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Newly FDA-approved Treatment Enhances Survival for Children and Adults with 2 Blood Cancer Types
The FDA approval will benefit children and adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Rye Brook, N.Y., January 28…
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In the Face of Uncertainty in Washington, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Stands with Patients
January 30, 2025 – This week, LLS has heard great concern from patients, caregivers, volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers, community orga…
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Kura Oncology and Kyowa Kirin Announce Positive Ziftomenib Monotherapy Registrational Trial and Positive FDA Feedback for Upcoming Frontline Combination Trial Designs
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 05, 2025 - Kura Oncology, Inc. and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. today announced positive topline results from KOMET-001, the Phase 2 registra…
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Introducción al cáncer de la sangre: Aspectos básicos sobre la enfermedad, el tratamiento y el rol del profesional médico
This is the Spanish translation of Blood Cancer 101: The Basics on Disease, Treatment, and the Role of the HCP.Para trabajadores sociales, enfermeros …
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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 5,200 meters (17,060 feet)After 25 years of service to The Leukemia & L…
Beyond the diagnosis: How employers can champion employees facing cancer
“When someone faces cancer, they shouldn't have to go it alone.” – Orlando Ashworth, CPO, LLS Cancer doesn’t just impact an individual. It sends rippl…
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How to start accepting help
Keep the door openDon’t say no off the bat. When you’re asked how you are, or someone asks how they can help, you might find yourself reflexively answ…
Blood cancers that cause high monocytes: Understanding the connection
Table of contents:What are monocytes?Monocyte rangesWhat causes monocyte levels to be higher than expected?What blood cancers cause high monocytes?…
People with CLL are living longer than ever before, and cures are on the horizon
People with the most common type of blood cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), are living longer than ever before without their disease progres…
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Medicaid is a lifesaver for blood cancer patients: We need to protect it
Breakthrough treatments are transforming what it means to receive a blood cancer diagnosis for hundreds of thousands of people across the country, giv…
Nevaeh
Nevaeh was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML+MLLr)+CNS chloromas on February 2, 2022, at 12 months old. Nevaeh first showed symptoms of high …
Dare 2 Dream
AnnaKate
In my junior year of college, I felt so sick that I would sleep through online classes, throwing up every couple of days. I thought I was just stresse…
Dare 2 Dream
Thank You
On behalf of people with blood cancer, thank you for your gift to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).To view your donation details, please log in t…
Gary
My stepdad Gary passed away from leukemia on October 18, 2023. He began feeling ill in September 2023 ― lightheaded and dizzy. He took himself to the …
Nicolasa
The first time I heard of Team In Training (TNT) and raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) was when my friend and I wanted to run th…
Bold goal, bold action
As we observe World Cancer Day, I’m reflecting on my own family’s experience with blood cancer, the children with blood cancer I have had the honor of…
Carol
Meet Carol, Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, Indiana. Carol was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010. After being a stay-at-home mom, she went back to sc…
FAQs: Proposed federal spending cuts and blood cancer research and care
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has heard great concerns from patients, caregivers, volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers, community…
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Leukemia vs. lymphoma: What you need to know
Table of contentsLeukemia vs. Lymphoma: What You Need to KnowWhat Is Leukemia?Organs Affected by LeukemiaWhat Is Lymphoma?Organs Affected by LymphomaD…
Lymphoma diagnosis, survival rate by age, prognosis, and treatment
Table of contents:What is Hodgkin lymphoma? Organs affected by Hodgkin lymphomaHodgkin lymphoma symptoms and early signsWhat is non-Hodgkin lymphoma?O…
CAR T-Cell Therapy: A Path of Hope and Healing
This new docuseries informs blood cancer patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, and the public about the revolutionary progress of CAR T-cell the…
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Myeloma Awareness Month: Aiming for more
MORE. Not a word you’d expect to associate with myeloma, is it? Actually, it may the perfect word for looking beyond this rare, incurable, AND treatab…
Predisposing factors to leukemia
Table of contents:Predisposing Factors to LeukemiaLeukemia CausesGenetic MutationsIs Leukemia Hereditary?Causes of Leukemia in AdultsCauses of Leukemi…
Champions in myeloma research: A conversation with Urvi A. Shah, M.D. M.S.
March is Myeloma Awareness Month, and it’s also Women’s History Month. So what better time to spotlight LLS-funded women scientists who are driving di…
Feeling uncertain? Start here.
If you need information or support: There’s a lot to take in with a blood cancer diagnosis: medical realities, treatment options, and the sheer emotio…