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The treatment for newly diagnosed MDS will be available “very soon” to Australians in a clinical trial.
The Australian Familial Haematological Cancer Study (AFHCS) leads the world in the field and has a research cohort of more than 200 families with a history of blood cancer.
After losing her dad to MDS, and her brother’s diagnosis just a month before hers, Christine Heath’s family underwent genetic testing to understand whether their MDS could be hereditary.
This MDS World Awareness Day, Danny Palmer will celebrate achieving remission after undergoing a life-saving transplant earlier this year. He’s now committed to raising awareness of the many different blood cancers, encouraging others to donate blood and plasma, as well as fundraise in support of the community.
Basit Salik, Dr Jamie Kuzich and Dr Julian Grabek are the successful recipients of the 2021 PhD Scholarships.
Since receiving a shock CML diagnosis in July 2020, Mel Harris has learnt quickly that the so-called ‘invisible cancer’ can have everyday impacts beyond what many would expect.
Sports-lover Oren was only the sixth child in Australia to receive CAR T-cell treatment.
They’re three women all battling an incurable type of blood cancer, but Neda, Nikki and Shirley have felt hardship in very different ways.
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.
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.
A cutting-edge cellular therapy, made possible by breakthrough research, has given seven-year-old Hunter hope for a brighter future.
Dr Michelle Henderson's research is laying the groundwork to develop a promising new therapy for infant ALL.
New York-based, Aussie researcher Matt Witkowski has his sights set on improving the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapy.
The drug has received a positive recommendation for PBS listing.
Shirley Irwin has had radiotherapy and two transplants, had surgery, five different lines of treatment, and relapsed twice.
Kate Vandyke is leading exciting research examining whether a new inhibitor can be used to prepare myeloma patients for therapies and increase their efficacy.
Archer spent nine months, hundreds of kilometres from home and across state borders, undergoing life-saving blood cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To mark September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we’re sharing the inspiring stories of little warriors like Daisy, who was diagnosed with an aggressive blood cancer at just four months old.
Neda has experienced first-hand the benefit of Leukaemia Foundation support services - all thanks to the generosity of Australians.
Leukaemia Foundation Chairman, Dr Carrie Hillyard, has a special message for our supporters.
