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Dr. Ghobrial
Irene Ghobrial, M.D., is trying to identify what causes myeloma cells to become drug resistant. She is also leading research to try to understand how…
Julia
My daughter Julia is years old and was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma on October , . She had intense itching episodes on her arms and legs along wit…
Taylor
In February of , I was diagnosed with stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). What started with a simple cough quickly turned into the most challenging year of …
Hugh
I’m currently a survivor of Burkitt lymphoma (BL), as I’m in remission as of August . I’m years old and was very healthy, hardly ever getting a commo…
Rohan
I am an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) survivor. I am now months and feeling stronger every day.I was born and raised in the Bay Area to South African…
Dare 2 Dream
Stories
Robert
I was diagnosed on August , with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). I was told at that time that I would not survive the next week.Well, at years old, I …
Living with Acute Leukemia
Kiersten
When I was weeks pregnant, I found a lump on my neck. Doctors couldn't test anything until after my son was born. In February of , my happy and he…
Gabriele
For approximately a year leading up to my diagnosis, I began experiencing various symptoms and was generally feeling unwell. About months prior to di…
Stories
Fannie
I was diagnosed in August with stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and at that time, I was seven months postpartum with my daughter who was only months ol…
Making treatment affordable for patients
Blood Cancer United is working to make care more affordable.While innovation continues to change the nature of medical treatment for serious diseases …
Advocacy
Peripheral neuropathy in young adults
Cancer treatment, or sometimes the disease itself, can cause peripheral neuropathy (PN) — damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which tra…
Support Resources
Peripheral neuropathy
Cancer treatment, or sometimes the disease itself, can cause peripheral neuropathy (PN) — damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which tra…
Support Resources
Joy
I am . I have been married for years. We have three children and four grandchildren. We are all very close. I am in remission from lymphoma. Lymphom…
Stories
Erin
The night of May , , looked like any other that my roommate, Erin, and I would have in our San Francisco apartment. I was busy making the next day's l…
Timothy
I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) during my -year annual physical. No symptoms, still working my outdoor, fairly intense golf job. Blo…
Monica
As a First Connection volunteer with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for almost two years, I have had the opportunity to connect with patients a…
Hemali
To be and thriving... months ago, my mom, Lata, was diagnosed with stage diffuse large lymphoma (DLBCL). That sentence made no sense to me until fi…
Caregiver
Stories
Megan
I am a - girl who likes to play soccer and basketball, and I am in 7th grade. I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndromes () with monosomy . It is …
Trish
I was diagnosed with lymphoma in March . It had eaten my C7 vertebrae and traveled to my spleen so it was determined that it was stage IV. After hav…
Ellise
In November , I began experiencing persistent hives, severe fatigue, and chest pain that I couldn’t explain. At the time, I was managing a demanding s…
Lauren
At the age of , I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). I immediately started undergoing treatment which initially consisted of intense ind…
suggested reading - Into The Funhouse
Author begins his narrative with- "I should have died more than once. Yet I remain alive (at least for now), as can anyone with cancer, regardless of …
Melinda
I am currently years old and was diagnosed with lymphoma (PMBCL) when I was , almost years old.I was pregnant the day I was diagnosed, luckily wee…
Jackson
Jackson was diagnosed on December , age eight with Philadelphia positive acute leukemia. Doctor's said he wouldn't live long and transferred him to C…
CD70-directed CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment of relapsed/refractory pediatric AML
In this project, we will test an innovative therapy called CAR therapy for children with a type of cancer called AML. In the laboratory, we have iden…