Sarah Eite 💙

ALT A photo of TV presenter Holly Willoughby wearing the new Young Lives vs Cancer t-shirt. The short-sleeve t-shirt is white and has the word love in colourful letters and hearts at the top.

ALT This image is pink and has an image of a yellow ribbon. Text reads: How is cancer different for children and young people?

ALT This image is pink and has a basic image of a medical chart in yellow. Text reads: Cancer is much rarer in children. Around 1,600 children (under the age of 15) are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every year. Around half of all these cases are in children aged 0-4 years old.

ALT This image is pink and has an image of a microscope in yellow. Text reads: Children get different cancers. The most common childhood cancers are leukaemia, brain tumours and lymphomas. For adults, it’s breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancers.

ALT This image is pink and has a yellow image of a graph showing an increase. Text reads: Children are more likely to survive. Since the 1960s, the survival rate for childhood cancer has more than doubled! This is of course great news, but it means that many children who’ve had cancer need support to live with long-term effects of their illness and treatment.

ALT On a black background are the words, £250 is spent on travelling for treatment every month. #RunningOnEmpty. The image also includes a train ticket, fuel pump and bus illustrations, along side the Young Lives vs Cancer logo.