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Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy, also called biological therapy, utilizes your own immune system to fight cancer. It generally results in fewer side effects than chemo…
Stem cell transplantation
What are stem cells?Blood stem cells are produced in the marrow of the bones and can become any kind of blood cell the body needs. Stem cells are cons…
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How a Clinical Trial Works
Clinical trials are conducted worldwide under rigorous guidelines to help doctors find out whether new cancer treatments are safe and effective or bet…
Are Clinical Trials Safe?
U.S. clinical trials are designed to give patients the safest, potentially most effective clinical therapies. Clinical trials are conducted once resea…
Finding a Clinical Trial
If you're interested in the possibility of a clinical trial as a treatment option, talk with your doctor first. He or she can help you find an eligibl…
Clinical Trials and Insurance Issues
Once you've identified a clinical trial you may want to join, you'll need to consider how your care will be paid for. Insurance coverage for clinical …
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…
Mouth and Throat Sores
The lining of your mouth and throat are particularly susceptible to damage from cancer treatment. Chemotherapy and other anticancer drugs can cause th…
Choosing a Blood Cancer Specialist or a Treatment Center
Taking an active role in making decisions regarding your treatment can have a positive effect on your health and quality of life. One of your first ch…
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Kimberly
When my husband Elijah, an NFL linebacker who had just retired from the Oakland Raiders—was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM) in , our entire world…
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Living with Myeloma
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Blood cancer research 2026: Meeting patients where they want to be
Today, Blood Cancer United has two main goals for the research we fund. The search for cures for every form of blood cancer continues. But with so man…
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JoyRx
Empower all seriously ill children to express themselves, to play, and to make meaningful connections by enriching their treatment experience and impr…
Kendall
I would like to run with Blood Cancer United because I know multiple people in my life who were affected by leukemia and lymphoma. I have become an ac…
Khetsiwe
In late August , I received the awful news that my father had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Living oceans apart, I was riddled with anxiety a…
Stories
Karina
Our daughter, Kiahura (Rara), was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at a very young age, a moment that completely changed our family’s life.…
Dare 2 Dream
Payton
My name is Payton, and I’m a young mom and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivor. I was diagnosed when my baby was just two months old, a time when I was sti…
Stories
Ilana
My survivor story began on the day I was diagnosed with leukemia — October , .Before that day, I had a full life — a large family, a wonderful husband…
Stories
GiveByCruising Partners with Blood Cancer United to Advance Blood Cancer Research
GiveByCruising by Dream Vacations is proudly partnering with Blood Cancer United® by donating % of its booking commissions over the next five years to…
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Lennox
When Lennox was eight months old, he bumped his mouth—typical for a newly crawling baby. What wasn’t typical, though, was the injury to his gum didn’t…
Stories
Journeys to Heal
To provide comfort and encouragement to young people battling cancer. • Provides a free chemotherapy shirt and a blanket to kids and teens to help…