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Alarming racial inequality over third jabs, blood cancer charity says

A charity has said there is an “alarming” racial inequality in England for people who are severely immunocompromised and require a third Covid-19 vaccine. Blood Cancer UK said 84% of immunocompromised people from a white British background had three ...

31 Jan 2022 at 01:30

Hundreds of blood cancer patients to benefit from new treatment

Hundreds of people with a rare and incurable type of blood cancer are set to benefit from a new drug that has been recommended for use on the NHS. Elranatamab, known as Elrexfio and made by Pfizer, is an injection that treats myeloma, a cancer that ...

29 Oct 2024 at 14:16

Blood cancer patients dealt ‘huge blow’ over drug decision

Patients with a form of incurable blood cancer have been dealt a “huge blow” after a treatment was not recommended for use on the NHS in England, a charity has said. Isatuximab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone – also known as IsaPD – has been ...

24 Jun 2024 at 15:23

Fewer than half of immunocompromised in England have had booster jabs – new data

Fewer than half of immunocompromised people in England have had a Covid-19 vaccine booster dose, new data shows. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) announced in November that immunocompromised people – the group the NHS ...

28 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Free Covid testing must continue to protect vulnerable – charities

Covid-19 testing should continue to be free for all to protect people at severe risk of illness if they get the virus, a group of charities has said. Speculation has mounted as to whether the Government’s Living With Covid strategy for ...

17 Feb 2022 at 01:26

Charity reveals Raymond Briggs made annual donations in honour of his wife

A blood cancer charity has hailed the late Raymond Briggs a “quietly generous man” who supported them for years in memory of his wife. Briggs’ family announced in a statement through his publisher, Penguin Random House, that he died ...

10 Aug 2022 at 18:03

Survival time for incurable blood cancer almost doubles since 2005, study finds

People with a form of blood cancer are living almost twice as long on average compared to 20 years ago, according to a study. However, experts warned survival for multiple myeloma “remains devastatingly low” and more must be done, ...

04 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Rock star in remission from aggressive cancer thanks to NHS trial

Mike Peters, frontman of Welsh band The Alarm, is in remission from aggressive cancer thanks to an NHS drug trial. The rock star, who was forced to cancel a US tour earlier this year after being diagnosed with fast-growing ...

30 Sept 2024 at 07:16

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Dad’s feet were so numb he felt like he was ‘walking in flippers’ before receiving incurable blood cancer diagnosis

A father whose feet were so numb he felt like he was “walking in flippers” before receiving an incurable blood cancer diagnosis has said he plans to defy expectations and live to 100-years-old. Mart Roe, 62, a duty ...

09 Jul 2025 at 06:30

Seriously ill cancer patients go into remission thanks to new drug trials

Groundbreaking cancer trials are producing “incredibly impressive” results, with seriously ill people going into remission for months and years, a leading hospital has announced. The Christie NHS Foundation Trust ...

14 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Health

‘I forgot I had cancer after waking from induced coma – I thought I’d nearly drowned until I heard my diagnosis again’

A 23-year-old student forgot she had cancer after waking up from an induced coma and instead believed she had nearly drowned because of having “delusions” until she heard her diagnosis for the second time. Kirah ...

13 Aug 2024 at 06:44

Health & Wellbeing

9 key signs of leukaemia, as awareness is called ‘non-existent’

Although most people have heard of leukaemia, “extremely worrying” new research has found awareness of the blood cancer’s symptoms is “non-existent”. A joint poll by the charities Leukaemia UK (leukaemiauk.org....

24 Aug 2022 at 16:24

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