We're ready

More than 11,500 Australians are expected to be diagnosed with blood cancer or related blood disorders this year.

We’re ready with support:

•  Providing over 1,000 regional families required to relocate for treatment, a place to call home.
• Transporting over 5,000 people to and from treatment, keeping them safe when they’re at their most vulnerable emotionally and physically.
• Educating around 7,000 patients and carers about how to live with blood cancer or a related blood disorder.
• Providing personalised emotional support and information to over 13,000 people in more than 90,000 face to face conversations and phone calls.

We're investing in research:

• Childhood Leukaemia – We funded scientists at the Rotary Bone Marrow Research Laboratories who with support from The Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, this year discovered cells that cause T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Effectively targeting these cells could improve quality of life for children by reducing the length and side-effects of chemotherapy, and help to prevent relapse.
• Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma – We’re partnering with Cancer Australia to fund a national clinical trial to test a new scanning technique for people with newly diagnosed, advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma. It is hoped that it could identify people who can safely avoid very intensive initial treatment, meaning fewer side-effects and better quality of life.
• Leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma – Stem cell transplants are a potential cure for leukaemia and lymphoma and help people with myeloma to achieve remission. But after transplant, a lack of immune cells puts them at high risk of serious illness or death from viruses like the common cold. Researchers at the Westmead Millenium Institute are exploring use of donor immune cells to fight viral infections in transplant recipients. Results look promising.

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