European Parent and Patient Organisations

Paediatric Cancer Support Groups

As a parent of a child who has cancer, remember that you are not alone. You can get help from cancer support groups, where you will be given the opportunity to talk to people who understand what you're going through. By joining a cancer support group you can spend time with people who share or understand your experience. This simple act of sharing can make an enormous difference to the way you feel.

International / European umbrella organisation for cancer in children and adolescents:

Childhood Cancer International - CCI: CCI is the largest patient support organization for childhood cancer. It is a global, parent-driven non-profit that represents more than 170 parent organizations, childhood cancer survivor associations, childhood cancer support groups, and cancer societies, in over 90 countries, across 5 continents.

CCI Europe: (CCI Europe, or CCI-E) represents childhood cancer parents’ and survivors’ groups as well as other childhood cancer organisations in Europe: 67 organisations in 34 European countries are members of CCI. CCI Europe works together with all relevant stakeholders for the same aim, namely, to help children and adolescents with cancer to be cured, with no – or as few as possible – long-term health problems/late effects.