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Kenya
I was diagnosed with two blood cancers — multiple myeloma (MM) and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).Cancer entered my life at five years old whe…
Justin
In March 2012, when Justin was in the sixth grade, he started to rapidly lose weight, was experiencing extreme exhaustion and night sweats. After mult…
Rob
My blood cancer story started in 1987 when I was diagnosed and treated for testicular cancer with surgery and chemotherapy. As I progressed to the end…
RTFCCR/LLS Patient-Focused Prevention guidelines
The Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society partner in an international competitive grant to advance b…
Disease- and Treatment-Related Pain
People with cancer can have pain caused by the cancer itself, its treatment, or both. They may also have pain caused by other health problems that are…
January 2021
In the month of January, we have identified 42 peer-reviewed publications that cited support from the leukemia and Lymphoma Society through our variou…
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Leo
Five-year-old Leo was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) in June 2019. His parents had noticed bruising on his legs, petechiae…
Anubha
I experienced extreme nausea and slight shortness of breath for a week prior to being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), clots in my l…
Living with Acute Leukemia
Ken
I have the unique opportunity to be both a Bone Marrow donor as well as a Stem Cell recipient in my journey! In the 1980's I registered with the C.W. …
Other Disease Studies
Another type of study that blood cancer patients and their relatives can participate in is a nontherapeutic study. Nontherapeutic studies aren't consi…
Barry
I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in May of 2003. The diagnosis came after three or four months of tests attempting to diagnose a lump from m…
Jonathan
This story is memory of my late fiancé, Jonathan Bentley, who passed away from acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) at the age of 33 after a week-long b…
Blake
Blake was recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and is now in interim maintenance.It all started with unexpected wrist and leg …
William
Hi, my name is William Yank and I am a 23-year-old, three-time leukemia survivor from Indiana. My story begins at the end of my junior year of college…
suggested Reading - Night Reflection
Night Reflections: A True Story of Friendship, Love, Cancer, and Survival By Robert Thomas Winn (Author) and Timothy R. Pearson (Contributor) Humanix…
Jeremiah
In February 2018, my youngest twin (by three minutes), Jeremiah was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Our world and lives were turned…
KT1, a novel NK trispecific antibody for the treatment of AML and MDS
New treatments for AML and MDS are urgently needed. We have developed and performed preliminary testing of a novel, patent-protected, trispecific NK c…
Targeting mutated MYD88 pro-survival signaling in B-cell malignancies
Our laboratory and those of others discovered highly recurring mutations in the gene MYD88 which are found in patients with various B-cell cancers inc…
Amber
I was diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) right before my 27th birthday. I had just finished my Master’s degree and was engaged to get marrie…
Vickie
I was diagnosed in 1974 at the age of 24 with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). I had never even heard of it. The doctors did not know if I would survive as it w…
Robert
I am a three-time survivor of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). First, I received full mantle radiation therapy in 1986, followed by chemotherapy in 1994, and fi…
Callie
At age 2, Callie started having trouble walking after a fall in early November 2015. After seeing a pediatric orthopedist for weeks and then a pediatr…
Charlie
At two and a half years old, Charlie was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).Soon after being diagnosed, she underwent surgery to insert…
King
King has a rare combination of a blood cancer called leukemia (high risk) and G6PD which is an incurable, lifelong blood disorder. His treatment plan …
Luis
I used to donate blood at least three times a year. I did it as a way of helping others and never realized it would one day lead to me being diagnosed…