BeChildCancerAware 🎗️

We created the FIRST UK signs and symptoms awareness card for all childhood cancers, and we are the sole providers of the Beads of Courage UK programme.

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https://t.co/KlymDm4NQo

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The “SYMPTOMS ARRANGED BY PARTS OF THE BODY OR SYSTEMS“ infographic from the ‘Resources for families‘ page of Child Cancer Smart:
https://t.co/6QnRiznXNh
CCLG say:
“This list should be used in combination with our SYMPTOMS BY CANCER TYPE infographic.”
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https://t.co/OOtBhSP1gA

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2of2:

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1of2:
https://t.co/CwfXNf04sP
With reference to “information from CCLG”, as described in this post, can I highlight this for you if I may!
[*Bear with me please - it may take a while to describe the path to the info. (or lack of complete info.) that I want to talk about!!]
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One-page summary, to download as a PDF
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https://t.co/Vhw2OuJfcN

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6of6:
READ THE GUIDELINE:
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https://t.co/GrvVciqtb7

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5of6:
“The Soft Tissue Sarcoma decision support tool provides guidance on the management of a CYP presenting with signs and/or symptoms that may prompt the clinician to consider further investigation to diagnose or rule out a soft tissue sarcoma.”
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https://t.co/wBqc5sndRp

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4of6:
“She is supporting Child Cancer Smart campaign launching new guideline for healthcare professionals to improve recognition of soft tissue sarcomas in CYP.
'I don't know if earlier diagnosis could have saved her, but she'd have had more of a chance.‘“
https://t.co/lxPvzY0KLZ

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3of6:
“Now her devastated mother Hannah York, 41, says her daughter wasn't given a 'fighting chance' as a new campaign launches to stop young cancer patients slipping through the net.”

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2of6:
“Liberty York was told it was 'highly unlikely' to be cancer - symptoms were repeatedly mistaken as mastitis or abscess.
She was forced to endure months of appts. before doctors discovered it was angiosarcoma an aggressive soft-tissue cancer & a 10lb tumour in her chest.”

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1of6:
https://t.co/sbufIkDf35
“A teenager died from cancer two days after her 19th birthday after her 10lb (4.5kg) tumour was dismissed as being 'hormonal problems'.”

[K-BCCA 🎗️ @K_BCCA]

One-page summary, to download as a PDF
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https://t.co/Vhw2OuJfcN

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2of2:
“She is supporting the Child Cancer Smart campaign, led by CCLG, as it launches new guidelines for healthcare professionals, aimed at improving recognition of soft tissue sarcomas in children and young people.”
https://t.co/ILj61MGYtG
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https://t.co/ihPpkTmCaR
1of2:
“Teen's death inspires mum's drive for earlier rare cancer diagnosis”
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And the full guideline document:
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https://t.co/GrvVciqtb7

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https://t.co/wBqc5snLGX

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A link for this new guidance for healthcare professionals can now be found on the CCLG page: “CHILD CANCER SMART RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONALS”: https://t.co/lxPvzY0KLZ

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https://t.co/r0mPPuJ97V
October 14th, 2026:
“CCLG has launched new soft tissue sarcoma referral guidelines and decision support tools for healthcare professionals, alongside symptom lists for families, as part of its Child Cancer Smart campaign.
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[K-BCCA 🎗️ @K_BCCA]

Professor Bob Phillips talks to BBC Breakfast on Saturday 7 February about the launch of the National Cancer Plan and the involvement of CCLG and the Child Cancer Smart project: (8mins 22s)
https://t.co/sQgOpm68ro

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“CHILD CANCER SMART”: https://t.co/ILj61MHwje