Mum Michelle tells us about her son Matthew’s retinoblastoma journey – from his diagnosis, to having his eye removed (enucleated) and later treated with chemotherapy to combat the remaining cancerous cells. This article may be useful for parents also facing a...
The cancellation of the London Marathon back in March has not stopped our fundraisers from doing their bit for CHECT. Sunday 4th October was the official ‘Virtual London Marathon’ event and nine of our Team CHECT runners instead completed a marathon (26.2...
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...
A four-year-old was diagnosed with the rare eye cancer retinoblastoma after her mum saw her tumour ‘glowing’ in a flash photo. It was a family member who first noticed that Nancy Smith’s eye would sometimes look towards her nose and then suddenly appear fine again....
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...
