There were 4461 abstracts on leukemia at ASCO2020! Here you can find a link to all of them, but we also try to share some of the key updates from this congress and some other videos and articles to get you up to speed whether your current knowledge is entry level, intermediate or advanced.

Leukaemia (which means white blood) is one of the three major types of Blood Cancer – the other two being lymphoma and Myeloma. One condition, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) is both a leukaemia and a lymphoma and is covered on its own page. Both lymphomas and leukaemia most commonly arise from the B Lymphocytes so it is perhaps not surprising there is some overlap between these conditions. çtypically starts in the blood itself rather than lymph nodes .

Read more about Leukaemia in other articles on this site.

On this page we will be building a list of videos and helpful documents that you may want to work through if you would like an update on what is new in the world of medical information and treatments for Leukaemia, a type of lymphocyte blood cancer. There are also other articles about Luekaemia on this website.

To be honest, if you are in watch and wait, or remission and treatment feels a long way off for you then you might not want to bother reading everything on this list. We will try and guide you as to which videos and documents are easier to follow and which assume more knowledge. You can dip in and out, and even come back later. The USA medical conference ASCO is usually the home to lots of interesting clinical updates about CLL. This year is no different although the meeting took place virtually at the end of May . At the end of this article are highlights from ASCO2020 abstracts and a link to those about leukaemia, followed by a list of articles about specific blood cancers, and some videos of patients stories from Blood Cancer UK and this site.

Entry Level

• Blood Cancer UK Information
• LLS Patient Information
• The history of leukaemia and it’s treatment.

Intermediate Level

• Risk of COVID-19 Infection – data from huge UK studies (see also our review)
• Precision Medicine in AML

Advanced Level

ASCO Abstracts and presentations

ASCO 2020 happened virtually at the end of May, you can actually easily search the database for leukemia.  This is a link that will take you straight in to more than 30 Abstracts which you can view for free. Slides, posters, and videos all require registration but the abstracts do contain the key information. Some highlights are bulleted below. https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/results/leukemia?meetingView=2020%20ASCO%20Virtual%20Scientific%20Program&page=1 

ASCO 2020 Haematology Summary from Cancer Network

Haematology Advisor ASCO200 Summary

Pevonedistat plus azacitidine data

Magrolimab in AML

Early Palliation: Boon for AML Patients on Intensive Chemo

PTSD Symptoms Common in Stem Cell Recipients