Skip to main content

Marko is
Blood Cancer United

I am 18 years old and from a small town in New Jersey. I was diagnosed with stage 4 anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). I have spent my whole senior year of high school in the hospital not being able to be home for eight months and missing out on my whole senior year. Music has saved me while going through treatment, whether I would record my own music in my hospital bed or even listen to music to numb the pain I was in. If it wasn't for music, I’m not sure if I would be able to last going through treatments. I was featured in five different newspapers, all in New Jersey, and CBS News did a cover on me twice (the second one is still being worked on as a follow-up with my musical journey and how I am doing).

Marko

anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL)

We are Blood Cancer United.

Everyone affected by blood cancer—patients, survivors, caregivers, researchers, advocates, fundraisers, everyone—has a story. Share yours.
Lisa and a man standing in a football stadium holding white, yellow and red Light The Night lanterns

Lisa

Lymphoma survivor

Steve

NHL Survivor

Tricia

T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LL)

Varad

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Felicia

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Allison

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Marko

anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL)

Jessica

nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma (NSHL)

Steven

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Susanne

diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)

Peyton

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Dixie

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is now Blood Cancer United. Learn more.