The next World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week will be 10th May – 16th May 2026. There are a few different ways that you can help raise awareness and funds to support families affected by retinoblastoma during this important week. Whether you’re organising an...
A mum from County Caven is urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, after her five-year-old daughter Rachel was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under...
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 Christmas day of 2018 my sister noticed a glare in my son Jaxon’s eye – a sign of retinoblastoma. I took him to the GP on 27th Dec, who then advised us to go start to our localA & E department. That’s when we learned of the devastating...
How beautiful does Daisy look with her new prosthetic eye? Daisy had her eye removed (enucleated) after having retinoblastoma, a childhood eye cancer. She has always wanted a pink sparkly prosthetic eye since she was two-years-old, and now, aged eight, is delighted to...
Mum Lucy reflects back on Lavinia’s journey with retinoblastoma, a rare cancer that typically affects children under the age of six. As a newborn baby we noticed a slight squint in Lavinia’s left eye. We asked the health visitor who told us it was common and her...
