About Teenage Cancer Trust.

Teenage Cancer Trust was formally established in 1994 to meet the needs of the most neglected group of cancer patients in the UK ( teenagers and young adults, who found themselves in a no-man's land between paediatric and adult cancer services.

The TCT's inception was triggered by a parent who related the experience of her teenage son, placed in a ward of older people, many of whom were dying.

The first TCT unit was opened at the Middlesex Hospital in London in 1990. There are now seven state-of-the-art units with another 15 in various stages of planning or development.

TCT raises money from the public through a host of activities, many backed by TCT Champions ( stars from the world of sport, leisure and entertainment ( who give generously of their time and services.

The TCT aim is to build and equip a network of units across the UK giving every adolescent with cancer the option of being treated in a specialist unit. The aim is to provide a unit in every regional cancer centre in the country. The units are designed and equipped specifically for teenagers and young adults up to the age of 24.

TCT runs the world's only international conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine, as well as a conference specially for teenagers known as Find Your Sense of Tumour.