Support for blood cancer patients outside Australia
The Leukaemia Foundation is a charity registered in Australia offering wraparound health services primarily to people living in Australia with any type of blood cancer, including lymphoma, myeloma and leukaemia / leukemia.
We recognise blood cancer is a disease that impacts people all over the world. We’ve put together a list of resources that might be helpful to patients and carers living outside Australia.
Medical visas
More information about visas that allow you to travel to or remain longer in Australia for blood cancer treatment, or how to bring someone you know with blood cancer to Australia.
- Subclass 602 Medical Treatment visa (homeaffairs.gov.au)
- Who needs health examinations (homeaffairs.gov.au)
- Using a migration agent (homeaffairs.gov.au)
Reciprocal health agreements
Australia has Reciprocal Health Care Agreements with some countries. Learn more about those agreements and what they might mean for you.
Treatment and payment of treatment in your own country
Find out about other support that might be available in your country.
Private health cover for international students in Australia
More information about Australian health cover for students from overseas.
- Overseas Student Health Cover (privatehealth.gov.au)
- Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) fact sheet | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Leukaemia Foundation health services
Our wraparound health services include information support, practical support, and emotional support.
Information support
Our website contains a large amount of blood cancer related information, including:
- Blood cancer and disorder information
- Education webinars
- E-newsletters
- Downloadable factsheets and booklets
This service is available to anyone, regardless of where in the world they live.
We don’t post our printed blood cancer information resources, like booklets, to addresses outside of Australia.
It’s very important to know blood cancer information, including about symptoms, tests, treatments and side effects often differ from country to country. We encourage you to access information from verified and reputable services and websites from your own country to ensure you find information most relevant to you and your cancer.
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Blood Cancers A-Z
A
AA secondary amyloidosis
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia ALL
Acute myeloid leukaemia AML
Acute myelomonocytic leukaemia AMML
Acute promyelocytic leukaemia APML
Afib mutated fibrinogen alpha chain amyloidosis
AL systemic amyloidosis
Amyloidosis
Aplastic anaemia AA
ATTR familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy
ATTR wild type senile amyloidosis
B
Biphenotypic leukaemia
Bisphosphonates myeloma
C
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia CLL
Chronic myeloid leukaemia CML
H
Hairy cell leukaemia
Hodgkin lymphoma
I
IgA myeloma
IgG myeloma
J
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia JMML
L
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis LCH
Leukaemia
Light chain myeloma
Lymphocyte depleted HL
Lymphocyte rich HL
Lymphoma
M
MDS with biallelic TP53 inactivation MDS-biTP53
MDS with fibrosis
MDS with hypoplastic MDS-h
MDS with increased blasts MDS-IB1
MDS with increased blasts MDS-IB2
MDS with low blasts MDS-LB
MDS with low blasts and isolated 5q deletion MDS-5q
MDS with low blasts and SF3B1 mutation MDS-SF3B1
Mixed cellularity HL
Monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance MGUS
MPN Chronic eosinophilic leukaemia CEL
MPN Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia CMML
MPN Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia CMML
MPN Chronic neutrophilic leukaemia CNL
MPN Essential thrombocythaemia ET
MPN Polycythaemia Rubra vera PV
MPN Primary myelofibrosis MF
MPN Systemic mastocytosis SM
Multiple myeloma
Myelodysplasia Myelodysplastic neoplasms MDS
Myeloma
Myeloid sarcoma localised leukaemia
Myeloproliferative neoplasms MPN
N
NHL Adult T-Cell leukaemic ATLL
NHL Anaplastic large cell ALCL
NHL Burkitt’s
NHL Cutaneous T-Cell
NHL Diffuse large B-cell DLBCL
NHL Double hit DHL
NHL Follicular
NHL Lymphoplasmacytic Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia WM
NHL MALT
NHL Mantle cell
NHL Marginal zone
NHL Peripheral T-Cell
NHL Primary cutaneous B-cell
NHL Primary mediastinal B-cell PMBCL
NHL Small lymphocytic SLL
NHL Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-Cell
NHL T-Lymphoblastic
NHL Waldenstroms macroglobulinaemia
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Nodular lymphocyte predominant HL
Nodular sclerosing HL
O
Osteosclerotic myeloma
P
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
Plasmacytoma localised myeloma
POEMS syndrome
R
Richter’s syndrome leukaemia
S
Smouldering indolent myeloma
Solitary plasmacytoma myeloma
Systemic mastocytosis