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Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens
Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens is a campaign that raises money for research into cancers affecting children and young people.
We need your help to find new, better and kinder treatments.
Around 4,500 children and young people (aged 0-24) are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK*. Survival for this group has improved over the last 40 years, meaning today, more children and young people are surviving cancer than ever before.
But we need to do more. Around 520 children and young people die from cancer every year in the UK, and some of those who survive can experience serious long-term side effects. We also need to increase awareness that children and young people can get cancer and that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM).
By supporting Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens, you can help us find new, better and kinder treatments for children and young people with cancer.
Why we need your support
Nominate a star
Celebrate the courage of children in the UK who have been diagnosed with cancer by nominating them for our Kids & Teens Star Awards, in partnership with TK Maxx.
Each child nominated will receive a trophy, t-shirt, certificate and £50 TK Maxx voucher. Their siblings will get a special certificate too.
Give Up Clothes For Good
Fill a bag with your pre-loved quality clothes, accessories and homeware and bring it to your local TK Maxx store. Money raised will help fund our research into cancers affecting children and young people.
Children's cancer is different
Many children's cancers are biologically very different from adult cancers, so finding better treatments and setting up clinical trials needs a different approach.
Why do we still need your help?
What about the treatments?
Treatment can have very debilitating side-effects for young people that can sadly last long into adult life, so finding kinder treatments is vital.
What progress have we made?
Our research into leukaemia has helped save thousands of children. For example, we supported a trial that showed a new treatment called mitoxantrone could increase survival by more than 50% for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia whose cancer had come back.
What have we achieved so far?
We were involved in a trial that led to a dramatic improvement in survival for a type of children's liver cancer called hepatoblastoma. Now 8 out of 10 children survive, compared to 2 out of 10 children in the 1970s.
Funding ground-breaking research
We helped to fund ground-breaking research that changed the way that children are treated for Wilms’ tumour – a type of kidney cancer, meaning they are now less likely to experience the long-term impact of side effects including heart problems and kidney damage.
The Little Book of Big Heroes
'The Little Book of Big Heroes' is a collection of short stories and poems written by celebrities, celebrating bravery and strength.
Buy our merchandise
Buy a gold ribbon pin badge or something to help you with your fundraising. Every purchase of Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens merchandise goes towards finding new, better and kinder treatments for children’s cancer.
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Proudly supported by our Lead Partner TK Maxx
*Annual average number of cases of all cancers (ICD-10 C00-C97, excluding C44) and all benign/uncertain or unknown behaviour brain, other central nervous system and intracranial tumours (ICD-10 codes: D32-D33, D35.2-D35.4, D42-D43 and D44.3-D44.5) in young people (aged 0-24) in the UK between 2012 and 2014. Northern Ireland data includes all of the above codes except D33.7, D33.9, D43.7 and D43.9