Leukaemia Care is asking patients to fill in a new questionnaire about their care and treatment for blood cancer. Its purpose is to provide information, which will help the NHS […]

Fresher is not better It’s been long thought that when blood transfusions are needed, it may be best to use the freshest blood, but McMaster University researchers have led a […]

Sharon Berger, who celebrated her 65th birthday only a few weeks ago, has received devastating news when a routine blood test showed that, after three years, her leukemia has returned. Sharon […]

by Dr Mike Dennis,  Consultant Haematologist, The Christie, Manchester The 57th meeting was held in Orlando, Florida (USA) in December 2015 and was attended by more than 20,000 professionals interested […]

On 20th April a group of seven MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndromes, a rare blood cancer) patients and carers went to Westminster and attended a parliamentary reception organised by Cancer52, a coalition […]

Nurses Day Nurses’ Day takes place on 12th of May each year, on the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. It’s a chance to celebrate the remarkable difference nursing staff around […]

Cancer Research UK are recruiting a patient panel to review their research centres and you can apply to be a member.Cancer Research UK funds 18 experimental cancer medicine centres and […]

The most dramatic development in MDS research over the past few years has been the identification of the gene mutations that cause MDS. These mutations are not inherited, but are […]