Latest Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Stories
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With the threat of massive budget cuts looming under the co-called "sequestration," The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) today called upon Congress to reject any proposals that would impede the remarkable progress that is allowing researchers and health professionals to understand, detect and treat cancer. In a letter submitted to the leaders of both houses of Congress, LLS expressed its deep concern that the proposed...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1964, the five-year survival rate for the most common form of childhood leukemia was only three percent but, today, thanks to treatment advances, about 90 percent of children survive. As the leading global non-profit organization dedicated to curing blood cancers, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has invested nearly one billion dollars in blood cancer research since 1954, bringing us closer than ever to realizing a world...
CHICAGO and WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2012, The Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN) Research Foundation and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) jointly issued the MF Challenge Grant, seeking innovative approaches to reversing fibrosis in patients with myelofibrosis (MF). The challenge resulted in many high quality applications, therefore, the two organizations are continuing with a second round of applications. Applicants for this concept grant...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blood cancer patients with chronic, disabling, and life threatening conditions such as leukemia, non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphoma and myeloma are in jeopardy of losing access to critical medications. Some health insurance companies are now placing biologic drugs and certain cancer medications into "specialty tiers" that require patients to pay 20 to 50 percent of drug costs, amounting to hundreds or even thousands of dollars in...
Marta Hodson of the Harry Chapin Food Bank has been awarded the DonorDrive Run Walk Ride Fundraising Scholarship. Each year DonorDrive awards a scholarship to the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Conference to a staffer at a worthy non-profit to help them bring innovative ideas to fundraising for their cause. Cincinnati, Ohio (PRWEB) January 25, 2013 When the economy is down, many non-profit causes struggle to fundraise enough to meet their mission. A recent GuideStar survey notes that 2/3 of...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has awarded Anand Jillella, M.D., Chief of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant at the Georgia Regents University in Augusta, GA, with $1.68 million in funding from LLS's Therapy Acceleration Program (TAP). Dr. Jillella's proposal entitled "A Simple Patient Care Strategy to Decrease Early Deaths in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)" will be funded over the next five years. The...
PHOENIX, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Arizona Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Avella Specialty Pharmacy announce they will present a day of discussion about the latest advancements, trends and management of oral chemotherapy medications. The free event will take place on Feb. 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, 1475 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Local hematology/oncology community members will provide...
IRVING, Texas, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To help raise funds and find a cure for blood cancers, Cash Store, a Texas based consumer financial services provider, announced today that it is sponsoring the 2013 Big D Climb that benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The Cash Store is among several sponsors of the Big D Climb, the largest stair climb in North Texas, which will be held on Sat., Jan 26, 2013 at the Fountain Place located at 1445 Ross Ave. in downtown Dallas....
Centro-Charleen's Angels, an LLS Light The Night Walk Team, raised the most amount of money in the Fundinco.org Team Challenge - winning a Kindle Fire HD. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 31, 2012 The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Illinois (LLS) partnered with Fundinco.org to raise funds to find a cure by shopping online this holiday season. LLS launched this program in late August with all of their Chicagoland area Light The Night Walk Teams. Teams that registered through Fundinco...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gosling's Rum has announced its sponsorship of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Leukemia Cup Regatta to help raise money to support lifesaving blood cancer research and patient services. Thousands of sailors throughout North America are scheduled to participate in nearly 50 Leukemia Cup events in 2013. The series has been chaired since 1993 by ESPN sailing commentator and 1976 America's Cup winner Gary Jobson, and over $42...
