All children with cancer should have the genetic profile of their tumour comprehensively analysed when being considered for new treatments, say leading childhood cancer experts.

Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have been awarded £1.5 million by the charity Children with Cancer UK to advance precision medicine in the UK and improve cancer treatment for children and young adults.

Cancer treatments are not being trialled in children because of outdated European regulations which are in urgent need of reform, say cancer experts.