Osher Gunsberg shines a light on blood cancer and hosts Australia’s first virtual Light the Night event
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Month: September 2020
National Action Plan represents Australian first opportunity to achieve zero lives lost to blood cancer by 2035
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Same cancer, same drug but our access to treatment was anything but consistent
They’re three women all battling an incurable type of blood cancer, but Neda, Nikki and Shirley have felt hardship in very different ways.
- Myeloma
I needed better information about clinical trial options
Matthew Fogarty has spent almost five years regularly travelling to the other side of the world to collect the handful of pills that keep his blood cancer at bay.
- Clinical trials
- Other blood cancers
I took control after becoming adrift in the system
The long wait for a diagnosis took its toll on Bronwyn Bisley, but her biggest challenges lay ahead as the information she desperately needed dried up.
- Hodgkin lymphoma
Personalised cellular therapy gives Hunter a future
A cutting-edge cellular therapy, made possible by breakthrough research, has given seven-year-old Hunter hope for a brighter future.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Drug discovery has remarkable potential for high-risk childhood leukaemia
Dr Michelle Henderson's research is laying the groundwork to develop a promising new therapy for infant ALL.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
- Research
From PhD in Melbourne to postdoc in New York
New York-based, Aussie researcher Matt Witkowski has his sights set on improving the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapy.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
- Research
Daratumumab – first new myeloma agent PBAC-recommended in years
The drug has received a positive recommendation for PBS listing.
- Advocacy and policy
- Myeloma
- Treatments and side-effects
Shirley’s “so well” on her latest treatment – daratumumab
Shirley Irwin has had radiotherapy and two transplants, had surgery, five different lines of treatment, and relapsed twice.
- Myeloma
- Treatments and side-effects
- Hon. Anna Bligh AC Joins Leukaemia Foundation as National Ambassador
- Talking Blood Cancer: Mother-Daughter Cancer Warriors
- The biggest challenge of cancer patients that nobody talks about…
- Physiotherapist and lymphoma survivor Julie Allen on cancer related fatigue
- Unlocking the Mysteries of Blood Cancer