https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/press-releases/taking-fight-childhood-cancer/

Taking the fight to childhood cancer

5 Jul 2013, 5:25 p.m.

Dr Penelope Brock, Paediatric Oncologist

In a moving article in the Daily Telegraph, Annabel Freyberg charts the treatment of the tumour that claimed the life of her daughter, Blossom. 

The article explores how research and treatments of childhood cancers such as neuroblastoma have evolved over the last few decades, and features an interview with GOSH consultant Penelope Brock.

You can read the full article here.

The article links to the Kiss It Better appeal to raise funds for childhood cancer research.

To find out more about the initiative, visit Kiss It Better.

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Notes to Editors

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is the country’s leading centre for treating sick children, with the widest range of specialists under one roof.
With the UCL Institute of Child Health, we are the largest centre for paediatric research outside the US and play a key role in training children’s health specialists for the future.
Our charity needs to raise £50 million every year to help rebuild and refurbish Great Ormond Street Hospital, buy vital equipment and fund pioneering research. With your help we provide world class care to our very ill children and their families.