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A guide to Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Hope. When times are tough, it’s often hope people look for. We want things to work out, to see reasons to keep going. You hear “hope” a lot in conjun…
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3 Things You Might Like to Know About Being Newly Diagnosed
A cancer diagnosis is a pivotal moment in a person’s lifetime. From that point forward, it’s a part of who you are. It shapes how you think about the…
3 Insights from a Clinical Trial Patient
The road to finding new and better cancer treatments often includes an important step: clinical trials. For patients with hard-to-treat diseases, thes…
Chapter 8: Caring for Your Child During Treatment
Part of the The Caring for Kids And Adolescents with Blood Cancer workbook, which provides information for caregivers of child and adolescent patients.
Caregivers may order a copy of the full workbook by calling (800) 955-4572.
Choosing a Blood Cancer Specialist or Treatment Center
Information about choosing a blood cancer specialist or treatment center.
Also available in Spanish.
I Lost My Husband to Myeloma, A Blood Cancer
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is increasing awareness about the urgency to find cures for blood …
Royalty Pharma Announces Charitable Alliance with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) To Advance Initiatives that Address Healthcare Disparities in Blood Cancer Care and Treatment
Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX) today announced a charitable commitment totaling $7.5 million to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), a global lea…
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Top Mental Health Resources For Blood Cancer Patients & Caregivers
From physical symptoms of blood cancer itself to treatments and their side effects, the experience puts a patient’s body through a lot. But how does c…
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Breaking Down Barriers in Blood Cancer Care
When I meet blood cancer survivors and their families, they often share their personal stories with me. Sometimes they talk about the relief of findin…
Count on LLS this Blood Cancer Awareness Month
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is leading the way in blood cancer support, research, and advocacy.
Champions in myeloma research, Part 2: A conversation with Suzanne Lentzsch, M.D., Ph.D.
To commemorate both Myeloma Awareness Month and Women’s History Month during March, I’ve been talking with LLS-funded women scientists who are driving…
Meet The Researcher: Dr. Rayne Rouce
To commemorate Black History Month, LLS is highlighting exceptional clinicians and healthcare professionals throughout the month of February. Dr. Rayn…
Feeling uncertain? Start here.
If you need information or support: There’s a lot to take in with a blood cancer diagnosis: medical realities, treatment options, and the sheer emotio…
Defining and Redefining a Blood Cancer Diagnosis
Science historian June Goodfield wrote, “Cancer begins and ends with people.” This Blood Cancer Awareness Month, it’s important to know that The Leu…
Bringing Together the CAR T-Cell Therapy Community
It’s easy to think of scientific researchers as existing in a vacuum: spending long days and evenings in a laboratory, making observations that most p…
FDA Approves New Option for Difficult to Treat, Rare Form of Childhood Leukemia
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved azacitidine (Vidaza®) for pediatric patients 1 month and older with newly diagnosed juvenile myelomono…
How blood cancer patients can practice sun safety in the summer
For many, summer is a time to get out of the house. Vacations, backyard cookouts, going for walks in the park—there's no better time of year for havin…
Stopping Gleevec to Start a Family
Erin Zammett Ruddy is a magazine journalist and blogger who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia at age 23. Today, she is a 40-year-old mother …
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Researchers Share Key Career Advice with LLS College Club Members
I recently had the privilege of moderating an LLS on Campus Researcher Panel attended by LLS college club members from nearly 30 universities across t…
Families Fighting for Cancer Cures: Generation LLS
As an organization founded by a family for families, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is celebrating 70 years of impact on generations of familie…
Communicating With Your Healthcare Team: Needing Additional Treatment
Many factors can affect a treatment choice. Weigh your treatment options carefully and talk through each option with your healthcare team.
Meet the Researcher: Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD
Dr. Abdel-Wahab of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center focuses on an area of research called epigenetics – chemical modifications that regulate (sw…
“People Just Didn’t Get It”: Treating Young Adults with Cancer
Think of spring break: warm sunny skies, a refreshing drink, and hopefully, a feeling of freedom. Allison Rosenthal was dreaming of all of it in her …
Ask the Doctor Part 2: Five Questions about Lymphoma
Lymphoma survivor, Jessica Melore talks to Dr. Nichols about the Latest in Lymphoma Research and Treatment …