Three-year-old Annie faces two-year treatment
With three kids under three, the Pender family already had their hands full before a shock diagnosis thrust them into the whole new world of childhood blood cancer.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
With three kids under three, the Pender family already had their hands full before a shock diagnosis thrust them into the whole new world of childhood blood cancer.
At only nine-months-old, Maverick Hill was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood cancer and forced to endure immediate and aggressive treatment away from home.
Jen was into trying wellness crazes and 'anti-cancer' fads. Then she was diagnosed with blood cancer.
After a challenging bone marrow transplant in Melbourne during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark Reid was the first Tasmanian to manage a successful recovery at home with extra immune cell infusions from his donor.
Nearly 16 years since her diagnosis, Emma Ingster, now 30-years-old, reflects on being diagnosed as a teenager.
To mark International Childhood Cancer Day, Tiffany Ernst reflects on the past two years since her five-year-old daughter, Haylen was diagnosed with leukaemia.
Sports-lover Oren was only the sixth child in Australia to receive CAR T-cell treatment.
A cutting-edge cellular therapy, made possible by breakthrough research, has given seven-year-old Hunter hope for a brighter future.
Dr Michelle Henderson's research is laying the groundwork to develop a promising new therapy for infant ALL.
New York-based, Aussie researcher Matt Witkowski has his sights set on improving the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapy.