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Shayne

Shayne was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in May when he was just months old. He endured months of chemotherapy, multiple blood transfu…

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Mary

I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in April . The doctors estimated I had less than two weeks to live. I was told to get my affai…

Stories

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Zac

I was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in and just went through the motions for the first few years. It wasn’t until , when I got involv…

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Erica

As you can see, she's the beauty in the grey sweatshirt, mi amor. My daughter Erica survived leukemia, she was diagnosed when she was only two years o…

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Loriana

In January , health and fitness journalist, Loriana was shocked to learn that she had acute myeloid leukemia (AML). She received the diagnosis from …

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Robert

I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) when I was years old the summer before I was supposed to start college. Instead, I spent six months…

Dare 2 Dream

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Melanie

I beat stage lymphoma last year after six months of aggressive chemotherapy. Honestly, I wasn't given much information from my centers, but The Leuke…

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Suggested Reading - Life Blood

Cathy Koning's moving, unflinchingly honest and often humorous recollections and reflections chart her experience from shock diagnosis of AML in to c…

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Suggested Reading - How Steve Became Ralph

Paperback, pagesHardcover, pages Upon receiving a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia, Steve Buechler began telling his story with an email to his n…

Suggested Reading - Hundred Percent Chance

Hundred Percent Chance: A Memoir is a raw and realistic memoir about a young college student who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in while h…

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Brianna

"He was the king of positivity" is what Dr. McCarthy at Roswell Park said to me the day after my Dad passed away from complications of GVHD or diseas…

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Reese

Before we knew the world of childhood leukemia, and long before bone marrow transplant was a part of our vocabulary, we had sweet little identical twi…

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Mendya

Distant memories of my time spent in and out of the hospital, as I fought for my life, resurface every morning when I punch in at the hospital where I…

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Sofia

I received the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) a month before starting my senior year of high school. My entire year was flipped upsid…

Dare 2 Dream

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Gary

In I had a lump on my neck, and after strong urging from my wife and my mother, I finally went to my family doctor. My white blood cell counts were r…

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FDA OKs the First All-Oral, Time‑Limited Treatment Option for Adults Newly Diagnosed with Most Common Form of Leukemia

A major focus of Blood Cancer United's work is supporting time‑limited treatments like this new acalabrutinib approval that are effective but do not r…

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NexImmune Establishes Research Initiative with City of Hope to Focus on Novel Immunotherapeutic Approaches to Acute Myeloid Leukemia

GAITHERSBURG, MD - October , - NexImmune, a biotechnology company developing unique T cell immunotherapies, announced today that it has signed a re…

IHOP's Give for More Life (& Pancakes) Campaign partnership with LLS

Stacking Up Hope: 75 Participating IHOP Locations Unite with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to Support Blood Cancer Patients

Latest Campaign Reinforces IHOP's -Year Commitment to Raising Funds for LLS’s Mission

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Presence at ASH Showcases Progress to Advance Cures and Care for Blood Cancer Patients

At the 64th Annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting (December -), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) will be presenting new rese…

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Nurse Navigators Help Patients Overcome Barriers to and Enroll in Blood Cancer Clinical Trials

Analysis of the LLS model supports the potential that it can be replicated to increase patient access to clinical trials across all cancer types

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Burlington Stores and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Celebrate 20 Years of Partnership in the Fight Against Blood Cancer

Burlington hosts their annual fundraising campaign helping to provide lifesaving funds in research for pediatric cancer patients

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Kevin

In , I was given two months to live after I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).I had to stay at the Bone Marrow Transplant Center at the …

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Robert

I was diagnosed on August , with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). I was told at that time that I would not survive the next week.Well, at years old, I …

Living with Acute Leukemia

LLS Health Manager

To improve the quality of life for blood cancer patients The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) created a free app called LLS Health Manager to h…