Information about blood cancer

In this section you will find disease specific information on the main types of blood cancers and allied blood disorders.

Blood Cancer Information

In this section you will find disease specific information on the main types of blood cancers and allied blood disorders.

Living well with Leukaemia

It's important to look after yourself, your body and your mind following a diagnosis of a blood cancer.

Clinical trials

Learning about cancer and cancer treatment is a continuous process. Every new idea and development in treatment needs to be tested in a way that is scientifically reliable. This is done by testing the treatments in controlled trials.

Podcasts

Leukaemia Chatters from Leukaemia Care is the latest launch from the team to ensure that you can get the information you need

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a rapidly progressing type of leukaemia. Almost 350 cases of ALL are diagnosed in adults in the UK each year.

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June 18th

COVID-19 and MPN patients (including CML): results of a study from Oxford

A study from Oxford University Hospital looking at the response to COVID-19 vaccines of patients with chronic myeloid neoplasms was published on 16th June 2021. The study was published as a letter in the British Journal of Haematology. In this blog, our Patient Advocacy Manager outlines the first reaction to the news and what the takeaway messages are for patients and their loved ones....

June 15th

How to combat loneliness

If you’re feeling isolated, or lonely despite not even living alone, you’re not on your own. Here, we look at ways to combat loneliness both online and offline....

June 7th

The SMC recommends aclabrutinib to become a treatment option for certain groups of CLL patients in Scotland.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) have today made recommendations for acalabrutinib to become a treatment option for certain groups of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) patients in Scotland....