people a year in the …

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4 months ago

Teenage leukaemia patients battling their diagnoses want to help others going through cancer

ABC

Teenager Tianna Valvo is cramming a lot of experiences into her second chance at life, but one thing she won't do is head to the hairdresser. "You're going through the same routine every single day, you get out of bed, pulling your medications and drugs with you, and take a shower, and then you go back to bed," Raya said. …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mum claims GP said her four-year-old was ‘faking it’ week before leukaemia diagnosis

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

I was going to the bathroom often and had bad headaches. At first my GP was dismayingly unconcerned... but these were the signs of brain cancer that changed my life. With astonishing bravery, HARRY HO

Daily Mail

Remember, remember, the 5th of November. Harry Howard recovering at King's College Hospital in November 2011, shortly after his second brain operation within days But as I waited to be seen, lying across several seats in the A&E waiting room and with my head resting on my mum’s lap, I had no idea how my life was about to change. …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Subtle change in 11-year-old girl's eyes that was the first warning sign of a deadly brain tumour

Daily Mail

A mum has revealed the worryingly subtle sign her 'sporty' 12-year-daughter had a deadly brain tumour. Amelie Williams, who lives near Wells in Somerset, noticed she had begun to struggle with her balance in early 2023 But it was only during a routine annual eye check up later that year in March that her optician noticed the then 11-year-old's eyes …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Utah mom with terminal cancer plans her own funeral after three month diagnosis

The Independent

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6 months ago

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Do’s & don’t for a child with suspected cancer

Hindustan Times

Childhood cancers make up just about 3% of global cancer cases, with around 75,000 new diagnoses each year in India with the most common types being leukemias, brain cancers, lymphomas, and solid tumors like neuroblastoma and Wilms tumors. Childhood cancers make up just about 3% of global cancer cases, with around 75,000 new diagnoses each year in India. Do’s for …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian children with neuroblastoma given free access to $500,000 cancer drug DFMO

ABC

Australian children and young adults with neuroblastoma, a cancer that affects the nervous system, will be given a desperately needed lifeline to access medicine previously only available by travelling overseas. Health Minister Mark Butler announced on Wednesday morning after engaging with the drug maker Norgine over several weeks, the government had secured an undertaking that the company would provide DFMO …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Our toddler's stomach bug turned out to be an incurable brain tumour: Parents agony that after three ops and 13 rounds of chemo their boy, now six, might not survive another year

Daily Mail

A toddler was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour the size of a tennis ball after his parents thought he had a 'stomach bug'. Just ten days after his first birthday, Lucas Garcia-Batalla was diagnosed with a grade 3 anaplastic ependymoma — a fast growing malignant tumour. After a CT scan revealed Lucas had a grade 3 anaplastic ependymoma he …

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11 months ago

Fifth of cancer patients had visit GP three times to get diagnosis, study finds

The Telegraph

One in five people with cancer had to see their GP at least three times before they received a diagnosis – with young people the most likely to be turned away, research shows. The study by the think tanks the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation examined NHS cancer diagnosis data and surveys on the experience of more than 60,000 …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

I endured aggressive chemo and said goodbye to my family after being given just 15 months to live - only to discover I never had cancer

Daily Mail

A mother endured 'aggressive' chemotherapy and said goodbye to her family after being given just 15 months to live - only to discover she never had cancer. Lisa Monk, from College Station in Texas, endured 'aggressive' chemotherapy and said goodbye to her family after being given just 15 months to live - only to discover she never had cancer Lisa …

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1 year ago

Be honest with children about cancer, experts advise after Princess of Wales diagnosis

The Telegraph

Parents who have cancer must be “honest” with their children about the disease, Oxford University experts have said after the Princess of Wales revealed her diagnosis. Leading psychiatrists said parents “often underestimate” their children’s ability to discern that something is wrong when approaching conversations about serious illness. But experts say that “effective communication” is key to limiting the anxiety of …

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1 year ago

Catherine, Princess of Wales: I am having treatment for cancer

The Telegraph

Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, criticised the “lurid speculation” over the Princess’s health as he sent wishes for a speedy recovery. Their Royal Highnesses are entitled to privacy and, like any parents, will have waited to choose the right moment to tell their children.” The Princess said the Prince had been a “great source of comfort and reassurance” as …

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1 year ago

Court orders cancer treatment for teenager with severe disabilities in rural New South Wales

ABC

In short: The court heard the teenager's mother would prefer she had palliative care and died at home. The court heard the teenager's mother would prefer she had palliative care and died at home. A hospital in rural New South Wales has won a court case giving it permission to give life-saving cancer treatment to a teenager against her parents' …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Mother with aggressive cancer gives birth to stillborn to save her life

