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Staying healthy this winter

With COVID-19 and winter upon us, it is important to follow the current government guidelines for people with blood cancers. Our Nurse Advisor, Fiona, has written this article to advise you on how you can best care for yourself this winter.

Stories

Dorthe Swaby-Larsen

Even when working for the NHS, symptoms of leukaemia can still go unnoticed. It wasn’t until Dorthe’s colleagues organised a blood test for her that a diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukaemia was confirmed. She talks about her story here.

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Sean Rourke: New life after cancer

When Sean’s wife fell ill, family life was turned upside down. But less than a year later, Sean suddenly had his own diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) to deal with too. Here, Sean talks about his new life as both patient and carer.

News

NICE approves midostaurin for treating Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML)

NICE have issued their Final Appraisal Document (FAD) approving the use of midostaurin in first-line treatment of FLT3-mutation-positive acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

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NICE approves arsenic trioxide for use in acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) treatment

NICE have today (Friday 4 May) recommended the use of arsenic trioxide in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL).

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Active Daily Living (ADL)

ADL is another great way to increase your fitness, these are jobs or tasks you naturally do during the day whether at home or work and building on them, they are ideal if you have a low fitness level or if you struggle for time as they can be built into your daily routine.

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Payroll Giving

Make a difference to the lives of people affected by blood cancer with a regular tax-free gift direct from your salary.

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Useful links on exercise

Returning to a “normal” life can see you reintroducing exercise into your daily routine. The following links contain excellent resources about exercise during and post treatment for a blood cancer.

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Health Technology Appraisals

This involves working with bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) and the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) to ensure that the views of patients are taken into account when making decisions over access to drugs and treatments.

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Corporate partnerships

Here at Leukaemia Care, we appreciate everything our corporate fundraisers do. The money they raise is vital in helping people with leukaemia and helping us to raise awareness of blood cancers.

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