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Suggested Reading - Adult Leukemia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families

This guide provides an overview of many types of leukemia and explores signs and symptoms, diagnosis, tests and procedures, treatment options, as wel…

Suggested Reading - Adult Leukemia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families

This guide provides an overview of many types of leukemia and explores signs and symptoms, diagnosis, tests and procedures, treatment options, as wel…

New Series-Research Highlight: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia-New Targets, Pathways and Therapies

LLS Community is launching a new series focused on highlighting research in blood cancer. The first in this series focuses on Acute Lymphoblastic Leuk…

Precision Medicine Inhibitor and Immunotherapy Approaches for High-Risk Childhood Leukemias

Dr Tasian’s scientific passion is successful development of precision medicine therapies for childhood leukemia. Her translational laboratory researc…

Multi-modal Immunotherapeutic Targeting of AML-restricted Targets in Infants and Children

Advances in understanding and management of AML in children has been stagnant for decades. Observed improvements in survival are more directly linked …

Two Survivors Moving Mountains for Blood Cancer Care

A blood cancer diagnosis can feel like a mountain to climb—testing your stamina and willpower, challenging your body the longer you go on. But for sur…

Three Lessons in Love from a Blood Cancer Survivor

By definition, love can be either a noun or a verb. For many people, it represents everything we aspire to—falling in love, loving, feeling loved. It …

Count on LLS this Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Close your eyes. Think of . million people. It’s hard, right? . million would fill every seat in approximately pro football stadiums. An average city…

Abnormalities of the Immune System in Cancer Patients

Living with blood cancer: A broader definition of survivorship

“Survivor” is a loaded word for many people living with cancer. After a cancer diagnosis, big feelings come up. Fear. Sadness. Confusion. Even determ…

LLS Applauds Another Advance for Blood Cancer Patients

August , (Rye Brook, NY) - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) applauds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval today of (VyxeosTM)…

Revolutionary Cancer Immunotherapy Saved 7-Year-Old Kaitlyn’s Life

​Kaitlyn Johnson is a seven year old – she has tons of energy, breaks out in dance moves whenever any song comes on, loves to get her nails and hair …

Blood Cancer Support Groups ● Connecticut - Albany - Eastern NY

Blood Cancer United's Connecticut - Hudson Valley Region offers a wide range of free educational and support programs for patients, their families, ca…

Returning to Work: Explaining the Resume Cancer Gap

By Abby Henry, Oncology Content Manager, PearlPoint Cancer Support If you had to stop working because of cancer treatment, you may want or need to…

New Podcast Episode: Dental Awareness within Cancer Care

Most people are aware of common side effects of cancer treatment such as nausea and hair loss. However, most people who undergo cancer treatment devel…

Sailing in One Direction to End Childhood Cancer

LLS is leading the charge to fundamentally change how we treat and care for children with blood cancer. But we can’t do it alone. The audience for th…

Five-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Gets One-of-a-Kind “Curbside Pickup" Experience

Vaughn was a healthy baby until he was diagnosed at months old with infantile leukemia. He was placed on an aggressive experimental infant leukemia …

More than a campaign: centering people with blood cancer

This fall, for the first time in more than a decade, we launched a national advertising campaign not just to share our new name—Blood Cancer United—bu…

Choosing a pediatric blood cancer specialist or treatment center

After your child receives a blood cancer diagnosis, you will want to find a blood cancer specialist or choose a treatment center. Here’s how.

Caring for a child newly diagnosed with blood cancer

Hearing that your child has cancer is terrifying. Today, however, most childhood blood cancer patients can expect to have full and productive lives.

How to tell a child they have blood cancer

Keep the discussion age appropriate when talking to a child about their diagnosis. Consider the following guidelines by age group.

Making blood cancer treatment decisions for young adults

Learn how to get a second opinion and what questions to ask your blood cancer care team before you move forward with a treatment plan.

Making blood cancer treatment decisions for your child

Learn how to get a second opinion and what questions to ask your child's blood cancer care team before you decide on a treatment plan.

Research Now: New Research on COVID & Blood Cancer

The transcript and FAQ below provide additional information for participants in the webinar LLS Research Now: NEW Research on COVID & Blood Cancer, he…

Sharing Decades of a Dedicated Vision to End Cancer

Sharing Decades of a Dedicated Vision to End Cancer