Childhood Cancer

'My son was given a year to live. It was the most heartbreakingly beautiful of our lives.'

Kathryn Wakelin

'The six most painful words people would say to us after we lost our daughter to cancer.'

Louisa Simmonds

"Childhood cancer tried to steal my six-year-old son. But I am doing my bit to stop it."

This mother's story of a "blue stain" is a searingly important reminder to all of us.

Jessica Chambers

When her daughter fell asleep suddenly at a birthday party, Marilee was immediately worried.

Aaron lost his wife and 8yo daughter in under two years. But it's other families he wants to help.

"It was like a truck had run over my heart": The moment Steph found out she was a cancer mum.

'Right away, I started picturing how I was going to bury my child. It felt like the end.'

Thousands of people line the streets to watch 8-yo firefighter save Adelaide's city.

'This wasn't on the scale of my worst fears.' The mother and baby fighting brain cancer.

This beautiful little guy's name is Millar. He will not be forgotten.

Urgent recall issued for children's shoes which may contain cancer-causing chemical.

The story that made Tazmin's mum question the strange bruises on her daughter's body.

The beautiful notes 6yo Elena hid for her parents to find after she died of cancer.

A mum was grieving her 4-year-old's death. Then an incredible sign brought her to tears.

A 3-year-old boy has died, after he was misdiagnosed with a 'bumped head'.

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