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📢 Brilliant news! Zanubrutinib (Brukinsa), the first targeted treatment of its kind for patients with marginal zone lymphoma (MZL), has been made available on the NHS. It could halt cancer progression and provide an alternative to chemotherapy! 👏
https://t.co/r3XyWkNrNV
@BewickCarol@MyelomaUK_CEO@BloodCancerA Great to catch-up Carol - feel very much the same - lots of opportunity to drive progress in blood cancer together! Sparkle sparkle…
Fantastic to hear that MPs have voted in favour of increasing the age of sale of tobacco. Smoking can cause at least 15 different types of cancer, including acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), which is why we're proud to support @CRUK_Policy's #SmokefreeUK campaign.🚭
Every day 27 people in the UK are diagnosed with leukaemia. It’s the most common cancer among children. Yet despite this, leukaemia has been neglected by successive governments, and as a result survival rates remain low. It’s time for change. Please share and sign the below 🧡
⚠️ Governments have continued to neglect the needs of patients with blood cancers such as leukaemia. This must change NOW.
Sign our open letter and join us in demanding better for those affected by this devastating disease: https://t.co/jJNET7kHTz
Fantastic to see @SeneddWales debating the need for improved diagnosis of leukaemia. Massive thanks to @MarkIsherwoodMS and @MikeHedgesAM for bringing a spot light to this important issue for the thousands diagnosed every year.
Thanks to @MarkIsherwoodMS for hosting a debate at @SeneddWales on our joint #SpotLeukaemia campaign with @LeukaemiaCareUK. We're grateful for the contributions from @MikeHedgesAM and we appreciate Deputy Minister @lynne_neagle's commitment to consider our recommendations. (1/2)
📢MRC funded PhD scholarship available in our lab @UoM_DCS
The project will explore immunotherapy as promising therapeutic approach in acute myeloid leukaemia!
Apply through the link below👇 (deadline 10 November 2023)
https://t.co/5P4Em2bTUS
#leukaemia#PhDposition
@SiFTW Brilliant news Simon! Congrats from us all @LeukUK even if slightly archaic title 🤓 😊 Hugely deserved and very proud to work with you and your team! Enjoy the 🎉
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So blimmin’ pleased and relieved to hear this - for the future of leukaemia & blood cancer research, medical research generally, and the millions of people who benefit - patients, their families as well as the research community.
A huge relief for the UK's research community! We are hopeful that today’s news will unlock further funding opportunities for scientists and clinicians, helping to accelerate progress and stop leukaemia from devastating lives. 🧡