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Fox Valley Area All Blood Cancers Support Group

The group will address specific issues related to a blood cancer diagnosis and will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss concerns, anxietie…

Fox Valley Area All Blood Cancers Support Group

The group will address specific issues related to a blood cancer diagnosis and will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss concerns, anxietie…

Blood Cancers Family Support Group - Lancaster

The group will address specific issues related to a blood cancer diagnosis and will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss concerns, anxietie…

Blood Cancers Family Support Group - Lancaster

The group will address specific issues related to a blood cancer diagnosis and will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss concerns, anxietie…

Ask the Expert

Please join us for this free, education dinner program for the blood cancer community! Registration is required.Please join us for a discussion aroun…

Ask the Expert Mesh - Louisville

Event Details Wednesday December , :00pm - :00pm EST Click Here to Register Program contact: Kristen Parker Kristen.P…

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's New Chief Scientific Officer Excited about What's Next in Blood Cancer Research

Lore Gruenbaum, Ph.D., was promoted to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) following the retirement of longtime CSO…

The History of Leukemia

Table of contentsHistory of LeukemiaFirst Studies of Blood and the Origin of LeukemiaEarly Leukemia DiscoveriesEarly Leukemia ClassificationEarly Leuk…

Twin Cities All Blood Cancers Group

The group will address specific issues related to a blood cancer diagnosis and will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss concerns, anxietie…

General Blood Cancer Support Group - Las Vegas

The group will address specific issues related to a blood cancer diagnosis and will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss concerns, anxietie…

General Blood Cancer Support Group - Las Vegas

The group will address specific issues related to a blood cancer diagnosis and will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss concerns, anxietie…

How Patients Really Feel About Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

It seems that everywhere we turn lately we hear something about the promises and the perils of artificial intelligence (AI). AI is touted as a smart, …

Videos for school personnel

The following videos were created to assist school personnel in supporting a student attending school during or after cancer treatment, and their clas…

What’s Next in Blood Cancer: Looking Ahead to 2023

The most important blood cancer scientific meeting, the American Society of Hematology (ASH), is held every December. This meeting, followed closely b…

Predisposing factors to leukemia

Table of contents:Predisposing Factors to LeukemiaLeukemia CausesGenetic MutationsIs Leukemia Hereditary?Causes of Leukemia in AdultsCauses of Leukemi…

A Day in LLS History

On October , , Robert “Robbie” Roesler de Villiers was only years old when he died from leukemia. Robbie’s parents, Rudolph and Antoinette, were stri…

Fox Valley All Blood Cancers Group

The group will address specific issues related to a blood cancer diagnosis and will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss concerns, anxietie…

Reimagining care: Top takeaways from the TIME 100 Health Leadership Forum

I recently had the honor of speaking at the TIME Health Leadership Forum in New York City. The event brought together a variety of healthcare experts…

Practicing Self-Advocacy During My PTCL Journey

In partnership with The LLS Blog invites Aaron, who was diagnosed with peripheral lymphoma (…

LLS advocates helped North Carolina expand Medicaid

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper just signed Medicaid expansion into law, following years of advocacy from LLS volunteers and staff. Once it takes effec…

CAR T-Cell Therapy Approved for Initial Treatment of Relapsed Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Diagnosed with a Blood Cancer? Important Questions You Might Not Think to Ask

What is my actual diagnosis? Find out your exact diagnosis. Ask your doctor to write down the exact name of your and take the paper with you. For exa…

FAQs: Proposed federal spending cuts and blood cancer research and care

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has heard great concerns from patients, caregivers, volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers, community…

Knowledge, Nourishment, & Community: A Patient Education Dinner

Join us for a free, education program for the blood cancer community. Registration is required. About the programJoin us for a free, education progr…

LLS, advocates celebrate major state policy wins for patients

While Congress meets , state legislatures typically meet only in the first half of the year. The start of the summer generally marks the end of the st…