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CONTACT Magazine
2001 ARCHIVE

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 click on the links or contact the Editor: itm2@le.ac.uk, or tel: 0116 2494461.

ISSUE 10: SPRING 2001

  • Back to Basics - Family fortunes (a look at familial cancer)
  • Fed up and happy: aspects of diet and eating for children receiving cancer treatment
  • Passing a trial by fire: living with diagnosis of childhood leukaemia - a parent's view
  • Morale booster: the work of a paediatric oncology outreach nurse

ISSUE 11: SUMMER 2001

  • Back to Basics: Where there's a Wilms (following the latest research into Wilms tumour: an examination of the treatment available)
  • New group sets up a valuable link: an introduction to the newly established group for siblings - Siblinks
  • One day at a time: a husband and wife perspective on the impact of their daughter's diagnosis and subsequent death from cancer
  • Recharge your batteries: a look at two organisations providing holidays for young people who have or have had cancer

ISSUE 12: AUTUMN 2001

  • Back to Basics: Storage: Taking stock (a look at the issues surrounding stored tumour samples and their use in research)
  • Answering the big question: Sargent Cancer Care
  • Youngsters find their sense of tumour: a report of the 2001 Teenage Cancer Trust Conference

ISSUE 13: WINTER 2001

  • Back to Basics - Down to the Bones: examining treatment for bone tumours and advances in surgery
  • 'Still alive in our Memories' and 'Laughter with Rosie': articles from two different sets of grandparents on how they have coped with a diagnosis of childhood cancer and the death of their grandchildren
  •  A child with cancer is still a child: a teacher's story of how a school helped support a child with cancer
  • Researching the Rhythm of Life: a personal story of a young woman who was diagnosed with cancer at 14 and went on to pursue a career in medical research
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