Providing a home full of heart
The Nield family were overwhelmed by the care provided by the Leukaemia Foundation while their seven-year-old son Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Support services
Category: Stories
Volunteering helped me find my new love!
Ian wasn't expecting to find love when he signed up to be a volunteer driver!
- Our supporters
- Support services
Blood cancer doesn’t stop: Mick’s story
Mick faced a bone marrow transplant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Acute myeloid leukaemia
Bruce has found his pot of gold – acalabrutinib
Bruce was the first patient in Adelaide to join an international CLL trial.
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Treatments and side-effects
Decisions from the March PBAC meeting for CLL/SLL
Acalabrutinib (Calquence®) will be added to the therapy arsenal for CLL and SLL.
- Advocacy and policy
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Other blood cancers
- Treatments and side-effects
Blood cancer doesn’t stop: Paul’s story
Super survivor Paul is thought to be one of the first Australians with myeloma to conquer COVID-19.
- Myeloma
Early diagnosis made the difference for Vince
One week before his brother was diagnosed with amyloidosis, Vince discovered he carried the genes that predisposed him to the blood disorder.
- Amyloidosis
I was a new mum with blood cancer
This year’s will be Sarah’s second Mother’s Day – but the first she’ll be celebrating cancer free.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Gavin’s life saved by a perfect stranger: “There was no option B for me…”
Gavin received a transplant to treat his ALL from an unrelated-matched donor.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Leukaemia Foundation invests in innovative MDS research
Better understanding and treating MDS is the focus of five new research projects that are part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s National Research Program.
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Research
- “Live life to the fullest”: Josh Gourlay opens up about returning to work and new beginnings after blood cancer
- Advocacy news – July 2024
- Talking Blood Cancer: Estate planning and medical directives
- Running for a Cause: Cal Gates’ Journey from Newcastle to Sydney on foot in one weekend
- World Blood Cancer Day 2024