| Every day, six young people in the UK will be
told they have cancer. Currently, there are no
age-appropriate treatment facilities for young
people with cancer in Surrey. |
| We urgently need help to fund the first ever
Teenage Cancer Trust Unit in the South East
Please come and ‘meet Teenage Cancer Trust’
and find out how you can help in the Elmbridge area. |
About Teenage Cancer Trust
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| At Teenage Cancer Trust, we
understand that young people with cancer require
specialist care. We know how damaging it is to take
a young person away from their everyday life, their
friends, their environment, their family – and put
them in a cancer ward with small children or older
people. |
| Young people have a much better
chance in their fight against cancer if they are
treated by teenage cancer experts, in an environment
tailored to their needs. So we’re working every day
to make that happen. |
Building specialist units
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| We don’t believe that teenagers
should have to stop being teenagers, just because
they have cancer. So we fund and build specialist
units for young people in NHS hospitals. Our units
bring teenagers with cancer together with loads of
new friends of their own age so they can support
each other. |
| Alongside all of this is a medical
team of teenage cancer specialists who pool
knowledge to create a body of expertise that’s
second to none. They’re backed up by our Nurse
Consultants who provide clinical care, develop
research, deliver professional education and ensure
that standards remain as high as possible. |
| Teenage Cancer Trust units aren’t
like ordinary cancer wards. Everything about them
has been designed to give teenagers the very best
chance of a positive outcome. We want every young
person with cancer in this country to have that
chance. |
Aim Of Teenage cancer Trust
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| Teenage Cancer Trust aims to ensure
that every young person with cancer and their family
receive the best possible care and professional
support throughout their cancer journey. |
