Why in my brain?
It caused me so much pain.
Why in my head?
Perhaps somewhere else instead.
Why in my brain?
We tried a fluid drain.

I just want to walk like you.
I’ve had enough now, haven’t you too?

Poem from Sophie Pollock (14yrs) who lost her battle with cancer in 2007.

The risk of childhood cancer has been inconsistently linked with parental exposure to occupational agents, partly because of poor exposure assessment. Interview data from the UK Childhood Cancer Study, an epidemiological case control study, was used to extend previous analyses of parental occupations.

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