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Helping Survivors Lead Longer Better Lives
Late last year I had the privilege of attending a special screening of the documentary American Symphony. The film chronicles the experiences of write…
My Journey Through Stage IV Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Brittany Daniel is an actress best known for her role in the television series “Sweet Valley High” and the film, “Joe Dirt,” and a lifestyle blogger a…
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…
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Follow-Up Care
Click here for information about follow-up care, including what to expect, long-term and late effects of treatment, survivorship clinics, and other re…
How Patients Really Feel About Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
It seems that everywhere we turn lately we hear something about the promises and the perils of artificial intelligence (AI). AI is touted as a smart, …
Heart Disease in Lymphoma Survivors
Matthew Matasar is a hematology and oncology specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He has a Translational Research Pr…
Film Documents Actor’s Lymphoma Journey, Highlights Need for Research
Andy Whitfield had everything to live for. A rising star, he was playing a leading role in the hit television series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” and …
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…
Judy
Meet Judy, a leukemia survivor, and teacher. Given a death sentence of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), Oregon native Judy prepared to have her ashes s…
Functional and mechanistic roles of BCAA metabolism in the progression of myeloproliferative neoplasms
The processes that control the progression of myeloproliferative neoplasms to leukemic transformation remain largely unknown. We have developed geneti…
Solving for end-of-life care disparities
In an ideal world, it shouldn’t matter who you are, where you live, how much money or what kind of insurance you have—none of those factors should imp…
Understanding and Overcoming Mechanisms of Immune Evasion after Allogeneic Transplant
Outcomes for patients with acute myelogenous leukemia who relapse after transplantation are dismal. This SCOR brings together an international group o…
Mechanisms of Pathogenesis by MYB Fusions in Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
The transcription factor MYB has long been associated with leukemia, but how it contributes to disease is poorly understood. Fusions of MYB to other p…
Nutrition Advice from a Dietitian & Blood Cancer Survivor
76-year-old Barbara Borrell is a woman who wears many hats – a 50+ year registered dietitian, nutrition consultant and educator, cancer advocate, volu…
Stars Will Twinkle, The Sun Will Shine
Stars Will Twinkle, The Sun Will Shine: The Story of Olivia’s Leukemia By Teresita Blake Kellenyi, Illustrated by Angie Jones The Leukemia & Lymphom…
Booklet Updates
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society wants you to have the most up-to-date information about blood cancer treatment. See below for new treatments that have…
NCI-Genetic Epidemiology Branch - Familial CLL
To study families with multiple cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of H…
Board of Trustees - New Jersey
The New Jersey Board of Trustees is comprised of distinguished individuals dedicated to BCU's mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease an…
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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…
Why We Love Nurses (And You Should Too!)
It makes sense that at diagnosis and throughout treatment, someone diagnosed with a blood cancer will look around them for answers or support. Family…
Ask the Doctor Part 3: Five Questions about Myeloma
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is increasing awareness about the urgency to find cures for blood …
Sisi Chen
Dr. Sisi Chen is a Research Associate in the laboratory of Dr. Omar Abdel-Wahab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Sisi obtained her Bac…
Michael Kharas
Dr. Michael G. Kharas is a Member of the Molecular Pharmacology Program at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY, USA) and member o…
Thomas Koehnke
I completed medical school at the University of Goettingen, Germany and performed laboratory research at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and …