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Christine has a rare genetic predisposition to MDS

After losing her dad to MDS, and her brother’s diagnosis just a month before hers, Christine Heath’s family underwent genomic testing to understand whether their MDS could be hereditary.  

  • Myelodysplastic syndromes
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
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PhD scholarships focused on improving outcomes for people with AML and MPN

Basit Salik, Dr Jamie Kuzich and Dr Julian Grabek are the successful recipients of the 2021 PhD Scholarships.

  • Acute myeloid leukaemia
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
  • Research
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Leukaemia Foundation to host virtual seminars for National MPN Awareness Day today

  • Media releases
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
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Jennie’s had baby George since her MPN diagnosis

Jennie and Russell Wigginton were planning for baby number two, when Jennie was diagnosed "out of the blue".

  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
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Jennie Wigginton and her family on holiday at Wilson’s Promontory in September 2017

Expert Series: AProf. David Ross on how clinical trials are critical to finding curative therapies for MPN

Professor David Ross discusses the "massive explosion" of recent clinical trial activity in MPN.

  • Clinical trials
  • Interviews with experts
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
  • Research
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Improving outcomes for Australians with an MPN 

Dr Liesl Butler is investigating the gene mutations and biological pathways that lead to the development of MPN.

  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
  • Research
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Tereena goes to her “happy place” when she’s in pain or discomfort

Meet Tereena Cocks, who has practised meditation and visualisation almost as long as she’s been living with blood cancer – nearly half her life.

  • Lifestyle and living well
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
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Haemo-globetrotter Bryan has blood tranfusions on his travels

Veteran traveller Bryan Mitchell, get treatment for his MDS as he journeys from country to country… until COVID-19 put a stop to his travels.  

  • Myelodysplastic syndromes
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
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Bryan sitting in a boat, with the Murray cod caught on a fishing trip at Lake Mulwala

Ken isn’t ruled by his MPN and is optimistic about his future

Seven years after being diagnosed with PV, Ken’s spleen suddenly ruptured.

  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
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Ken at a Fluro Friday mental health promotion at Phillip Island in 2016 at which he was a speaker.

New classifications of MPN mean better diagnostics and more definitive prognoses

How the MPNs are classified is set to change with eight new classifications based on the underlying mechanisms that drive the mutations.

  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
  • Research
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Professor Tony Green