Children's cancers - A to Z
This page links to content about children's cancers.
Cancer in children is relatively rare, affecting about 1,500 children aged 0-14 each year in the UK. Childhood cancer is not one disease but many, and children tend to develop different kinds of cancer compared with adults.
Thanks to research there have been major advances in treatment and around three-quarters of children with cancer are successfully treated. Our researchers are committed to understanding why cancer develops so that treatments can be better tailored to each child with cancer.
- Information for people affected by childhood cancer on CancerHelp UK
- Read our Briefsheet about Cancer Research UK and children's cancers
Or find out more using the links below.
Browse content about Children's cancers
- August 2007 podcast transcript
- Childhood cancer - diagnosis and treatment
- Childhood cancer - risk factors
- Childhood cancer statistics - incidence
- Childhood cancer statistics - mortality
- Corporate supporters
- Dr Chris Jones
- Dr Janet Shipley
- Leukaemia statistics - Key Facts
- Little Stars enjoy big day out at London Zoo
- Our impact on children's cancers
- Our progress and achievements in the 1980s
- Prof Jillian Birch
- Prof Mike Hawkins
- Prof Vaskar Saha
- Research on children's cancers
- Celebrity supporters
- Childhood cancer - molecular biology and genetics
- Childhood cancer statistics - Key Facts
- Childhood cancer statistics - long-term follow-up
- Childhood cancer statistics - survival
- Dr Andrew Peet
- Dr Hamish Wallace
- Dr Penelope Brock
- Little Star Awards
- Meet our Little Stars
- Our impact on leukaemia and lymphoma
- Prof David Walker
- Prof Kathy Pritchard-Jones
- Prof Nazneen Rahman
- Research into children's cancers
Latest Children's cancers news from Cancer Research UK
- Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches trial of new drug to treat acute childhood leukaemia
27 January 2012 - News story: Chemo and radiation therapy 'do not cause birth defects'
13 December 2011 - Press Release: More than five thousand children saved since 70s thanks to better cancer treatment
14 November 2011 - Press Release: Middle-aged survivors of childhood cancer at greater risk of certain cancers
4 June 2011 - News story: Study finds childhood cancer survivors have higher risk of dying years later
15 July 2010 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK launch national children's cancer trials team in Birmingham
16 April 2010 - Press Release: Gene discovery could lead to new treatments for childhood cancer
2 April 2010 - Press Release: Cancer children's courage earns Star Status
26 November 2009 - Press Release: Hope for pioneering immunotherapy treatment for childhood cancer
5 October 2009 - News story: Scientists sequence genome of second patient with AML
6 August 2009
- News story: Significant step forward in childhood eye cancer
11 January 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches nine high-tech gene projects
18 November 2011 - News story: Potential new way to treat childhood leukaemia identified
5 September 2011 - Press Release: Deaths from cancer in children fall by almost 60 per cent since the '60s
12 November 2010 - News story: Young leukaemia survivors may need monitoring of lung health
19 April 2010 - News story: New guidelines may speed up child brain tumour diagnosis
13 April 2010 - Press Release: Trekstock the darling of Downing Street at launch of new charity partnership
18 March 2010 - News story: IARC finds more cancers linked to tobacco and alcohol
4 November 2009 - News story: Scientists identify genetic variations that affect childhood leukaemia risk
19 August 2009 - Press Release: Charities launch groundbreaking research centre in Newcastle
1 July 2009
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