CHECT PhD researcher Nicola O’Donnell recently organised a podcasting event in Birmingham for teens and young adults, as part of sharing the results of her research study. https://youtu.be/syTNshXv0wg?si=MirT62QOkseuPVpeNicola says: “Excitingly, I have received a lot...
We held our latest CHECT Family Day at Techniquest science centre in Cardiff. Sarah, Beth and Petra from the CHECT team were greeted by glorious Welsh sunshine as we came out of the train station. We just about had time to start setting up for the day, when excited...
We spoke to Nicola O’Donnell about her CHECT-funded research, ‘Understanding how having Rb affects how you think and feel’: Retinoblastoma is a rare eye cancer affecting 40-50 UK children a year. Although it is highly curable, this experience can...
Pathways to Diagnosis Each year, the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust reports back on families’ experiences of being diagnosed with retinoblastoma (Rb) in the UK: the symptoms they noticed; the healthcare professionals they saw; and how long it took them to reach one of the...
On 23 March, 14 CHECT families braved the rain for a meet-up at Discover Children’s Story Centre in East London. Unbelievably, at just the moment everyone was due to arrive, there was a full evacuation of Stratford Station! However, that wasn’t going to deter us, and...
We are delighted to be able to announce our latest retinoblastoma research award to Professor Yellapantula for his project “Prognostic stratification and early detection of relapsed retinoblastoma using aqueous humour based cfDNA screening”. Cancers shed DNA...
