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Kris

Every survivor has a story. Mine started out on my way home from work one sunny June afternoon in . My mom came to pick me up and we were riding in th…

Explaining Cancer to Students: A Classroom Presentation

When you just need to talk

Remembering how I needed to talk... Whether you’re a patient or a caregiver, whether you’re coming to grips with a recent diagnosis or you’ve been fi…

Screen to Lead Program (SLP) guidelines

Drug discovery support specifically directed towards medicinal chemistry and/or drug target screening in hematological malignancies. Go directly to…

Who Gives Care To The Caregiver?

Topics Covered We invite you to learn more about: Who is considered a caregiver The role of a caregiver How to care for a cancer patient careg…

A guide to Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Hope. When times are tough, it’s often hope people look for. We want things to work out, to see reasons to keep going. You hear “hope” a lot in conjun…

Childhood ALL: A Roadmap To The Future

Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation

Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation is a nonprofit whose primary mission is to educate parents about cord blood banking and medical therapies. The…

Explaining Cancer to Students: A Classroom Presentation

This classroom presentation demonstrates how to talk to children about their classmate with cancer, including understanding key words, answering commo…

Dare to Dream Project - Partner Toolkit

Compass To Care Childhood Cancer Foundation

To ensure all children can access cancer treatment by helping them travel from home to the hospital. Provides help with travel to the hospital …

When your child has cancer

Hearing that your child has cancer is terrifying for any parent. Today, most childhood cancer patients can expect to have full and productive lives. M…

Mackenzie

I am a recipient of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) - Dreamers and Doers Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors. I was initially diagn…

Nathan

Nathan is a young, lymphoma (TCL) survivor. He just rang the “end of treatment bell” a couple of months ago. His dad, Andy, is a member of The Leukem…

Luis

I used to donate blood at least three times a year. I did it as a way of helping others and never realized it would one day lead to me being diagnosed…

Glenis

The body is ultimately wise. Through this most recent medical ordeal, I learned to listen to what my body was telling me. In , I felt symptoms above a…

Steve

Happy Pride! As a member of LLS’s new LGBTQIA+ employee resource group, Prism Alliance, and as staff in the Office of Public Policy (OPP), I’m excited…

Kendall

I would like to run with Blood Cancer United because I know multiple people in my life who were affected by leukemia and lymphoma. I have become an ac…

Krystina

On June , , my sweet daughter Krystina was diagnosed with PH positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Unfortunately, all her chemotherapy treatments did…

Lisa

I am a -year survivor of 4B Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and a -year survivor of lymphoma (NHL).I was years old when I was first diagnosed, and I had three…

Suggested Reading - Four Walls: Breaking Through Life’s Challenges, One Wall at a Time: A Memoir of Battling Cancer

All of the blood in Ryan Scanlan’s body is someone else’s. At years old, Ryan was diagnosed with a blood cancer called acute myeloid leukemia. Despit…

Leukemia Research Foundation of Delaware Commits $1 million to The Dare to Dream Project

The Leukemia Research Foundation of Delaware (LRFDE), founded by Denni Ferrara, has committed $ million to support pediatric leukemia research through…

Short-Term Health Plans Leave Patients Vulnerable to Major Medical Bills, According to New Research

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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 , meters (, feet)After years of service to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Soc…

Insured Cancer Patients Continue to Face Barriers To Medically Necessary Treatment, New Report Warns

The new report published by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Manatt Health offers concrete policy solutions.