Mum of Cambridgeshire cancer survivor makes plea for support after Princess of Wales' diagnosis
The Princess of Wales announced she's receiving treatment for cancer
The mum of a six-year-old boy from Cambridgeshire who's recovering from blood cancer has said more information about dealing with the disease will help more families.
It comes as Kensington Palace posted a video on X from Princess Kate, who revealed she's in the early stages of being treated for cancer, although details of her diagnosis have yet been disclosed.
In February, King Charles III announced he was receiving treatment for a form of cancer.
Hunter Martin was diagnosed with lymphoma last year but has since got the all-clear.
"There should be more advice for families"
His mum Tanya believes the process of helping her son through his cancer diagnosis has been a learning curve:
"When Hunter got diagnosed, we had to get our heads around what it was, what it meant, and then trying to explain that to friends and family as well, it's hard," she said.
"I think there should be more advice out there for families going through it.
"The whole time that Hunter was going through and I was in hospital with him, it felt like a dream and even now, it doesn't feel real that we went through all of that and we've come out the other side."
Rise in young people getting cancer
Experts have said a jump in the number of young people being diagnosed with cancer could down to improved screening, to genetics to alcohol consumption, smoking and bad diets.
A report by the University of Edinburgh found early onset cases of cancer will rise by 31 per cent by 2030.
And a study by The British Medical Journal showed a rise in cancer amongst younger people in areas such as western Europe.
"There is light at the end of the tunnel"
Tanya hopes that by having more support and information on the cancer a young person's dealing with, there are reasons to be optimistic.
"It will give them more understanding now hat their child's going through; by having that information, it takes a lot of pressure off the family that's going through it to then try and have to explain it to everybody else," she added.
"Every child is different, every cancer diagnosis is different, but there is light at the end of the tunnel; physically and mentally, it's hard, but there is light."