Pathways to Diagnosis Each year, the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust reports back on families’ experiences of being diagnosed with retinoblastoma (Rb) in the UK: the symptoms they noticed; the healthcare professionals they saw; and how long it took them to reach one of the...
A mum from the Isle of Wight is urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer this World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week, after their five-year-old son Arlo was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children...
On 23 March, 14 CHECT families braved the rain for a meet-up at Discover Children’s Story Centre in East London. Unbelievably, at just the moment everyone was due to arrive, there was a full evacuation of Stratford Station! However, that wasn’t going to deter us, and...
We are delighted to be able to announce our latest retinoblastoma research award to Professor Yellapantula for his project “Prognostic stratification and early detection of relapsed retinoblastoma using aqueous humour based cfDNA screening”. Cancers shed DNA...
We were delighted to receive this heartwarming message from Ivy’s mum Ewelina, after Ivy lost her eye to retinoblastoma. Ewelina said, “My daughter got inspired by other kids showing off their special artificial eyes so she asked her ocular prosthetist in...
