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Myeloma Awareness Month: Aiming for more

Myeloma Awareness Month: Aiming for more

MORE. Not a word you’d expect to associate with myeloma, is it? Actually, it may the perfect word for looking beyond this rare, incurable, AND treatab…

The LLS PedAL Master Trial: A Clinical Trial for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Pediatric Patients

This study is designed to speed up the approval of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) drugs and bring safe and effective treatments to pediatric patients.

The hills I have climbed

The hills I have climbed

Shock. Grief. Needing support from your community. Costs of medication, doctors’ appointments, treatment. These are all common with a blood ca…

Breaking Down Barriers in Blood Cancer Care

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…

Blood Cancer Survivors Find Special Meaning and Connection as Employee Champions of LLS Light the Night Events

Blood Cancer Survivors Find Special Meaning and Connection as Employee Champions of LLS Light the Night Events

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is proud of our continuing partnership with Gilead and Kite Oncology as the National Presenting Sponsor of Celeb…

#ASH18: Beating AML

#ASH18: Beating AML

Sunday marked a significant milestone for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and the patients we help. Here at the 60th American Society of Hematol…

LLS Races to Get Faster Care for Children with Cancer with Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act

LLS Races to Get Faster Care for Children with Cancer with Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is dedicated to helping find cures for pediatric blood cancers. But we—and pediatric families across the country—know …

Because You Volunteer, Your Impact Creates a Ripple Effect

When you commit time and talent to a nonprofit’s mission – no matter how you choose to get involved – you become a volunteer, and the impact of your e…

Blood tests and urinalysis for young adults

A complete blood count (CBC), blood smear, and urinalysis can help doctors diagnose leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other types of blood cancers.

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Blood tests and urinalysis for children and teens

A complete blood count (CBC), blood smear, and urinalysis can help doctors diagnose leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other types of blood cancers.

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Blood tests and urinalysis

A complete blood count (CBC), blood smear, and urinalysis can help doctors diagnose leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other types of blood cancers.

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Every Year Counts: Celebrating My Healing from Hodgkin Lymphoma

Every Year Counts: Celebrating My Healing from Hodgkin Lymphoma

Many blood cancer survivors remember the day they were diagnosed, and they never forget it. For Racheli Alkobey Peltier—Director of Diversity, Equity,…

Kymera Therapeutics Presents Data Demonstrating Superior Efficacy of KT-253, a Potent and Selective Heterobifunctional MDM2 Degrader, in Preclinical Leukemia Models at the European Hematology Association Congress

WATERTOWN, Mass., June 09, 2023 - Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degr…

Blood Cancer Research Poised for Another ‘Banner Year’ in 2024

Blood Cancer Research Poised for Another ‘Banner Year’ in 2024

More than 25,000 medical professionals from across the world came together in December to discuss the latest blood cancer developments during the annu…

Where Blood Cancer Meets Nature: Why This Scholarship Recipient Is Saving the Earth

Where Blood Cancer Meets Nature: Why This Scholarship Recipient Is Saving the Earth

When we think about the future, a lot can feel uncertain—especially as a teenager or young adult (AYA) with blood cancer. We get it. The AYA crowd f…

Healing Happens Around The Dinner Table

Healing Happens Around The Dinner Table

Too many parents lose their children to blood cancer each year. It’s a devastating experience for families blindsided by the harsh realities of cancer…

Volunteers: The Engine Powering LLS’s Mission

Volunteers: The Engine Powering LLS’s Mission

I was always aware that volunteers with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) drive impact for blood cancer patients and families. But it wasn’t until…

BioTheryX Announces $92M Series E Financing to Accelerate Development of Targeted Protein Degradation Pipeline and Technology Platform in Oncology

SAN DIEGO, May 20, 2021 - BioTheryX, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on degrading proteins to create life-saving cancer medicines, today announ…

Britta Will

Britta Will

Dr. Will has been a group leader at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine since 2016. She obtained her Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of …

Cailin Collins

Dr. Collins is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Ravi Majeti’s lab at Stanford University and a senior clinical fellow in the Hematology and Oncology Depar…

Cellular Crosstalk In The Normal And Malignant Bone Marrow

We want to understand how leukemia inhibits blood production as this is one of the main causes of death in leukemia patients. We use new microscopy te…

From office to Andes: Blood Cancer United CFO takes the mission to new heights

From office to Andes: Blood Cancer United CFO takes the mission to new heights

JR Miller at Palomani Pass, the highest point on the Ausangate trek in Peru at 5,200 meters (17,060 feet)After 25 years of service to The Leukemia & L…

T-cell lymphomas (TCL)

T-cell lymphomas comprise approximately 10-15% of all Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas (NHLs). The main subsets are peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) and cutan…

Research: Grants

Research: TAP

Helping Blood Cancer Patients and Families When It's Needed Most

Helping Blood Cancer Patients and Families When It's Needed Most

In honor of Blood Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Gwen Nichols reflects on our vital work to support blood cancer patients and their families.