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How to use creativity to cope with a blood cancer diagnosis

Photo credit: Sunny Shokrae There are more than types of blood cancer. There are infinitely more ways than that to process g…

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Living with Acute Leukemia

Blood Cancer United Statement on New NCI Head, Dr. Anthony Letai

Washington, September , —Blood Cancer United®, formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, applauds the choice of Dr. Anthony Letai to lead the National…

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Lipid-dependent regulation of oncogenic signaling in DLBCL growth and therapeutic response

Certain genetic alterations in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphomas (DLBCL) render these tumors highly aggressive. Aggressive DLBCLs may also form secondary…

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Nika Danial

Nika Danial is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Cancer Biology at the Cancer Institute, where she …

TCR T cells for the treatment of SRSF2 mutant myeloid neoplasms

Mutations in the RNA splicing factor gene SRSF2 occur in % of patients with MDS, % of patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), and % of A…

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Omar Abdel-Wahab

I am the Edward P. Evans Chair in MDS at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) where I also serve as Chair of the Molecular Pharmacology Progra…

Inherited resilience to clonal hematopoiesis and myeloid malignancy by modifying stem cell RNA regulation

This grant proposal aims to uncover inherited resilience to clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and myeloid malignancies (MyMs). Our pilot work has identified a…

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Vijay Sankaran

Vijay G. Sankaran, MD, PhD is the Jan Ellen Paradise, MD Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medic…

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Soheil Meshinchi

Dr. Meshinchi and Dr. Locatelli will serve as .

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Angelia

My name is Angelia, and I’m a mother, entrepreneur, and the founder of Hope Magazine. In July , after nearly two years of unexplained symptoms and una…

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Khadijah Olowu

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Liora Schultz

I am an Associate Professor in Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Director of the Pediatric Immunotherapy Program at Columbia University. My work focus…

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…

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Patrick

In , I was diagnosed with skin cancer, mycosis fungoides with large cell transformation, a form of cutaneous lymphoma (CTCL). They treated it with a …

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Brian

My cancer journey started in January . I was so excited that I got through thinking I hadn't gotten sick at all. In my mind, the pandemic was over, a…

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Abby

I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at the age of in April . I am a mom to a now who I had to be apart from for four months to get tre…

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A person rests against a wooden headboard, wearing a deep blue top as soft indoor lighting fills the room. The calm setting and their steady posture reflect quiet strength and resilience, capturing a moment of peace amid the challenges and emotional weight that come with being touched by blood cancer.

Carmen

Hello I’m Carmen. I heard about Blood Cancer United on Google. I did reach out to Blood Cancer United however I’ve decided not to do the clinical rese…

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Emily

I am a woman. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am a friend. I am a professional runner for Nike. And I am a childhood cancer survivor.Most people who…

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Abelina

I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) while weeks pregnant at years old. I remember looking in the mirror one day and told my husband I …

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Adam

I found out in February that I had stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) at the age of . I could barely walk as my feet were swollen from the lymphedema. My b…

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Aidan

A lot of times, when we hear about cancer, it’s the BIG stories. You’re usually hearing about someone beating the odds or going through a really extre…

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Nicholas

It started with a stiff neck. Then came fatigue and a sore throat. I started feeling full after only a few bites of food. Workouts were getting more d…

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Alexa

Mike () and daughter Alexa () have embarked on a journey since of full marathon running that started as a fundraiser for Blood Cancer United in honor…

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Anne

I had breast cancer years ago at age . I had a double mastectomy and four rounds of chemotherapy. I didn't know that the treatments for breast cancer…

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