“I needed two transfusions to make my daughter’s wedding”
Des says he owes his life to a clinical trial for the drug venetoclax.
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
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Anthony’s grateful family honours his memory with gift
The Leukaemia Foundation has thanked the Mammino and Puglisi families for their incredibly generous $10,000 gift.
- Our supporters
I’m going to live life to the fullest!
"We should try and live life to the fullest and get out and explore the world while I’m still well.”
- Myeloproliferative neoplasms
“It was like going through the four seasons”
Rockhampton local Brendan Hodda was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) just three days before his 40th birthday.
- Acute myeloid leukaemia
Breakthrough therapy gives hope for new leukaemia treatment
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Research
Targeting cancer ‘survival’ protein to kill cancer cells
A protein critical for the survival of many cancer cells might be the key to a new treatment for lymphoma and leukaemia patients.
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Research
A vital head start against cancer
Professor Maher Gandhi talks about improving outcomes for patients with DLBCL.
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Research
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- World Blood Cancer Day 2024