Two parents from Putney are urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer this Rare Disease Day, after their fourteen-month-year-old daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under the age of...
Thanks to the generosity of Phoenix Bespoke Solutions Ltd, us at CHECT have been busy behind the scenes creating a toy to support children who have had, or who will have an enucleation. And we’re now excited to show you our penguin! This fluffy friend can be used to...
Mum Sanya describes how having bilateral retinoblastoma is not getting in the way of her daughter Natalie’s accomplishments. “My daughter Natalie has bilateral retinoblastoma but that does not stop her to do all the amazing stuff she loves. She loves to do...
Dr Amy Gerrish and her team have been working to develop a form of liquid biopsy, using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) found in eye fluid, to discover if a patient has the heritable or non-heritable form of retinoblastoma (Rb). This information is vital in identifying...
Professor Jesse Berry determines the superiority of the aqueous humour as a source of tumour DNA and explains her findings from her CHECT-funded research. Developing a liquid biopsy for retinoblastoma (Rb) would help us to overcome two current clinical problems: 1)...
We hear from Dr Agata Rozanka, part of Professor Lako’s team at Newcastle University, about the CHECT-funded retinoblastoma project they have just completed, and what the next steps will be. Although there are many successful treatments for retinoblastoma, these...
