
Raising Awareness on World Blood Cancer Day
On World Blood Cancer Day, we stand in solidarity with patients, families, researchers, and healthcare professionals who are fighting to change that.
“That moment when you get told the news, I think is every parents nightmare” Kieron Higginson.
Hughie was diagnosed with Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in 2020 aged just ten and is now cancer free after a gruelling three and a half years of chemotherapy at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Hughie and his dad Kieron talk about their story as a family, and highlight the importance of the work Cure Leukaemia is doing to launch a paediatric trials network which will deliver world-class, innovative and practice changing clinical trials to improve outcomes for children with leukaemia throughout the UK.
On World Blood Cancer Day, we stand in solidarity with patients, families, researchers, and healthcare professionals who are fighting to change that.
After living cancer-free for 15 years, Rob faced two devastating relapses of stage 4 lymphoma. The thought of enduring another six months of chemotherapy was overwhelming — until he was offered a place on the ZUMA-22 clinical trial, exploring the use of CAR-T cell therapy for relapsed lymphoma patients.