LRF Scientific Leadership and Investment in Innovative Research Highlighted at 2021 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
LRF Scientific Advisory Board Members Joined by Current and Former Grantees at the 63rd ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Rituximab (RITUXAN) Plus Chemotherapy for Pediatric B-cell Lymphomas
Rituximab (RITUXAN, Genentech, Inc.), a monoclonal antibody, has been approved in combination with chemotherapy for pediatric patients 6-18 months with previously untreated, advanced staged, CD20-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), Burkitt lymphoma (BL), and Burkitt-like lymphoma (BLL).
Update Recommendations for Booster Shots
Recommended questions lymphoma patients, survivors, and caregivers can ask their healthcare provider.
COVID-19 Vaccine Updates and FAQs
The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) encourages patients, survivors, and their care partners to take information and questions back to their individual health care providers as a way of creating a dialogue and partnership about their lymphoma and treatment.
Hope Forever and a Day
For more than 23 years, Marla Briskman faced her lymphoma—enduring five relapses and six different treatments. What gave her hope? Incredible treatment advancements and the support of family, friends, and her husband and care partner, Rickey.
Care Partner Perspectives: Managing The Responsibilities of Caring for a Loved One
A lymphoma diagnosis not only affects the patient, but their care partners too. LRF Scientific Advisory Board member, Thomas M. Habermann, MD shares some helpful strategies on how to help cope with some of the pressures of being a care partner.
Beyond Barriers
Undeterred by barriers and challenges associated with lymphoma and the
medical field, Dr. Sonali Smith’s work in the clinic and research realms, and
natural-born leadership puts her at the forefront of advancing cures for this
disease.
Growing Stock, Growing Generosity
While many individuals choose to support charities through cash donations,
some donors have adopted a new way of giving in the form of stock gifts.
Read the Latest Issue of Pulse: Fall 2021
Read the Fall 2021 edition of Pulse. This issue of Pulse pays homage to family caregivers and the critical role they play in a patients' journey.
In Remembrance: Dr. Joseph Bertino
Remembering Joseph R. Bertino, MD, the founding chair of the Lymphoma Research Foundation Scientific Advisory Board.