A dad from Wales is urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer this World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week after his one-year-old son, Kooper, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma – a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under...
Natalie, who had retinoblastoma when she was three-years-old, speaks to us about life then and now. I was three years old when my mum noticed a white shield go over my eye while I was in the bath. My mum took me to the local doctors to be told she was a fussy mother...
From being diagnosed with retinoblastoma to representing England on the international stage, Adam Lione’s shares his story with us. Can you tell us about your retinoblastoma diagnosis? I was diagnosed at 16 weeks old, and early symptoms were that I could not...
A dad from London is urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer this Rare Disease Day after his two-year-old daughter, Shuhd, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under the age of...
A huge thank you to Flynn and his mum Katie for helping us to raise awareness of retinoblastoma across the media, radio and TV. Flynn Fairhurst was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a cancer which affects the retina of children predominantly under six-years-old, in 2023...
When Martha was 2 years old, she was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer. To treat it, she had her left eye removed and underwent chemotherapy. Now 9 years old, Martha is healthy and thriving, and has told CHECT what life is like for her now. “Hi my...
