32% of parents of children aged 0-6 think a squint or lazy eye is ‘definitely not’ or ‘probably not’ a symptom of childhood eye cancer*. This is despite a third of all UK babies and children diagnosed with the rare eye cancer retinoblastoma (Rb) presenting with a...
When Stacey Declerk was given a camera for Christmas, she had no idea it would lead to the discovery that her son Brody had eye cancer. She shares her story: For Christmas 2019 I was given a new camera as a present. Three months later, I finally got round to unpacking...
Sarah Turley, who joined the CHECT Team in October 2019, is our part-time Support Worker based in Birmingham Children’s Hospital. She shares with us what it’s like to be a CHECT Support Worker during these unusual times. Six months after starting my role, I never...
Angharad was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (Rb) when she was nine months old. Shortly after, she had her right eye enucleated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. Fast forward 22 years, she is now studying medicine at Barts and the London Medical School and has...
We often feature our wonderful CHECT mums in our stories, and we feel it’s important to recognise those amazing dads out there who go above and beyond to support their families as well. For Father’s Day, we asked children (maybe with a bit of help) to nominate their...
We’re pleased to present the latest edition of our CHECT InFocus Magazine – chock full of your stories as well as what we’ve been up to as a charity over the last few months. This edition of InFocus has been produced in a digital format only*. As a small...
