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Cancer in children and young people is rare.
These cancers are quite different from cancers affecting adults. They tend to occur in different parts of the body and respond differently to treatment.
Children from the Isle of Man are usually treated in a 'shared care' arrangement between the Noble's Hospital Paediatric Team and Alder Hey Children's Hospital Oncology Unit in Liverpool. (Noble's Hospital Paediatric Team has identified lead paediatric doctors, as well as ward and community based children’s nurses)
A Children's Community Nurse is available through Noble's Hospital as a source of information and support to the child and their family. The Community Nurse can be contacted on 01624 650317.
Rebecca House provides Hospice facilities for children with cancer. For more information on Rebecca House, please click here.
Your child's own doctors, nurses and others in your health care team are the only people who can tell you about your child's particular cancer and its treatment. However, if you would like to read some more general information now, you may find these suggestions helpful...
CLIC Sargent
CLIC and Sargent Cancer Care for Children merged in January 2005 to become the UK's leading children's cancer charity. They have a range of booklets available about cancer in children and teenagers, including 'fighting the big C', 'Cancer...What's the score', and 'Looking forward'.This information is also available from the Macmillan Cancer Information Centre.
Cancer Backup - Children's cancers
The Cancerbackup website covers general information on different types of children's cancer, causes and diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials, resources and support. This information is also available in a booklet (free to patients) direct from Cancerbackup or from the Macmillan Cancer Information Centre.
Teen Info on Cancer (TIC)
A website from Cancer Backup which gives information and support to teenagers affected by cancer.
The Adventures of Captain Chemo
Part of the Royal Marsden website. The Adventures of Captain Chemo and Chemo Command, an informative, animated interactive comic strip which was the original idea of a 13 year old patient.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Information and resources to help families affected by cancer in children and young people. The website has a section for kids in a language they can understand. It also has a section aimed at teenagers.
CancerHelp - Children's cancers
Cancer Research UK has a patient information website called CancerHelp, which has information on a wide number of topics related to children's cancers.
Book - My brother has cancer by Katherine Ballard
A children's book which explains cancer to other children in the family. This book is available to borrow from the Macmillan Cancer Information Centre.
Book - Chemotherapy, Cakes and Cancer by Megan Blunt
An A to Z survival guide for living with childhood cancer, written by Megan Blunt (Aged 14) who has been through cancer treatment herself. Available from CLIC Sargent or to borrow from the Macmillan Cancer Information Centre.
Book - Peppermint Ward (ISBN 1905384416) by Miriam Halahmy
Story about children with cancer, written for 6 - 9 year olds, to help children affect by cancer to understand and talk about what is happening to them. Available from Cancer Backup or to borrow from the Macmillan Cancer Information Centre.
You may also like to contact our Macmillan Cancer Information Centre, or click here to visit our useful contacts list for information about organisations, both on and off the Isle of Man.
