Ruslana Camilleri, underwent treatment at a young age. I was diagnosed with leukaemia as a child. Like many young cancer patients, my life suddenly became focused on hospital visits, treatment and recovery. While other children were spending their days in classrooms, making friends and building memories, I was fighting a […]
‘We didn’t know the symptoms’ – Kelly Holmes’ mission to spotlight multiple myeloma
Dame Kelly Holmes has spoken about the shock of her mother’s multiple myeloma diagnosis as she launches a campaign aimed at improving awareness of the blood cancer Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes is on a mission to raise awareness of multiple myeloma in memory of her late mother. Holmes, […]
Blood donor celebrated for providing lifesaving support to sickle cell patients
Tinashe Chigora, 29, from Crawley in West Sussex, is one of just 1,200 people on the UK’s rare donor panel, a group crucial to supporting patients with sickle cell disorder. His blood is so unique that he is called in especially to donate to people with sickle cell. Mr Chigora […]
Arsenal fan misses title celebrations to help save a stranger’s life
As Arsenal supporters across the world celebrated the club’s first Premier League title in 22 years, one devoted Gooner was marking the occasion in a very different way. Thomas Alexander Apthorp, a 28 year old lawyer from London, was identified as a stem cell donor match for someone in urgent need of a […]
Match4Mum
My name’s Nidahl, I’m 24, and my world turned upside down in January when my amazing mum Zeinab was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). She’s having her second round of chemo at the moment and as soon as she’s strong enough, she’ll need a stem cell transplant to survive. But my mum is Eritrean and I was so […]
I thought rash was stress of moving home – the truth was far worse
Faith Hinitt, from Retford, Nottinghamshire, assumed the stress of moving home was getting to her – but the reality was far worse than she imagined – and changed her life. She started experiencing an itchy, red rash on her chest around the same time she became a homeowner in June 2023. […]
Major research exposes unequal blood cancer survival rates in the UK
The study, which analysed more than 413,000 blood cancer cases, identified disparities linked to deprivation and uncovered significant gaps in the consistency of blood cancer data collection across the UK. It is the first research to examine survival outcomes by blood cancer subtype across all four nations, using data from […]
Schoolgirl, 6, went to RVI after unusual bruises and nosebleed and was diagnosed with leukaemia
Brave Sofia Hook is preparing to undergo a life-changing stem cell transplant which is hoped to be her best chance of a cure The mother of a seven-year-old schoolgirl diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) has spoken of the incredibly difficult year faced by the family from Burradon, North Tyneside – but […]
Leukaemia survivor fulfils childhood dream of becoming a nurse
Childhood cancer survivor Dan Laird has fulfilled his lifelong ambition of becoming a children’s nurse, inspired by the care he received at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Dan was diagnosed with leukaemia, which affects the blood and bone marrow, at just six years old and spent three years undergoing intensive treatment. Inspired […]
Mum urges parents to watch for 1 symptom after daughter, two, diagnosed with cancer
A mum has urged parents to trust their instincts after her daughter was diagnosed with childhood leukaemia just days before her third birthday A mum has shared the one subtle symptom that led to her young daughter’s cancer diagnosis – as she encourages other parents to trust their instincts. Tulay Kachar, 32, […]