{"id":799705,"date":"2026-10-12T01:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T01:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/799705\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T01:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T01:52:09","slug":"childhood-cancer-symptoms-what-to-look-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/799705\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood cancer symptoms &#8211; what to look out for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prof Bob Phillips, a paediatric oncologist, says it&#8217;s key for parents to look out for clusters of symptoms that may be persisting, getting worse or bigger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Consider contacting a doctor over the following:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cancer in children develops much more quickly than in adults &#8211; effectively due to them growing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Experts like Phillips at CCLG, the Children and Young People&#8217;s Cancer Association, are urging people to follow a national campaign aiming to raise awareness and improve diagnosis times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It includes a rule-of-three for professionals: If a child has had three persistent symptoms, or has visited their doctor three times, or has had three weeks of unexplained symptoms consider making a referral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Although, it&#8217;s important to note survival rates have risen significantly since the 1970s, with eight out of 10 children surviving beyond five to 10 years or more after diagnosis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prof Bob Phillips, a paediatric oncologist, says it&#8217;s key for parents to look out for clusters of symptoms&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-799705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}