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To mark World Blood Donor Day on June 14, Jessica Lake shares how her now six-year-old son, Larry, depended on the kindness of blood donors for over a year after being diagnosed with the rare blood disease, aplastic anaemia.
Tony Wakely’s diagnosis with MDS quickly transformed to AML, which he beat with a transplant. But a year later, he was shocked to find out his MDS had come back.
Two new international clinical trials are expected to improve access to new therapies for Australians with MDS as part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s Trials Enabling Program (TEP).
The Leukaemia Foundation provided consumer comments to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) in relation to Otsuka Australia Pharmaceutical’s resubmission for decitabine and cedazuridine (Inqovi®) for high-risk MDS and CMML.
A lot of ‘world firsts’ are involved in an Australian clinical trial that is taking a precision medicine approach to treating CMML, a neglected and serious rare blood cancer that is poorly understood.
Dr Devendra Hiwase thinks every patient with this rare form of blood cancer should have molecular profiling.
Tony Wakely shares his personal journal, where he documents his experiences with MDS and AML.
After a misdiagnosis and delayed biopsy, Steph Eliot was finally diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma (HL).
Julian Lindsay’s goal is to set up an international study aimed at improving survival and quality of life through drug optimisation.
An Australian study will examine the immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine in patients with the low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
Associate Professor Michael Dickinson says CAR T-cell therapy is a 'revolutionary step forward'.
In her own words, Rowena McLean shares her harrowing four-and-a-half-year blood cancer journey in the lead up to World Blood Cancer Day, 28 May 2021.
We stand with Indigenous Australians to close the gap in health. We know we need to do better for our First Nations people living with blood cancer.
In her own words, Rowena McLean shares her harrowing four-and-a-half-year blood cancer journey in the lead up to World Blood Cancer Day, 28 May 2021.
In her own words, Rowena McLean shares her harrowing four-and-a-half-year blood cancer journey in the lead up to World Blood Cancer Day, 28 May 2021.
This Mother’s Day, and every day, we recognise the incredible mothers and mother-figures within our community. One of these mums is Andrea Houston whose four-year-old daughter, Emily, is currently battling an aggressive blood cancer.
To mark Myeloma Awareness Month, Faye Johnsen shares her inspiring approach to living with the incurable blood cancer.
Janice says she "wouldn't be here" had she been diagnosed two years earlier.
