A mother’s intuition proved correct after GPs assured her that her baby daughter was healthy. Thankfully an auntie spotted an unusual ‘white dot’ in the baby’s eye which led to a swift eye cancer diagnosis. Mum Rada Hristova, from Kent, had been worried about...
CHECT is currently looking to recruit an adult who had retinoblastoma as a child as a lay (non-professional) representative to our Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). They must have been treated in the UK and also be a CHECT member. The main responsibility of the...
Thank you and a huge well done to everyone who submitted a photo for the design of our next good luck card. All the photos were wonderful in our eyes, but sadly we could only choose one to feature on our card. In the end we decided to go with this adorable smiley...
Vision Express store manager Dean Alldis has set himself a mammoth challenge in 2021 to raise money for the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) – to complete 50,000 squats within a year. CHECT, a national charity supporting those affected by the rare childhood eye...
For International Women’s Day we’ve highlight some of the brilliant women involved in our CHECT research into the prevention and treatment of retinoblastoma. Professor Jesse Berry Professor Jesse Berry is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the...
Let’s be honest, things were pretty bleak for all charities back in March when we entered the first lockdown. At the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust, we were facing a loss of at least half of our income from fundraising events. So we tried something completely new,...
