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Childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Because of new and better therapies, cancer survival rates for children with AML have improved dramatically during the last several decades.

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) signs and symptoms

People who have chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) may not have any symptoms at first. Often, patients learn they have CML after a routine physical exam o…

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a cancer of the bone marrow and blood CML is usually diagnosed in its chronic phase when treatment is very effective…

Greysun

Hi! My name is Greysun! I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) on March , . I was fortunate to get outstanding medical treatment at UNC Chi…

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Greater Connecticut Board of Trustees

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Albany Board of Trustees

Meet The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Albany Board of Trustees

Celebrating Survivorship: Elaine Erickson

My name is Elaine Virginia Erickson. I am years old. I am a cancer survivor. I was born in Texas and my parents relocated back to Chicago, Illinois, …

LLS and Burlington Stores Celebrate 19 Years of Partnership in the Fight Against Blood Cancer

Rye Brook, NY, September , – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), the world's largest nonprofit dedicated to fighting blood cancer, and the nationa…

October 2020-Patient & Caregiver Education Programs

New York/New Jersey Blood Cancer Conference 2020Online/Virtual Interactive Educational Conference (NYC)October , : AM - : PM (Eastern Time)https://na.…

NexImmune Completes Dosing of First Cohort in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of NEXI-001 in Relapsed AML

GAITHERSBURG, MD - September , – NexImmune, a biotechnology company developing unique T cell immunotherapies, announced today that it has completed…

Asha

Hi! My name is Asha. I was diagnosed with stage Hodgkin’s lymphoma when I was years old in December during my freshman year of college. I noticed a…

Yesenia

My name is Yesenia and this is my story. I began my first semester of university in fall . While I was away for college I started experiencing some sy…

Insight into Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)

Topics Covered We invite you to learn more about: The importance of monitoring your CML Treatment options for CML remission Side effects and …

Trish

I was diagnosed with lymphoma in March . It had eaten my C7 vertebrae and traveled to my spleen so it was determined that it was stage IV. After hav…

Bruce

I was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma in August at age . It was an accidental find while scanning for a kidney stone. I was late stage at diagno…

Celebrating Survivorship: Joe Mackay

We close Blood Cancer Awareness Month with our weekly Celebrating Survivorship series highlight of LLS Community member, Joe. I went to my family …

Ushering In a New Era of Pediatric Blood Cancer Treatment and Care

Paul

My husband's story began in July , when he suddenly became ill. I rushed him to the ER. The shocking diagnosis, multiple myeloma. Three weeks prior to…

Celebrating Survivorship: Natalie Abreu-Horne

I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (with a FLT3 mutation), at age , on April , . I had no idea I was as sick as I was until I was in the ER i…

Natalie

I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (with a FLT3 mutation), at age , on April , . I had no idea I was as sick as I was until I was in the ER i…

Verastem Oncology Announces Closing of Duvelisib Sale to Secura Bio

BOSTON - Sep. , - Verastem, Inc. (Nasdaq:VSTM) (also known as Verastem Oncology), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines fo…

Trish

After being diagnosed with indolent follicular lymphoma (NHL) in , I set off on a course of watch- for two years. This was followed by an idiotype v…

Affimed Doses First Patient in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Natural Killer Cells in Combination with AFM13

Heidelberg, Germany, October , – Affimed N.V. (Nasdaq: AFMD), a company committed to giving patients back their innate ability to fight cancer, tod…

Jackson

Jackson was diagnosed on December , age eight with Philadelphia positive acute leukemia. Doctor's said he wouldn't live long and transferred him to C…