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The Leukaemia Foundation welcomes Australian Government decision to ban using adverse genetic testing results in life insurance

The Leukaemia Foundation welcomes the Australian Government’s decision to ban the use of adverse genetic testing results in life insurance.

  • Advocacy and policy
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World Marrow Donor Day 2024

Leukaemia Foundation staff come together to raise awareness for the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR), and the need for more Australians to register

  • Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
  • Advocacy and policy
  • Treatments and side-effects
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‘Made me the person I am today’

After living with the disease for almost the entirety of her teenage and adult life, 23-year-old Siobhan Hoy is no stranger to the long-term side effects of blood cancer.

  • Treatments and side-effects
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Talking Blood Cancer: Regional Resilience

Michael Burridge candidly shares his experience living with blood cancer and the emotional and physical journey following his diagnosis with myeloma.

  • Myeloma
  • Support services
  • Treatments and side-effects
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From nurse to patient

Rosie Proctor had just moved in with her partner and was living out her dream career as a nurse on the Gold Coast. Then a shock blood cancer diagnosis turned her from caregiver to patient at the very hospital where she worked.

  • Acute myeloid leukaemia
  • Treatments and side-effects
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Media - 20 September 2024

Stem cell donors urgently needed… the simple way young Aussies can help save lives

Australia is facing a critical shortage of registered stem cell donors – and the solution lies in the hands of younger Australians.

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