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Advancing oral parity because the way we treat cancer has changed

The way we treat cancer has changed. For decades, intravenous (IV) delivery was the primary method for administering the medications used to treat can…

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Reining in the cost of cancer care across the healthcare system

With the cost of cancer care rising at an alarming rate, more of the cost burden is shifting to patients, many of whom are then forced to delay or eve…

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Blood Cancer United Statement on New NCI Head, Dr. Anthony Letai

Washington, September , —Blood Cancer United®, formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, applauds the choice of Dr. Anthony Letai to lead the National…

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Denounces Federal Actions that Threaten Cancer Patients

WASHINGTON, February , – As the nation’s largest organization serving the critical needs of blood cancer patients, we are alarmed by recent actions t…

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Multiple Myeloma Patients Cancer Free Five Years after Single CAR-T Treatment

LLS provided critical funding at earliest stages and provides ongoing funding today June , – A new report is opening the possibility that multiple m…

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America’s Youngest Generation is Trailblazing the Way for a Future without Cancer

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Announces Winners of National Students of the Year Philanthropic Competition …

Cánceres de la Sangre y COVID-19: Lo que Usted Necesita Saber

Únete a una conversación virtual enfocáda en el impacto de en la comunidad Latina con cáncer de la sangre con los doctores Godley y Rubinstein, dos e…

Cánceres de la Sangre y COVID-19: Lo que Usted Necesita Saber

Únete a una conversación virtual enfocáda en el impacto de en la comunidad Latina con cáncer de la sangre con los doctores Godley y Rubinstein, dos e…

LLS Information Specialists Contribute to Choosing Therapy Article on Cancer & Depression

Sharon Cohan, LCSW and Information Specialist for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, states, “One of the biggest myths is that everyone diagnosed with c…

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FDA Approves New Drug for Patients with Rare Blood Cancer (Myelofibrosis)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a drug for the treatment of intermediate or primary or secondary myelofibrosis, the first sp…

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Where Your Ancestors Came From Can Influence Blood Cancer Survival Rates

Scientists are learning more every day about how mutations in an individual's genes can affect their health. But now we’re learning that differences i…

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Making an IMPACT on hematology care in Georgia: The Georgia Blood Cancer Trials Network (BCTN)

Winship Cancer Institute is the only Comprehensive Cancer Center in Georgia, the largest state by land area east of the Mississippi River, and 8th la…

The Role of the DNA Sensor AIM2 in B Cell Fate and Function After HCT

Altered B cell homeostasis plays a key role in the development of chronic (cGVHD) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). We hypothesize…

Toward improvement of BCMA/CST6-CAR-T therapy to target both myeloma cells and bone resorption

We have observed that CST6 proteins suppress osteoclast differentiation and function without causing immunosuppression. We aim to determine whether …

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Louis J. DeGennaro, Ph.D., Named President and Chief Executive Officer of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Contact: Andrea Greif() [email protected] Plains, NY (September , ) - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) announced today that Louis J.…

Improving Immunotherapy in Multiple Myeloma Through Innovative Clinical Trials, Real-World Evidence and Correlative Research

The overall focus of my research is improving outcomes with immunotherapy in multiple myeloma. I will accomplish this through ) novel clinical trials…

Synthetic introns to target U2AF1 mutant leukemias and dissect molecular basis for mis-splicing

Mutations affecting RNA splicing factors are the most common class of mutations in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and related myeloid neoplas…

Unraveling the Cellular and Molecular Origins of B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Down syndrome

Children with Down Syndrome (DS) have a -fold increased risk of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (). We aim to identify the cells of origin in and defin…

Inherited resilience to clonal hematopoiesis and myeloid malignancy by modifying stem cell RNA regulation

This grant proposal aims to uncover inherited resilience to clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and myeloid malignancies (MyMs). Our pilot work has identified a…

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Latest FDA Approval in Multiple Myeloma May Reduce Treatment Costs, Frequency and Side Effects

The FDA’s approval of a less frequent treatment regimen in patients with multiple myeloma highlights a trend of making treatments easier for blood can…

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The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

In The Grieving Brain, neuroscientist and psychologist O’Connor gives us a fascinating new window into one of the hallmark experiences of being human…