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FDA approves new drug to treat advanced AML in adults

Blood Cancer United® funding supported menin inhibitor drugs, including ziftomenib, at every stage of scientific development.

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Ziftomenib - TAP supported FDA approval

Ziftomenib (Komzifti, ) is a selective and potent small molecule inhibitor of menin first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Novembe…

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Tony

On April , , my wife, Joan, passed away as a result of multiple myeloma (MM). She was diagnosed just weeks before her death.Joan and I met in the Bron…

Norman

I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) at years old in . I contacted the local Blood Cancer United office where I live, and was help…

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Alec and Aden

Can you imagine being a single mom by circumstances out of her control, navigating uncontrollable circumstances, as her identical twins display remark…

Dare 2 Dream

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Georgia

On August , , after months of complaining about severe knee pain, I was diagnosed with mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL). I was at the time of my…

David

On April 15th, , I was diagnosed with lymphoma at years old. In my naivety, I thought my disease would resolve itself one way or the other in a timel…

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A person is lying in a hospital bed, wearing a black shirt and blue athletic shorts, with a gray blanket covering the lower body. The individual has a hospital wristband on one arm and is making a peace sign with the other hand. Medical equipment, including monitors and IV stands, surrounds the bed, and a sign with handwritten instructions is visible on the wall behind the bed.

Jewlz

One month after my son started high school, he woke up with shortness of breath. I figured he might have cracked a rib in football practice and sent h…

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Joe

In late , I sat in my car and cried.I’d just been diagnosed with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare, lymphoma blood cancer. I was , a dad, …

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Jorge

I was diagnosed with chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CLL) on September , . I will never forget that date! I just celebrated my 71st birthday in April.…

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Jose

I never imagined I’d be writing a story like this. Not because cancer is rare — sadly, it’s not — but because I was always the healthy one. At , I’d s…