There are many new drugs being developed for children’s cancer that work differently from the way chemotherapy works. These are often called biological agents or targeted drugs. They work by blocking a specific gene or protein that cancer cells have.
These treatments are used for leukaemia but can be used for other cancers as well. A stem cell transplant (sometimes called a bone marrow transplant) allows your child to have much higher doses of chemotherapy than usual. This can improve the chance of curing their cancer but has more side effects.
To be told that your grandchild has cancer comes as a terrible shock. Most grandparents worry not only about the sick child, but also about how their own son/daughter will cope.
The brothers and sisters of a child with cancer may have many or all of the same feelings and emotions that parents have.
