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Clinical Trial Literacy: Empowering Nurses to Educate Hispanic Patients

This activity is intended for nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with cancer.

What’s Next in Blood Cancer: Looking Ahead to 2023

The most important blood cancer scientific meeting, the American Society of Hematology (ASH), is held every December. This meeting, followed closely b…

Development of novel BTK-MALT1 dual inhibitors to treat MCL

Most patients respond well to drugs that inhibit an important MCL target named BTK. However, almost all of them will eventually relapse and then do ve…

Suggested Reading - After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life

The author, a cancer survivor herself, understands that surviving cancer is more than just killing cancer cells and getting through treatment. She exp…

Exploiting Vulnerabilities in RNA Splicing to Treat Hematologic Malignancies

RNA splicing is a central metabolic pathway that is frequently perturbed in hematopoietic malignancies (HMs) that harbor mutations in spliceosome comp…

Sports Analytics Model Adapted to Improve Cancer Outcome Prediction

Outcome prediction is central to the care of cancer patients. Will the patient be at some point in the near future or succumb to the disease? Will th…

Dare to Dream Project: Treating kids with blood cancer

Essence

Two weeks before my 18th birthday, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Weeks leading up to this diagnosis, I had constant headaches, a …

Caitlyn

My world started to turn upside down in January of after starting to exercise and trying to lose weight. At first, I thought I had pulled a muscle in…

Mike

It started with a cough that would not go away. A cough so bad that it would stop him in his tracks and he'd have to rest afterwards for a few minutes…

Ashley

Three little words changed my life forever!My name is Ashley, and I am a leukemia survivor. When I was years old, I was diagnosed with chronic myeloi…

Joy

My name is Joy, and I am a victor over stage IV peripheral lymphoma (PTCL). I have been for + years. While I was going through my cancer treatment, …

Dental and oral health for children and teens

Side effects of cancer treatment may cause a variety of problems affecting the mouth, teeth, and jaw that can have an impact on a child's quality of l…

Emily

Summer I was feeling great and cancer was the last thing on my mind. I had just run a half marathon and was planning to do a few more destination rac…

Dental and oral health

Side effects of blood cancer treatment may cause a variety of problems affecting the mouth, teeth, and jaw that can have an impact on your quality of …

Dental and oral health in young adults

Side effects of cancer treatment may cause a variety of problems affecting the mouth, teeth, and jaw that can have an impact on your quality of life. …

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 …

David

I was diagnosed on December , , after six weeks of bloodwork that wasn't leading to good outcomes. My hematologist had me do a bone marrow biopsy on D…

Martin

In February of , at years old, Martin Levano Quispe was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Soon after being diagnosed, the COVID pand…

Managing finances and insurance coverage

Healthcare costs are a key concern for most people with blood cancer. Many patients don't have health insurance, and for others, coverage is limited. …

Stacey

In the summer of , just before my 12th birthday, I was feeling tired all the time, didn’t have much of an appetite, and would come home from camp and …

The Follicular Lymphoma Foundation Joins Forces With The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to Bring Hope to Those Living With Follicular Lymphoma

AUGUST , - The Follicular Lymphoma Foundation (FLF) and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) have joined forces in an unprecedented strategic partne…

Ralph

Not sure my case is at all typical, but it would be interesting if other multiple myeloma (MM) sufferers shared some similarities. As best I can tell,…

Merton

On November , , I drove to work and, upon arrival, knew that something was seriously wrong with me. I called my love, Holly, and informed her that I c…

Twist Out Cancer

Twist Out Cancer provides psychosocial support to cancer survivors and their loved ones through creative arts programming. We are a global community t…