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Blood Cancer UK research strategy - your questions answered
Read more about Blood Cancer UK's research strategy, find out how we will allocate funding, and how soon research should deliver impact for patients.
Catching Covid with blood cancer - Philip's story
Hear how Philip's family did everything they could to shelter him from Covid after he was diagnosed with Myelodysplasia (MDS), and how the vaccine offer enough protection.
I put my symptoms down to being pregnant, but it was actually blood cancer.
Read Jemma's story about how her Hodgkin lymphoma symptoms were mistaken as side effects of being pregnant.
The blood cancer jigsaw: how we start to piece together the bigger picture
Read more about Blood Cancer UK's article on the similarities between blood cancer treatments, and how some drugs and research are having an impact across multiple conditions.
Clinical trials: Everything you didn't know you needed to know
Not many people know that we run the UK's first and only Clinical Trials Support Service for people with blood cancer – helping patients get access to treatments they may have never known were available. But what is a clinical trial, and who are they available to? Read on to find out more...
How we're going to make sure everyone is included in our clinical trials
Discover how Blood Cancer UK recruits people to take part in their clinical trials.
My dad – the hero every story deserves
My Dad told me countless of tales and played many different characters. But in the end, when it comes to my story, he will always be the hero.
David's fundraising story
Read about David's fundraising story.
Why am I being invited for a third COVID vaccine dose?
Read Blood Cancer UK's advice on why people with blood cancer are being invited for a third COVID vaccine dose.
Five-year-old Mila Sneddon is taking on Scoot in September to raise funds for children with blood cancer
The scooting star captured the nations hearts – including those of the Duchess of Cambridge and Ant & Dec – during lockdown when forced to isolate from her Dad during treatment
Our research investment into AML
We asked Professor Brian Huntly, an AML expert who has been working in this area for the past 18 years, why there has been so much research into AML and what he expects the future of AML research to hold.
Fears blood cancer cases are being missed, as more than half of Brits can't name blood cancer symptoms
Blood Cancer UK warns that more than half of people in Britain can't name the symptoms of blood cancer, the UK’s third biggest cancer killer.
How we helped Covid booster vaccine research
Discover how Blood Cancer UK played a key part in Covid booster vaccine research for immune compromised patients, helping to create the OCTAVE-DUO study.
Can a blood test detect cancer?
Learn more about a new blood test that looks at cell-free DNA (cfDNA) that could detect cancers earlier.
Five reasons for people with blood cancer to be hopeful about the Covid pandemic
Find out why better treatments and vaccine efficacy should make people with blood cancer more hopeful about the Covid pandemic.
Open letter from cancer charities to the public
40 charities and organisations have written an open letter, urging the public to help keep vulnerable people safe as restrictions ease.
37 leading clinicians call for more Government support for people with blood cancer
A group of 37 leading experts representing people with blood cancer have marked the lifting of restrictions in England today (Monday) by calling on the Government to do more to protect people with blood cancer as the covid infection rate rises.
Vaccine Collaborative announce further funding for vaccine efficacy research
The Blood Cancer Vaccine Research Collaborative has announced further funding into COVID-19 vaccine research for people with blood cancer. The two new studies will seek to understand how the vaccines trigger an immune response in people with blood cancer and the extent to which this protects them from coronavirus.
Why we've decided to push the NHS on vaccine effectiveness
As much as we don’t want to have to push the NHS to do even more, there are still lots of people with blood cancer who don't have all the information they need to judge their level of risk. Our responsibility lies with them.
80% of people with blood cancer have not been told the Covid vaccines may not work for them
The lives of tens of thousands of people with blood cancer are being put at risk because they've not been told the Covid vaccines are less likely to work as well for them.
