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Gail
I have large granular lymphocytic leukemia (LGL), 12 years in remission. I wanted to share this poem I wrote as a message of hope for those who may be…
Selina
My story starts when I was just eight months old. In March of 1994, it was discovered that I had a cheek tumor. Doctors removed the tumor, and I was t…
Marty
My story is very unique. Christine and I got married in July of 1979. In August she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). As we all n…
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Geoffrey
My wife was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in November 2014. She went through a three-year protocol of a steroid regimen followed b…
Alexandra
My dad was diagnosed with leukemia this past fall. Our family was left in utter shock as my dad was the epitome of health his whole life. From our yea…
Nathaniel
In 2015 at just 15 months old, Nathaniel started to get sick on a regular basis. He started running a fever and his blood count was really low and we …
FDA Approves Novel Car T-Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell-therapy is on a roll. Today marks the seventh approval of CAR T therapy since the first approval in 2017.
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When Competition and Philanthropy Go Hand-in-Hand
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man & Woman of The Year Campaign Kicks off to Find Cures for Cancer
Suggested Reading - How Steve Became Ralph
How Steve Became Ralph: A Cancer/Stem Cell Odyssey (with Jokes) by Steve Buechler Written Dreams Publishing, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-7335034-2-6 Paperback,…
Suggested Reading - Hundred Percent Chance
Hundred Percent Chance: A Memoir by Robert K. Brown 3/3 Press 2019, 273 Pages, Paperback or Kindle ISBN: 9781733159005 Hundred Percent Chance: A …
Suggested Reading - Stevie's New Blood
Stevie's New Blood By Kathryn Ulberg; Lilleby and Chad Chronick (Illustrator) Oncology Nursing Press, 2000, 43 pages ISBN: 1890504173 Ages 6 to 10 …
Towards clinical testing of epitope editing to enable novel adoptive immunotherapies
Innovations in gene engineering have made it possible to reprogram immune cells to attack specific targets on cancer cells, allowing the first adoptiv…
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 CAR-T cells that can kill canc…
Living the Good Fight: A Mother's Journey of Faith Hope and AML
Living the Good Fight: A Mother's Journey of Faith Hope and AML by Tracy KearcherPublished by Xulon Press, September 2021, Paperback, 132 pages (also …
Lynn
My wife, Lynn Isaacson, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in October 2018. After three failed treatment approaches, she passed away on M…
Stephanie
I was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) in 2000 and had seven months of chemotherapy (ABVD) and 20 rounds of radiation. I have not had a re…
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…
Hirshel
My nickname is "The Running Rabbi" for competing in the New York Marathon. I visited the 52 hostages in Iran and received the Award of Courage from Pr…
Dr. Wu
Catherine Wu, M.D., is focused on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). One aspect of her research is to gain greater understanding of the genetic under…
Dr. Ghobrial
Irene Ghobrial, M.D., is trying to identify what causes myeloma cells to become drug resistant. She is also leading research to try to understand how…
Grace
My name is Grace Davis. I’m 15 years old, and I’m a ballerina, Junior Zoo Keeper at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, actress, singer, and I am a childhood leuke…
Bridge Investment Group’s Jeff Shaw named Corporate Council Chair
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Georgia - South Carolina Region is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Shaw, Partner of Bridge Investmen…
LLS Applauds Data from Celator Study of CPX-351 for High-Risk AML Patients
White Plains, N.Y. (June 24, 2015) – Interim data released today by Celator Pharmaceuticals regarding its study of CPX-351, a special formulation of …
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Gary
In 1999 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 we…
Babara
On October 3, 2019, I was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) at the age of 58. I was asymptomatic, so I was in total denial that I had leuk…