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Sarah
My daughter Sarah was a fun, smart, and scrappy kid. She was a great student, was involved in Student Council, was President of her class, played in t…
Precision Targeting of Metabolism and Mitochondria for Chemotherapy Resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous group of diseases that require complex therapy and are difficult to cure. AML is caused by the accumu…
FDA Approves a CAR T-cell Therapy to Treat Adults with a Form of Acute Leukemia
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) was an early champion and funder of CAR therapy RYE BROOK, N.Y., December , – The U.S. Food and Drug Administr…
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FDA Approves First of a New Class of Drugs to Treat Advanced Acute Leukemia
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) helped every step of the way in discovery and development of menin inhibitors RYE BROOK, N.Y., December , – The…
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FDA Approves New Drug for the Most Common Form of Leukemia in Adults
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca™). Pirtobrutinib is the only , reversable Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) i…
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Honors Five Outstanding Blood Cancer Scientists with 2023 Awards
RYE BROOK, N.Y., December , – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) recognized and celebrated the outstanding contributions of five scientific invest…
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Leukemia Survivor Named National ‘Visionary of the Year’ Redefining What’s Possible After Diagnosis
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Announces National Winners of Evolutionary ‘Visionaries of the Year’ Campaign; Funds Raised Will Help LLS Improv…
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FDA Approves New Option for Difficult to Treat, Rare Form of Childhood Leukemia
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved azacitidine (Vidaza®) for pediatric patients month and older with newly diagnosed juvenile m…
SUBARU SUPPORTS CANCER PATIENTS NATIONWIDE WITH RENEWED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY®
Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that as part of its commitment to helping all people lead healthy lives, the automaker will partner with The L…
FDA Approves Combination Therapy for Patients with Certain Forms of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a combination of the targeted therapy ivosidenib (Tibsovo) and the chemotherapy azacitidine f…
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Suggested Reading - My Journey with Leukemia: The Power of Family, Faith, and Humor
This book outlines the personal journey of -year old Jennifer Venegas who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Jennifer chronicles her d…
Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived CAR-T and CAR-NK Cells for Immunotherapy of Leukemia and Lymphoma
Cytotoxic cells of the immune system, including T and NK cells, can be targeted to seek out and destroy leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma cells by engine…
She survived leukemia and now fights for the patients our healthcare system overlooks
Valerie Taylor nearly lost her life because she couldn’t afford the high cost of cancer care. Taylor—a volunteer and advocate—shares why she’s working…
Quality of Life, Outcomes, and Decision Making for Patients with Hairy Cell Leukemia
We aim to determine if rigorous assessment of quality of life (QOL) can help with treatment decisions for hairy cell leukemia (HCL). We will first ana…
PhRMA Recognized as 2013 "Titan of Business & Philanthropy" At the Annual Leukemia Ball
PhRMA Recognized as "Titan of Business & Philanthropy" At the Annual Leukemia Ball The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) today announced they will ho…
LLS Releases Results of its Precision Medicine Trial in Deadly Leukemia at ASH
View full release here. Brian Druker, M.D., director of OHSU Knig…
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A Message From Dr. Louis J. DeGennaro, President and CEO of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
One of the things that I value most about leading The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is seeing our talented, dedicated and relentless staff and vol…
Gary
My stepdad Gary passed away from leukemia on October , . He began feeling ill in September ― lightheaded and dizzy. He took himself to the hospital, …
Makenzie
My daughter Makenzie was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in January , when she was just four years old. She had no signs or symptoms of …
Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Modeling LSC heterogeneity at unprecedented resolution in AML
Our goal is to perform molecular characterization of human leukemia stem cells (LSCs). We have developed an integrated set of techniques that will a…
Establishing longitudinal outcomes and clinical prognosticators in pediatric and young adult B-ALL after commercially available CD19-CAR T cells
While many immunotherapy studies in children with leukemia focus on establishing early responses, this project studies what life is like, and what hea…
Harnessing METTL3 inhibition in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia driven by the t(1;22) fusion involving a member of the m6A writer complex
I want to understand how the t(;) translocation that involves a member of the m6A writer complex drives acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL). To ide…
Tony
It was years ago that Tony was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at age . Back then, the disease wasn't very well understood, and the…
Forest
In September , our world crashed when I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Over the next several years, I experienced numerous che…
Christal
My brother was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in September and passed away in April , his senior year of high school and less than…