3 h. ago Paisley girl receives Cancer Research award for courageous battle against leukaemia

Brooke Craig spent her sixth birthday in hospital during treatment for leukaemia this year and has set her sights on becoming a doctor or a paramedic when she grows up so she can help other families.

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33 h. ago Young man died of leukaemia 18 months after first ‘subtle’ symptoms

Jack Boles was first diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare form of blood cancer, aged just 19 in July 2020

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7 d. ago Innovative new cancer treatment hailed as an ‘extraordinary achievement’

In early studies, some patients with no remaining treatment options achieved deep remissions

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9 d. ago ‘At 13, I thought my leukaemia was incurable. But a new treatment has made me cancer

Almost two thirds of the patients involved in the study now remain disease free, researchers say

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1 week ago The search for 'Leo's hero': thousands offer help in worldwide appeal for stem cell donor

We told how Leo Sproson, 16, was at the centre of a worldwide search for a match as he is treated for leukaemia. His parents Jenna and Warren joined forces with the blood cancer charity DKMS.

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3 w. ago 10 things to know as a new 'cure' for blood cancer leukaemia to be available on NHS

A personalised leukaemia treatment that could saves the lives of people with an aggressive form of deadly cancer is scheduled to be rolled out on the NHS in a major breakthrough

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3 w. ago ‘Next generation’ treatment to cure leukaemia given NHS approval

‘The biggest thing it offers is hope,’ says patient involved in clinical trial which cured cancer in significant portion of leukaemia sufferers

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