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Increasing funding for cancer research

As an organization that has funded more than $. billion in cancer research, Blood Cancer United knows firsthand the importance of funding research in …

Expanding Medicaid to more patients

Medicaid coverage remains out of reach for . million people living in states where lawmakers have decided not to expand access to Medicaid. Earning l…

Equity in Access Research Grants

Supporting the generation of evidence that will guide changes in healthcare policy and practice to ensure that all patients with and survivors of a bl…

Hundreds to Climb Iconic Bank of America Tower to End Blood Cancer

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society aims to turn vision of a world without blood cancer into a reality through epic “Big Climb”

Zoie

My mom thought it was the flu, maybe mono. After I spent five days lying in bed, she took me to an Urgent Care Clinic. I knew it was something far mor…

Clayton Dabney for Kids with Cancer

Provides anonymous assistance to financially struggling families throughout the country with children in the final stages of terminal cancer, allowing…

Accessia Health

Accessia Health is a nonprofit patient assistance organization that provides financial assistance and education to people with rare and chronic medica…

Suggested Reading Addition- Man in The Arena

James Bond’s battle with multiple myeloma since is an amazing story of tenacity, hard work, and good fortune. In this book he and his caregiver/wife …

Steven

I have a rare blood cancer. It is Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM), a type of lymphoma (NHL), but some doctors say it has the same characteristics …

Linda

In July of , I was diagnosed with small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) after a biopsy of the lymph nodes in my neck. Of course, I did what everyone says n…

Tina

As a lymphoma survivor, I want to take a moment to share my personal journey, as well as tell you all how Blood Cancer United was with me every step o…

Dana

I was diagnosed with stage lymphoma (NHL) in January . I was lucky enough to get into City of Hope which is about minutes from my house. I received…

Sue

My story begins with a routine yearly mammogram in April of . I am currently a -year breast cancer survivor. So, regular mammograms are just a part of…

Caitlyn

My world started to turn upside down in January of after starting to exercise and trying to lose weight. At first, I thought I had pulled a muscle in…

Alayna

September , : I didn’t know it at the time, but the mass I found in my neck the night before I started my senior year of high school would forever cha…

Pam

I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in December of . I went through six treatments from January to June . The treatments were a serie…

Tracy

In at the age of , I was living in Maui working at the Ritz Carlton and began to feel sick. I had a rash on my hand, was tired, losing weight, and ju…

LLS President & CEO, Louis J. DeGennaro, Ph.D., Announces Retirement

Dear friends and colleagues,Seventeen years ago, I made a lifechanging decision to join LLS, fueled by my desire to work at a mission driven organizat…

Louis J. DeGennaro, Ph.D., to Retire as President and CEO of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Rye Brook, N.Y., May , – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) announced today the intent of Louis J. DeGennaro, Ph.D., president and CEO, to retire …

LLS Community Guide: Updating the My Story Field on Your Profile

Suggested Reading- Up for the Fight

Up for the Fight: How to Advocate for Yourself as You Battle Cancer from a Survivor by In this valuable patient and caregiver guide author Bill C. Po…

Taylor

In February of , I was diagnosed with stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). What started with a simple cough quickly turned into the most challenging year of …

Kristen

I was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma (BL) when I was years old. It was the summer going into my senior year of college, and I had just returned home…

Sarah

I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia ( ALL) in October at the age of . It was a shocking diagnosis. I started feeling bad in September …

Laura

I was diagnosed with stage mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) in December , but at the time, it was considered to be "indolent." That quickly changed in late…