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Charity
In March of , I was diagnosed officially with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) after a blood test and bone marrow biopsy. I had just turned and had my …
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Kennetha
I found out about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) through a peer at Brockport College where I attend the Healthcare Administration BSN program. …
Paul
I have had the opportunity to know Paul since he was diagnosed with lymphoma (BL). Paul has an energy that makes it so you will like him instantly an…
Brenda
A scratchy throat that became a bronchial infection in May was the first sign Brenda had that anything was wrong. She tried to tough it out but colla…
Holly
In , I joined The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Tennessee Chapter as a supportive member of Team Addie. I had friends who became team members the …
Jeff & Melanie
My wife, Melanie and I had always been pretty healthy. We exercised, tried to eat right and discovered the value of meditation. But things changed in …
Shaun
On November , , after three scary trips to the emergency room for excruciating back pain within two weeks, I was diagnosed with Philadelphia acute ly…
Lauren
It was last July, and I was just a regular Jersey girl. I was a - wife, mother of two, physical therapist assistant just living a regular, normal life…
Daniel
My son was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in at years old. Needless to say, it was a devastating blow to our family, and we were so…
Eva
In , as a - sophomore in college, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). After two years of suffering from a mystery illness, I finally had answe…
Chemotherapy for children and teens
Chemotherapy is the use of potent drugs or chemicals, often in combinations or intervals, to kill or damage cancer cells in the body. Chemotherapy dru…
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Chemotherapy for young adults
Chemotherapy is the use of potent drugs or chemicals, often in combinations or intervals, to kill or damage cancer cells in the body. Chemotherapy dru…
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Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the use of potent drugs or chemicals, often in combinations or intervals, to kill or damage cancer cells in the body. Chemotherapy dru…
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Robert
Robert was like any other - toddler back in October . It was a Tuesday afternoon. He was our third child and had a spiking fever for about hours that…
Sonia
In an instant, my life changed. “You have chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). There is no cure but patients can live for several years.” These were th…
Cathy
I had blood cancer and for that, I’m lucky. I’m not being facetious, I really believe I’m lucky. The doctors told me that Stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)…
Ava
My name is Lori Timko and my first daughter Ava is an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) survivor! It started in when she had become sick and the doctors d…
Lisa
As a new graduate with a master’s degree in psychology, I, among many others, am applying to jobs out in the 'real world.' Recently, one of the job ap…
Kristen
In the fall of , Kristen Comer noticed her energy level wasn't as high as it had been, but she thought nothing of it. It wasn’t until the fall of whe…
Mike
I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in December during a routine physical. Over the next five years I had periodic blood tests an…
Jim
In September of , my wife and I were in New Jersey with family celebrating Labor Day weekend when I passed out, fell and hit my head on a granite coun…
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Lorna
I was diagnosed with Stage NH large primary hepatic lymphoma in April, . I was told by my doctor that this was a very rare form of lymphoma with les…
Peter
I first had an inkling something was wrong more than a year and a half before diagnosis, when red and platelet counts were out of whack after a body s…
LLS recomienda a los pacientes con cáncer de la sangre que se vacunen, ya que su Registro Nacional de Pacientes ingresa en la siguiente fase de los estudios de las vacunas contra la COVID-19
Rye Brook, N.Y., de julio de —The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) comenzó esta semana el reclutamiento para un nuevo estudio que evalúa la respues…
Crucial LLS Support Drives Approval of New Precision Medicine for Rare Group of Blood Diseases
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved cobimetinib (Cotellic®), a precision medicine treatment for adults with any of a family…