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says

Associated Press

Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. “You can have the most sophisticated scientific advances, but if we can’t deliver them into every community in the same way, then we have not met our goal as a nation,” said Dr. Sharon Castellino, a pediatric cancer specialist at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta, who had …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Miraculous Recovery: AOI Saves Malnourished Child Battling T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Deccan Chronicle

Guntur: American Oncology Institute in Guntur, part of one of South Asia's largest cancer chain hospitals has successfully saved a 4-year-old severely malnourished child suffering from acute T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Under the guidance of Dr Ramprahlad KM, Consultant Medical Oncologist at AOI, the child was put on a nourishing and energetic diet plan, balanced with protein supplements and started on chemo …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Parents of critically ill baby prepare for appeal after losing treatment fight

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Parents of critically-ill baby lose life-support treatment fight

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Parents of critically ill baby await ruling on life-support treatment fight

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Doctors painting ‘wrongly pessimistic’ image of critically ill baby – father

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

Terminally ill mum with donor baby asks brother to raise daughter, two

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

Father of critically ill baby at centre of treatment fight tells of ‘nightmare’

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

Critically ill baby’s parents begin life support treatment fight

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: What are the warning signs that your child might have cancer?

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1 year, 7 months ago

Opinion: Cancer patients should never be put in this situation

CNN

Editor’s Note: Dr. Eric Winer is the Director of the Yale Cancer Center and Physician-in-Chief of Smilow Cancer Hospital. Cancer drug shortages force doctors to make difficult decisions: Should we reduce the doses that we administer to individual patients so we can treat as many people as possible, or should we turn to alternate treatments? Between 2010 and 2020, 8 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Chennai hospital uses new technique to treat brain stem tumour in a toddler

The Hindu

An 18-month-old toddler from Bengaluru was recently treated for a rare, aggressive brain tumour in a city hospital. The child was brought to MGM Healthcare in the city last month and investigations revealed that the tumour recurred in the brain stem. Dr. Kumar said ATRT commonly presents as a brain tumour but can occur anywhere in the nervous system, including …

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1 year, 10 months ago

New treatment significantly improves chances of babies with acute leukemia: Dutch study

NL Times

New research showed that a drug that stimulates the immune system to clear up cancer cells could significantly improve the survival chance of babies with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Of the babies who received the drug blinatumomab in combination with chemotherapy, 93 percent were still alive two years after diagnosis. Now we know that babies also tolerate the drug well and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Novel treatment shows promise against rare cancer in kids

Associated Press

A novel treatment using supercharged immune cells appears to work against tumors in children with a rare kind of cancer, researchers reported Wednesday. “Those kids were all destined to die without that therapy,” said University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Carl June, a pioneer of CAR-T therapy who was not involved in the new research. Many of the children had a side …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Three generations of same family diagnosed with deadly brain tumours in one-in-a-billion odds

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Girl, 10, who complained of weak hand told she has incurable brain cancer and months to live

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

Cancers in Children Highly Curable, Awareness is the Key

News 18

Vivek was a healthy six-year-old boy who loved the outdoors. The most common types of childhood cancers include brain cancer, leukaemia, lymphoma, and solid tumors, such as Wilms and Neuroblastoma. The key to ensuring children are cured of childhood cancers lies in early detection and diagnosis. The staggering difference is due to several factors including poor education and awareness around …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Woman who thought dizziness caused by ‘baby brain’ dies aged 33 after glioblastoma diagnosis

The Independent

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2 years, 2 months ago

Baby’s brain tumour diagnosed after mother spots four warning signs

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2 years, 3 months ago

Couple celebrate ‘miracle’ birth after both had cancer during pregnancy

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2 years, 3 months ago

Girl, 13, ‘leukaemia-free’ after world-first use of cell engineering therapy

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2 years, 3 months ago

Boy diagnosed with cancer weeks after twin dies from brain tumour

The Independent

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2 years, 3 months ago

Blood cancer symptoms: Mother diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia defies fertility doctors with ‘miracle’ baby

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2 years, 3 months ago

Chemotherapy may make kids, grandkids more disease susceptible: Study

India TV News

A common chemotherapy drug could pass down increased disease susceptibility to children and grandchildren of adolescent cancer survivors, a study conducted in mice has found. "The findings suggest that if a patient receives chemotherapy, and then later has children, that their grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren, may have an increased disease susceptibility due to their ancestors' chemotherapy exposure," said Michael Skinner, …

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