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CAR-T Therapy: Lifeline to A Cure?
Imbruvica Bests Chemotherapy for Older People With Leukemia
Blood Cancers 101
CAR-T therapy in which modified T cells (illustrated in white) attack cancer

Does CAR-T Therapy Cause Secondary Cancers?

The FDA is investigating the risk of new lymphoma among patients receiving the engineered T cells, but so far, cases are rare.

The Challenges of Cancer Caregiving

As the population ages, more family caregivers are being pressed into service.

Caregivers Know Compassion Is Critical; Staying Organized Is, Too

Two women share tips on caring for a spouse going through blood cancer treatment.
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, shown in purple, floating among other cells. AML is a type of blood cancer that starts in your bone marrow.

Researchers Develop a Potential Universal CAR T-Cell Therapy for Blood Cancers

Novel treatment relies on a newer form of CRISPR gene-editing technology called base editing.
Cayden at 6 years old. He was diagnosed with leukemia and later had CAR-T therapy

Dare to Dream a Better Future for Children With Blood Cancers

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Dare to Dream project helps pediatric cancer patients like Cayden, who received CAR-T therapy.
E. Anders Kolb, MD, is president and CEO of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

My First 100 Days as President & CEO of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

“I envision LLS continuing to be a leading innovator, driving change that impacts all cancer care,” says E. Anders Kolb, MD.

New Class of Compounds Rewires Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct

For the research team, the question was: “Can we turn something that is good for the cancer into something that will kill [it]?”
U.S. Representative Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC. CREDIT

Congressman Steve Scalise Diagnosed With Blood Cancer, Begins Treatment

House Majority Leader Scalise will continue to work while undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma.

Count on the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society This Blood Cancer Awareness Month

That’s a new blood cancer diagnosis approximately every three minutes.

FDA Approves Talvey and Elrexfio for Heavily Pretreated Multiple Myeloma

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society funded research leading to a type of targeted immunotherapy called bispecific antibodies.

A New Treatment Option for Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Including in Older Patients

The FDA approved Vanflyta (quizartinib) with chemotherapy for FLT3-mutated AML, an aggressive type of blood cancer.

Motixafortide May Improve Stem Cell Transplants for People with Multiple Myeloma

The experimental drug motixafortide helps blood-forming stem cells move from a person’s bone marrow into the bloodstream.
Past LLS president and CEO Louis J. DeGennaro, PhD

A Farewell Message From The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Retiring Leader

Loui J. DeGennaro, PhD, served 18 years at LLS, a nonprofit funder of blood cancer research and clinical trials.

Overcoming Drug Resistance in Multiple Myeloma

Dan Sherbenou, MD, PhD, received an American Cancer Society grant to study resistance to three key treatments for a blood cancer.
Mounica Vallurupalli, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Insitute

Mounica Vallurupalli, MD, Named First Damon Runyon-David M. Livingston, MD, Physician-Scientist

Vallurupalli, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, researches blood cancers and is passionate about equitable access to precision cancer care.
Multiple myeloma cells

CRISPR Studies Identify Many Promising Therapeutic Targets for Multiple Myeloma

New research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has identified 116 genes as key molecular vulnerabilities for multiple myeloma.
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