Childhood Cancer: A group of children defeat a dragon Bob Phillips
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PLEASE NOTE: THE TIME OF THIS TALK IS DIFFERENT TO THAT ADVERTISED IN THE FESTIVAL BROCHURE
Each individual childhood cancer is rare, but around 1 in 600 children will develop a form of cancer. The good news is that amazing progress has been made in understanding and treating childhood cancers, and around eight out of ten children or young people diagnosed with cancer survive.
But despite advances in curative medicine, little has been done to improve the experience of living through and beyond cancer. To tackle this, the Candlelighters Supportive Care Research Centre (CSCRC) has been established at the University of York. Its director Bob Phillips will explain how the Centre is developing effective, kinder care for young people with cancer – which will save lives, reduce suffering and bring hope, not just in Yorkshire, but around the world.
Join Bob and discover how CSCRC will enable the world’s leading supportive care experts to carry out high-quality research and invest in future supportive care specialists, transforming what it means to undergo cancer treatment as a child.
The talk will be followed by interactive, hands-on activities in the library’s Garden Room.
About the speaker
Bob Phillips is a Professor of Paediatrics and Evidence Synthesis at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and the Hull York Medical School, and an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric / Teenage-Young Adult Oncology at Leeds Children's Hospital. He is the director of the new Candlelighters Supportive Care Research Centre (CSCRC) at the University of York.
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