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Media - 30 October 2024

Funding next generation of clinicians and researchers to save more Australian lives

The Leukaemia Foundation and Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ) have again partnered to award three of Australia’s brightest blood cancer researchers and clinicians with PhD scholarships

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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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Media - 4 September 2024

World Leukaemia Day… one simple fact all Aussies need to know about leukaemia

The Leukaemia Foundation debunks the biggest myth surrounding one of Australia’s deadliest cancers to help save more lives.

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Media - 2 September 2024

Prime Minister backs blood cancer community for Blood Cancer Month

With Blood Cancer Month beginning yesterday, the Hon. Anthony Albanese MP has confirmed his support for the Australian blood cancer community, by recording an important message to raise awareness of one of Australia’s most prevalent and deadly cancers.

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Media - 30 August 2024

Two thirds of Aussies worried about discrimination during cancer treatment

Seven in ten Australians are living in fear that where they live, their age, gender, sexual orientation, income, or language used at home, will impact their treatment and chances of surviving cancer, if diagnosed.

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Media - 1 August 2024

Prime Minister meets with blood cancer patient ahead of Blood Cancer Month 2024

With Blood Cancer Month on the horizon, the Hon. Anthony Albanese MP met with one of the 140,000 Australians living with blood cancer to hear about their personal experience with the disease.

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Last updated on January 30th, 2023

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