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The web Directory of Information Materials for People Affected by Cancer is regularly updated and currently has details of over 1,900 booklets, leaflets, books and audiovisual materials for people affected by cancer. Most have been published in the last five years but we have included some older ones that are still useful.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what a brain tumour is, and describes the signs and symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of mercaptopurine in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This booklet provides general information about kidney cancer (renal tumours) that occur in children.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet is for parents of a child whose Wilms' tumour has come back (relapsed). It discusses the different treatment options that may be available.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet has been written to help parents understand posterior fossa syndrome (PFS), the name given to a collection of symptoms that may occur together following surgery to the back of the brain. PFS is also sometimes known as cerebellar mutism syndrome.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This booklet provides information about common symptoms, their causes and available treatments and includes suggestions for things parents and carers can do at home to help their child.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Information about the health of your lungs after treatment for childhood cancer. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet is about the health of your heart after treatment for childhood cancer. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet gives an overview of breast cancer risk after treatment for childhood cancer. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This illustrated leaflet is designed to help adults who come into contact with the siblings of children with cancer. It explains the problems that siblings may have and how adults can best help them cope.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Information about the health of a single kidney after treatment for childhood cancer. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Information for teenagers and young adults about research and clinical trials.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet gives an overview of the potential late effects of bleomycin treatment for childhood cancer. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Information about osteoporosis and the health of your bones after treatment for childhood cancer. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Information about osteonecrosis (or avascular necrosis) and the health of your bones after treatment for childhood cancer. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Healthy lifestyle advice for childhood cancer survivors. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what acute myeloid leukaemia is, and describes the signs, symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Information about osteoradionecrosis and the health of your bones after radiotherapy treatment for childhood cancer. Written to accompany the CCLG booklet "Aftercure: A guide for teenage and young adult survivors of childhood cancer".
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet has information on the use of dexamethasone in children and young people with cancer. It also offers help to parents in managing the behaviour of children with cancer that requires regular steroids.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the safe handling and storage of chemotherapy medicines at home and the precautions needed for safe disposal of bodily waste.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This booklet, witten by parents for parents, aims to help parents manage and enjoy family life when a child has cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what Ewing's sarcoma is, and describes the signs, symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is, and describes the signs, symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet has brief information about rare tumours of childhood, including details of useful organisations.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what rhabdomyosarcoma is, and describes the signs and symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what a neuroblastoma is, and describes the signs, symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what Wilm's tumour is, and describes the signs and symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what retinoblastoma is, and describes the signs and symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what osteosarcoma is, and describes the signs, symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what Hodgkin lymphoma is, and briefly describes the signs, symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what a germ cell tumour is and describes the signs, symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Written to accompany 'Children and young people with cancer: A parent's guide', this factsheet explains what non-Hodgkin lymphoma is, and describes the signs, symptoms, tests and treatment options.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of imatinib in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of lomustine in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of oral etoposide in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of temozolomide in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of procarbazine in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of chlorambucil in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of oral methotrexate in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This factsheet provides information on the use of mercaptopurine in children and young people with cancer.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This illustrated booklet has been written for young adults (16+) who have survived cancer. Please note: this booklet was reviewed in March 2017 but no changes were made so versions dated 2015 are still current.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
This illustrated leaflet for children has a list of things that the child with cancer may want their friends to know.
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