The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

About Me

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, and patient services. The Society's mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.Yes - this is the official MySpace site of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!

Sign up for Society Newsletters to get Patient Services information, disease info, the latest in research and event information! You can also make an online donation to support blood cancer research.

Contact the Information Resource Center for information, support and guidance on living with blood cancer.

Become an Advocate! Become an online advocate by signing up for online newsletters and action alerts.

Co-Pay Financial Assistance for those living with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myeloma and Lymphoma.

Visit our Patient Services Bulletin Boards to talk with other blood cancer patients, caregivers and family members

Visit our Squidoo Lenses!Create Your OWN LLS Lens! Official LLS Lens Leukemia Lens Lymphoma Lens Myeloma Lens

Nominate The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for a Heath & Safety MySpace Impact Award!

By nominating the Society you can help our mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Visit http://www.MySpace.com/impactawards to fill out the nomination form.

My Interests

Curing cancer, providing patients with services and information.

My Blog

TAKE ACTION: Medicare to Drastically Cut Radioimmunotherapies

Medicare payment levels for radioimmunotherapies have been cut by approx 50% which will effectively eliminate their use by hospitals. Hospitals will be forced to pick up about half the cost of these d...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:23:00 PST

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societys New Mission Video

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Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:47:00 PST

Holiday Giving at Your Fingertips

Visit the Society's e-Store and purchase a crystal keepsake ornament today, just one of many items we've added especially for the holiday season! ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-co...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:51:00 PST

Myeloma Educational Teleconference - Oct. 10

Register online for this free telephone education program. This program will feature Melissa Alsina, MD, associate professor of medicine, Bone Marrow Transplant Program and Kathy A. Daily, RN,&n...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:23:00 PST

LLS.org Redesign - We need your feedback

Hello Everyone, If you are a one time or repeat visitor to our national web site, http://www.lls.org, we would appreciate your feedback regarding its content and navigation. We will be redesigning t...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:42:00 PST

Support Efforts for Access to Clinical Trial Health Coverage

Upcoming Advocacy Teleconference on Clinical Trials Save the Date! Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 4p.m. until 5p.m. (EST) The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is pleased to present a free telec...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:36:00 PST

Need Your Help - Survey on LLS.org Redesign

Hello Everyone,We are going to redesign our website, but that can not be done without your input. Please take a few minutes of your time to complete this survey. Thank you in advance for your hel...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:55:00 PST

CLL is added to Co-Pay Assistance Program

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is pleased to announce the inclusion of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) as a covered disease under the Co-Pay Assistance Program. The assistance...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:51:00 PST

September Is Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma Awareness Month

Tremendous advances have been made to treat blood cancer, but the battle is far from wonRemarkable progress has been made in treating patients with blood cancers. Sixty years ago there were few effect...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:56:00 PST

Make Cancer Research Funding a Priority during the Presidential Campaign

..> Presidential Candidates Discuss Cancer Last week, seven presidential candidates participated in Lance Armstrong's Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Forum, broadca...
Posted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:57:00 PST