Articles Tagged: cancer

Parents agree to son's request to stop cancer treatment after five years fighting brain cancer

By Liz Stansfield, May 17, 2012

A nine-year-old boy with brain cancer has told his parents he is ‘done’ fighting for his life and does not want to continue with treatment

Teenager self-diagnosed leukaemia after watching Cameron Diaz film

By parentdish.co.uk, May 17, 2012

Alex Cooper self- diagnosed her leukaemia after watching hit Hollywood film My Sister’s Keeper and recognising her symptoms

Mum-to-be refuses lung cancer operation to save unborn baby

By parentdish.co.uk, May 15, 2012

Mum Daniella Jackson was advised to abort her unborn baby to save herself from lung cancer. She refused and is a now proud mum to baby Rennae

Teenager's amazing recovery from brain tumour and stroke

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 15, 2012

When Hannah Jones suffered a stroke during surgery to remove a brain tumour, her doctors feared she would be left permanently disabled, yet Hannah, now 18, has made a full recovery and is training to be a primary school teacher.

Teenager thought she had allergy to eye make-up - but it was cancer

By Keith Kendrick, May 2, 2012

A teenager is having her face re-built by doctors after a watery eye revealed she had cancer.

Boy, 6, raises $10,000 from lemonade stand to help sick dad

By Liz Stansfield, Apr 19, 2012

Drew Cox set up a very successful lemonade stall at his home in Texas to raise money for his dad who is fighting cancer

Mattel to create a bald Barbie for child cancer sufferers in response to Facebook campaign

By Liz Stansfield, Apr 4, 2012

Toy brand Mattel has announced plans to create a bald Barbie doll, following a Facebook campaign inspired by a young girl who lost her hair during cancer treatment

Woman died from asbestos exposure after childhood cuddles with dad

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Mar 30, 2012

A woman has died from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos as a child. Annette Bhatti passed away at the age of 49, but contracted the disease after cuddling her dad in his asbestos caked clothes every night as a child.