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Rocco
Our little Roc was diagnosed with leukemia on June . We immediately started treatment at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital on July where Rocco was giv…
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in children and teens
Fatigue is very common in patients with blood cancers. fatigue (CRF) is characterized by excessive and persistent exhaustion that interferes with dai…
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Parenting as a young adult with blood cancer
Most parents struggle to fit everything into their family’s schedule, even without the demands of cancer and cancer treatment. It’s important to accep…
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Dawn
I learned a long time ago never to say, “Nothing can be worse than this.” After my son passed away many years ago, someone said those words to me, and…
Nikki
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) about a month and a half ago at the age of . This was my first year out of nursing school; I had just lande…
Dare 2 Dream
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Tricia
My name is Tricia, and I am a cancer survivor. In , at the age of , I got a positive pregnancy test. We were elated! We already had a daughter and c…
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Sue
My story begins with a routine yearly mammogram in April of . I am currently a -year breast cancer survivor. So, regular mammograms are just a part of…
Charles
I was alone with my doctor in the hospital when she told me I had no bone marrow matches in the world. I cried a lot that day. I was admitted two week…
Living with Acute Leukemia
Cindy
Our church choir had put on a big Easter program in , lots of practices and multiple performances. After the fact, several, including me, came down wi…
Laraine
November 21st is Family Volunteer Day. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) encourages you to volunteer as a family today. Whatever you choose to do…
Targeting Epigenetics in Myeloid Malignancies
We have a highly collaborative team of investigators, whose goal is to develop novel therapeutic approaches to MDS and AML as well as to improve curre…
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James
I was diagnosed with stage follicular lymphoma (FL), a type of lymphoma (NHL), at the end of , and our world was turned upside down. I lived a prett…
The Immune System and Blood Cancer: 4 Things You Need to Know
Immunotherapy uses the power of the immune system to treat blood cancer. Today it is a standard treatment that has a profound effect in some blood can…
What causes multiple myeloma? Understanding the risk factors and origins
Table of contents IntroductionWhat is multiple myelomaEarly symptoms of multiple myelomaGenetic factorsPrecursor conditionsEnvironmental and lifestyle…
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Jimmy
My mother, Ret. Major Linda Leggett, is currently battling multiple myeloma (MM), a rare blood cancer. In , she made history as the first Black woman …
Stories
Jaziel
I am a leukemia survivor. My story began in when I was initially diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). I was treated for a few years an…
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Living with Acute Leukemia
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Max
My son Max was diagnosed with lymphoma in May , just days before his 19th birthday. He discovered a lump under his chin a few months before, and in …
Luz
A release of strong feelings would be to tell about the loss of all my hair. But to put it briefly, I was sad but also disgusted. I threw the hair int…
Geoff
We went to our local hospital with what we thought was kidney stone pain! Fast forward hours later and we had a surgeon tell us Geoff had stage canc…
Jayson
On October , , I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at the age of . Before cancer, I moved through life without a care in the world, livi…
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Nathaniel
I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on October , . I was years old at the time, and my girlfriend had just given birth to our son…
Winter
In July , I began to notice that I was not feeling like myself. I became tired very easily, and keeping up with my children was increasingly difficult…
Melva
I am a survivor of lymphoma (Hodgkin and ). I was diagnosed with two kinds of cancer at the same time.When the doctors finally found out what I had, I…
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 lymphoma?Organs affec…
Champions in myeloma research, Part 2: A conversation with Suzanne Lentzsch, M.D., Ph.D.
To commemorate both Myeloma Awareness Month and Women’s History Month during March, I’ve been talking with women scientists who are driving discovery…