Because little is known about what causes children to develop leukaemia, we need to find explanations for the increasing incidence and develop interventions that can reduce incidence.
Specific objectives:
Although more than three quarters of children diagnosed with leukaemia survive, there are still around a hundred children in the UK every year who do not. Those who do survive undergo unpleasant treatment regimes which can themselves cause serious long-term damage to their health and wellbeing.
Specific objectives
[Updated November 2007]