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Kayla
My journey started on November , , just eight weeks after my wedding. I spent Thanksgiving with my family and could feel something just wasn't right. …
Myra
At age , Myra began having fevers and joint pain. Her parents took her to their pediatrician where she had bloodwork done. The results came back norma…
Zainab
I'll never forget the call I received on April , , when my niece, Zainab, was diagnosed with leukemia. At the time, she was a , , diva princess. But …
Penny Man (Jonathan)
My name is Jonathan, but I really like to be called "The Penny Man.” I have been collecting pennies for over years and then donating them to The Leuk…
Gina
I was diagnosed with CML on May , . Up until December , my disease was managed by oral chemo, then unexpectedly, I went into a blast crisis and progr…
Living with Acute Leukemia
Ruben
Nine months after my CAR T cell therapy, I relapsed. We tried to do another infusion of CAR T to see if maybe that would get me back into remission an…
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Tracey
I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in after a routine physical after my 50th birthday. It was a complete shock, and with no real…
Matthew
In September, , Dr. Matthew Levine noticed that his regular exercise routine and rotations in the ER were more physically draining than usual. When Dr…
Ashley
I had acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in . I went in to have surgery to remove all four of my wisdom teeth and never stopped bleeding after surgery…
Laniya
I was truly blessed to be introduced to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by workers from Duquesne Light Company as well as my daughter, Ebony Jennings …
Henry Jr
I was the longest leukemia patient on G111 at the Cleveland Clinic. I spent days on the floor fighting every day. I was there so long that when they …
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Clinical Trials: Why They Matter and How to Make Them More Accessible
Cancer treatments can be lifesaving. As an organization, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has invested more than $. billion in blood cancer resea…
Rex
In December , I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t catch my breath, so my wife called an ambulance. I was taken to a nearby hospital wher…
Kelly
In January , I was a - student diagnosed with Stage 2E Nodular Sclerosis Classical Hodgkin lymphoma, about three weeks after getting engaged to the …
Joan
My first connection to Blood Cancer United’s mission starts with my dad. He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in at the age of a…
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, now Blood Cancer United, Kicks off Light The Night Season During Blood Cancer Awareness Month
New Brand Identity Introduced at Iconic Philanthropic Events Bringing Communities Together Across the Country …
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Teams Up with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity To Educate And Empower Communities About Blood Cancer
Collaboration Efforts Designed to Advance Health Education and Address Racial Disparities in Blood Cancers Affecting Black Communities
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Study from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Provides New Information on How Blood Cancer Patients Respond to COVID-19 Vaccines
A new study from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society reports that blood cancer patients who do not produce detectable antibodies after vaccination may ha…
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Makes Fast Company’s Fifth Annual List of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in Nonprofit Category
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Makes Fast Company’s Fifth Annual List of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in Nonprofit Category
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 31st Annual Scenic Shore 150 Bike Tour Set to Ride the Shore for a Cure
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 31st Annual Scenic Shore Bike Tour Set to Ride the Shore for a Cure
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BRAF and BCL2 coinhibition with vemurafenib and venetoclax as a rational, short, all-oral targeted therapy for relapsed/refractory hairy cell leukemia
We will test the first fully oral, drug combination that simultaneously blocks two different key survival mechanisms in hairy cell leukemia. First, i…
Hirshel
My nickname is "The Running Rabbi" for competing in the New York Marathon. I visited the hostages in Iran and received the Award of Courage from Pres…
Eliza Cate
Our daughter Eliza Cate (nickname is Pickle) was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the young age of three. She's currently in remis…
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NCI Genetic Epidemiology Branch- Familial Blood and Lymph Node Cancers
To study families with multiple cases of lymphoproliferative disorders. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health…
Developing Novel CAR-T Cell Therapy For Hematologic Malignancies
We observed that patients with many hematologic cancers expressed high levels of DKK1 and generated novel human DKK1-A2 cells that can kill cancer ce…