Examiner Yourself: Dr Phil Kieran on breakthroughs in treatment of children's cancers

200 children and adolescents a year in Ireland will be diagnosed with a cancer. Symptoms are often similar to those of more common, less serious illnesses, but go to your GP if you are worried, says Dr Phil Kieran

THE first person I knew who had cancer was a boy a year ahead of me in school. He had leukaemia.