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Sailor diagnosed with cancer at 19 celebrates getting all-clear by taking last chemo tablet on top of Ben Nevis

A sailor who hiked and kayaked through his cancer treatment celebrated getting the all-clear by taking his final chemo tablet on top of Ben Nevis. Ciaran Daniel, 23, from Hull, was just 19 when he was told he had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, an ...

28 Oct 2022 at 08:42

Woman launches appeal for stem cell donors to save younger sister’s life

A young woman has launched a campaign urging people to sign the stem cell register in a bid to potentially save her little sister’s life. Sofia Adamou, 22, from south London, said her world has been “turned upside down”. Her sister Natassa ...

21 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Family

Mum claims GP said her four-year-old was ‘faking it’ and to ‘dose her up with Calpol’ a week before leukaemia diagnosis

A mother who claims her GP said her four-year-old daughter was “faking it” a week before she was diagnosed with blood cancer is urging parents to trust their “instincts”. Rebecca Herbert’s daughter Summer, now seven, was diagnosed with ...

11 Nov 2024 at 06:30

Health

‘I was told my symptoms were postnatal and nothing to worry about before leukaemia diagnosis and eight rounds of chemo’

A mother who was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of leukaemia just weeks after giving birth to her daughter, and was initially told the symptoms were postnatal, faced eight rounds of gruelling chemotherapy in 10 months but is now ...

19 Jan 2024 at 06:30

Health

Girl, six, diagnosed with leukaemia after limping receives all clear after 822 days of chemo and 130 nights in hospital

A six-year-old girl diagnosed with leukaemia after limping has finally been given the all clear after more than 800 days of chemotherapy and 130 nights in hospital. Aashna Kharb, now nine, who lives in Newham, east London, was just ...

12 Jun 2025 at 06:30

Family

‘My husband’s heartburn turned out to be cancer and transplant was his route to cure – a donor gave him a second chance’

A fit father of three whose heartburn turned out to be leukaemia has been given a “second chance” at life after just one match was found for a life-saving transplant. Neil Morris, a 44-year-old HR director from Abingdon, ...

05 Mar 2025 at 06:30

Health

Mother diagnosed with leukaemia, who had to give birth to stillborn to save her life, now appreciating ‘simple things’

A mother who was diagnosed with leukaemia while pregnant, and had to give birth to her stillborn baby to save her own life – before having to “fight” the cancer again when it returned, is now in remission and ...

08 Feb 2024 at 06:30

Health

Girl diagnosed with leukaemia at 15 says being told she is cancer-free is ‘the best Christmas present she could ask for’

A girl who saw her teenage years “taken away” after being diagnosed with leukaemia aged 15 has said being told she is cancer-free just before Christmas is “the best present” she could have asked for. ...

22 Dec 2023 at 12:51

Family

5-year-old’s symptoms mistaken for growing pains and measles before she vomited blood and received rare cancer diagnosis

The mother of a five-year-old girl whose symptoms were mistaken for growing pains and measles before she vomited blood and received a rare cancer diagnosis has said the news still does not “feel ...

25 Sept 2025 at 06:30

Innovative therapy gives hope to patients whose blood cancer ‘seemed incurable’

A pioneering treatment that edits healthy immune cells to fight cancer has shown promise for adults and children with a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia that “seemed incurable”. Almost two ...

08 Dec 2025 at 21:55

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