What follows is a list of the key articles and features published in all previous issues of Contact. If you would like a copy of any article or previous issue, please contact the Editor: itm2@le.ac.uk, or tel: 0116 2494461.

ISSUE 2: SPRING 1999 Back to Basics - Short guide to long lines ( a description of the use of long lines in children with cancer - what they are and what the complications are) From small beginnings: An introduction to the CCLG
ISSUE 3: SUMMER 1999 Back to Basics - History in the making for brain cancer drug (processes involved in the testing of new cancer drugs) Handy hints on how to cope with bed and bored. Life changing experience: A personal account by a 'once timid' mother who learnt to take on the world following diagnosis of her son's acute myeloid leukaemia The web: Where its at (an explanation of what the internet is and how to look for the most useful sites) Parent support groups form national alliance (the formation of NACCPO - National Alliance of Childhood Cancer Parents Organisation)
ISSUE 4: AUTUMN 1999 Back to Basics - Under the microscope (focus on leukaemia) Baby love: article examining the issue of having another child when there is already a child with cancer in the family Together till the end: a sibling's experience of her sister's cancer
ISSUE 5: WINTER 1999 Back to Basics - The all round picture (an article about recent research into the causes of leukaemia) Wishing for complements: a description of some of the therapies practiced in a clinic and a healer talking about her work Weekend gives bereaved support: article about a weekend away arranged for bereaved siblings Oh what a tangled web we weave: a clinician's view of the help available on the web

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