Mum Travesia, from America, tells us about her son’s diagnosis. We offer lifelong support to anyone affected by retinoblastoma, but we are unfortunately unable to offer support to families not being treated in the UK – for international organisations visit...
We spoke to Rich about his veterans’ football team, after he chose to help us raise awareness of our charity by donning our logo on the back of their team shirts. “I am the joint founder of Weston North End FC with a close friend, Adam Clark. We set the team up...
We were delighted to have 14 families join us for our October meet-up at the beautiful Manchester Museum. After sharing lunch together we celebrated our CHECT Champions – all twelve of them! The staff at the museum had then laid on some brilliant hands-on activities –...
A mum from Wales is urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer this Christmas after her eight-month-old daughter, Raye, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma – a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under the age of six. Raye’s...
To celebrate our 100th issue of InFocus magazine, we spoke to Kirsteen, who has the genetic type of retinoblastoma, about her experiences of retinoblastoma and CHECT through the years:We have a long history of retinoblastoma (Rb) with many members of our family,...
