Families supporting a child diagnosed with CML may have specific pediatric issues to keep in mind that come up which are distinct from adult issues, but the CML advocates stands by your side. Parental concerns may vary from how best to help a child be adherent to his or her medication to how such medications affect children long term. The CML Advocates Network has a section of their website focusing on Junior CML Advocates which can be a resource and a forum for expressing your questions and concerns. The Max Foundation, the CML Advocates Network and the International CML Foundation all wish to support families facing pediatric CML, so please let us hear from you if we can help in any way.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on January 16, 2012 | Comments: 0
José Carreras is a world famous Spanish opera singer who gained fame as one of The Three Tenors, singing alongside Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. While you may be familiar with his voice, you may not know his story. In this personal video conversation with the esteemed Professor Tariq Mughal, we hear from tenor José Carreras, telling his story about his diagnosis with leukemia, his odds of survival and how he managed to get the care and support he needed to beat his cancer and go on to become a true advocate in the field of cancer control.
The video called "Living with Leukemia: A conversation between José Carreras and Professor Tariq Mughal" has been shared courtesy of Professor Mughal, a leading oncologist in the field of leukemia thanks to his organization, the Alpine Oncology Foundation.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on January 09, 2012 | Comments: 1
Each year, the American Society for Hematology (ASH) meeting is full of exciting news for cancer survivors. In 2011, thousands of physicians came together in San Diego to exchange information about promising studies and statistics. And each year, we at The Max Foundation turn to our friends from the CML Advocates Network to help us digest and interpret all of the exciting findings. So, once again, we give thanks to Jan Geissler and Giora Sharf for their report on ASH outcomes related to CML, presented from the patient perspective. Click here for their full report.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on January 05, 2012 | Comments: 0
As the New Year rings in around the world, we send well wishes from all our team members, from Seattle to Mumbai, from Manila to Tashkent, from Buenos Aires to Johannesburg and beyond. From all our team across the globle already welcoming the New Year, to those on the brink and to those with the day ahead-- we send you our very best for a New Year full of love, laughter and good health. Together, we look forward RISING ABOVE CANCER as we welcome 2012 with so much potential ahead.
Happy New Year to you and yours, no matter where you are! We look forward to continuing our collective journey in 2012.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on December 31, 2011 | Comments: 4
Whether you are near or far, living where it is winter weather or welcoming the summer, the holidays of the season are upon us in many parts of the world ~ and so we send our warmest greetings and well wishes to each and every one of you. As always, the end of the year is a chance to reflect on all that we have accomplished together and to look ahead toward 2012 and begin thinking about all that we will do together. This has been an amazing year full of strong partnerships, through which have grown our services and our sensibilities. We cherish being so close with so many cancer survivors, advocates, physicians, companies, colleagues and partners. Thank you for all your support-- year in and year out.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on December 21, 2011 | Comments: 8