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‘It's not just about treatment, it's everything else too’: Meet Umar

15 May 2024, 12:44 p.m.

The new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH at will help children like Umar, who was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer, at just three years old.

Now eight, Umar is stable and visits the hospital every three months for scans…

Little boy standing in a room at GOSH, smiling slightly and looking away from the camera

'It is so amazing what research can do': Meet Alyssa

13 May 2024, 4:01 p.m.

The new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH will help children like Alyssa.

Teenage girl sitting in her wheelchair in front of GOSH entrance smiling

‘She’s doing fantastically’: Meet 12-year-old Grace

24 Apr 2024, 12:21 p.m.

The Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH will help children like Grace.

Living with cancer is different for every child. It can mean countless rounds of debilitating treatment. Dealing with side effects like mouth ulcers and losing your hair. Not knowing…

"She gives me this strength that I didn't know I had”

27 Mar 2024, 4:24 p.m.

The new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH will help children like Maya.

Maya was born with leukaemia in April 2023, although it wasn’t until six weeks later that she was diagnosed at a hospital in London.

She underwent chemotherapy, immunotherapy and a…

Maya looking at GOSH Play Specialist and smiling

Entrance closure milestone for Children’s Cancer Centre

20 Feb 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Last month it was confirmed that work to enable the development of GOSH's new Children’s Cancer Centre will start this year.

As a first step, the hospital yesterday (19 February) closed its iconic main entrance on Great Ormond Street.

illustration of tigers and heart on GOSH entrance sliding doors