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CONTACT Magazine -
2003 ARCHIVE

What follows is a list of the key articles and features published in all previous issues of Con tact. If you would like a copy of any article or previous issue, please click on the links, (Issue 7 onwards) or contact the Editor: itm2@le.ac.uk, or tel: 0116 2494461.

ISSUE 18 Education: SPRING 2003

  • Back to Basics: The Path Finders (Role of the Pathologist)
  • Teaching Schools a Big Lesson: Father's quest for better educational support
  • On a Steep Learning Curve: two survivors on how cancer affected their education
  • Hospital Education is in the Bag: Role of the Hospital Teacher
  • Shouldn't be a Bad Memory: Education Consultant on need for better educational support for children with brain tumours

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ISSUE 19 Fertility: SUMMER 2003

  • Back to Basics - Hodgkin's Disease
  • In front of the children What to tell children when a parent has cancer
  • Life kept under control Parent's experience of coping with treatment for a 2 year old with a brain tumour
  • Birth of a new concept: ways to maintain and restore fertility following treatment for cancer Radio Waves (a guide to radiotherapy in children)

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ISSUE 20 Communication: AUTUMN 2003

  • Back to Basics: Disorders of Histiocytes
  • Is Honesty the best policy? Doctor's views on breaking news of cancer diagnosis to children
  • A Home from Home: Nursing children and families from overseas at Great Ormond Street Hospital
  • It's Good to Talk: Parents' views on breaking news of cancer diagnosis to children

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ISSUE 21 Funding: WINTER 2003

  • Back to Basics: The cost of living (Financing research into childhood cancer)
  • Going for the LCH: A look at the work of the Histiocytosis Research Trust
  • Help to Beat Cancer: Importance of tumour samples for research
  • The case for more financial help for trainee doctors

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