Children with cancer are being bullied, losing friends and risk falling behind at school, research suggests.
It reveals that youngsters with the disease have been bullied by their classmates because they have lost their hair or gained weight – with one even being told that he is going to die.
The illness also significantly disrupts a child's education, according to the report by the CLIC Sargent cancer charity.
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