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Visitors to this site are advised that the information available on this website is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide a clinical diagnosis or take the place of advice from a fully qualified medical practitioner. Information is provided to both the general public and health professionals for an improved understanding of blood cancer and related blood disorders, and to make it easier to discuss conditions and treatment options and access services and support provided by the Leukaemia Foundation. We urge users to seek the services of a qualified medical practitioner for diagnosis, treatment and answers to your medical questions or health concerns. The information provided in the service is intended to encourage, not replace, direct patient-health professional relationships.

All users seeking health information should be careful when using medical information on the internet. You should always seek advice from a qualified health professional for any health concerns or when seeking advice about a course of action. It is not the intention of the Leukaemia Foundation to provide specific medical advice but rather to provide users with information that may help in discussions with their specialist or medical care team, and to provide evidence-based resources to help in the management of blood cancer and related blood disorders.
Although the information on this site is carefully reviewed, the Leukaemia Foundation does not accept any liability for any person using the information or advice available on this site, or take any responsibility for the medical accuracy and suitability of the published content.

Information is provided on the understanding that users take responsibility for checking the relevance and accuracy of the information. For more information, refer to our Site information page.

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You must ensure that your access to this website is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you. We do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the information, nor do we undertake to keep this website updated. The information on this website is to be used as a guide or reference only and is not, and is not intended to be, advice. You should not act or refrain to act on the basis of any of the material on this website without first seeking professional medical and other appropriate advice that is tailored to your individual needs.

We do not accept responsibility for loss suffered as a result of reliance by you on the accuracy or currency of information contained on this website.

You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process that you employ for accessing this website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code, or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. For the removal of doubt, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of this website or any linked website.

Limitation of liability

We are not liable for any loss or damage, however caused (including, but not limited to, by our negligence) suffered by you in connection with this agreement or your use of this website.

If the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or any other legislation states that there is a guarantee in respect of goods or services supplied, and our liability for breach of that guarantee may not be excluded but may be limited, our liability for such breach is limited to, in the case of a supply of goods, replacing the goods or supplying equivalent goods or repairing the goods, or in the case of supply of services, supplying the services again or paying the cost of having the services supplied again.

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You agree to indemnify us for all damages, losses, penalties, fines, expenses and costs (including legal costs) which arise out of or relate to your use of this website, any information that you provide to us via this website or any damage that you may cause to this website. This indemnification includes, without limitation, liability relating to copyright infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, trade mark infringement and breaches of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).

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If you access this website in a jurisdiction other than Australia, you are responsible for compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction, to the extent that they apply.

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If you’d like to provide us with feedback about our website, or if you have questions or concerns, please contact us at webmaster@leukaemia.org.au. This page was last updated on July 1, 2020.