Which Medicines Treat COVID-19? – Dexamethasone? Hydroxychloroquine? Antivirals? Monoclonal Antibodies?
Cut through the controversy and find out which medicines have been proven to work in Covid19 in randomised control trials.
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The future of CLL treatment – time limited combination treatments?
What is your goal for treatment? Getting rid of as much CLL as possible and having a long remission? Or containing the CLL and putting it into reverse for a long time?
Clonal evolution for dummies
In this Blood Cancer for Dummies article the focus is on clonal evolution which is the process by which cancer cells can acquire resistance to treatme…
Monoclonal antibodies for dummies
We recently did an antibodies for dummies post. You might well ask why "monoclonal" antibodies gets its own dummy feature write up. That would be like…
Antibodies (immunoglobulins) for dummies
Wait, what do antibodies have to do with blood cancer? A lot as it turns out. Many blood cancers are of a type of lymphocyte called a b-cell. The prim…
Ibrutinib and BTK inhibitors for dummies
Ibrutinib is a relatively new and revolutionary drug that has changed the landscape for treating CLL . For many people, it might be the only leukemia …
A hospital admission in the COVID19 era
Just over three weeks ago I woke in the night with symptoms of severe asthma along with itchy skin and nose. For some reason health crises often seem …
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) a new approach
EHA25Virtual: A Paradigm Shift for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Older Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 13, 2020&n…
FISH testing and chromosomes for dummies
I am betting most of us had a blood cancer tabula rasa at diagnosis, that is, our knowledge of blood cancer was a blank slate. When told I had CLL, al…
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What is blood cancer? Why Uncensored? Can my blood save a life? Where can I find some hope?
Cell biology and blood cancer for dummies
In the interest of full disclosure, I have no science background. To the contrary, science was my worst subject in high school. So when I was diagnose…
COVID-19 and Blood Cancer an Expert’s View – with Prof Peter Hillmen
Watch this video if you need a bit of hope from one of the World's Leading Experts in CLL. Just how risky is catching COVID19 for blood cancer patient…
Video: Prof Peter Hillmen Global Expert explains CLL
Watch this friendly and easy to understand interview with one of the top specialist doctors in the World on this form of blood cancer. Prof Hillmen ex…
Introducing Blood Cancer for Dummies
I was invited to share my dummy posts here on Blood Cancer Uncensored so here goes. I am happy that some folks find the dummy posts helpful. I did not…
What is Passive vaccination? Does Convalescent Plasma work? What is IVIG?
Passive Vaccination How can we help the immune system know how to fight the virus it has never seen before? You might have already read my post …
Daily Blood Cancer Uncensored News
The latest blood cancer news from across the Internet. Updated daily. Also includes some COVID19 updates.…
Join a Blood Cancer Support Group
You do not have to be alone with your blood cancer. There are ways you can connect with others and get their advice encouragement and support. Some op…