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BLOGS
HENNY BRAUND: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR STEM CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS?
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Here, Anthony Nolan’s Chief Executive, Henny Braund, gives an overview of current and emerging treatments for blood cancer and the developments needed to give patients the best chance of life. This blog post is adapted from an interview recently given by Henny Braund for The Economist’s World Cancer Series: Europe Virtual Week. You can watch…
How can we personalise care in the digital era?
Ensuring care has the patient at the centre is a key aim for the NHS and something we’re particularly interested in at Anthony Nolan. Our post-transplant care pathway sets out one approach to ensuring the breadth of patients’ needs are covered after a stem cell transplant. Anthony Nolan worked with the Kings Fund to host…
‘I was 6 months pregnant when I was told I needed a bone marrow transplant’ – Sophie’s story
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Over halfway through her pregnancy, Sophie was given the shocking news that she had leukaemia. Clare, from our Patient Services team, spoke to her about her experience, from diagnosis to what helped her on the tough road to recovery after a stem cell transplant. You were six months pregnant with your son, Freddie, when you…
Launching our report: Stem cell transplants and COVID-19: What have we learnt from patients during the pandemic?
Today we are launching our report, ‘Stem cell transplants and COVID-19: What have we learnt from patients during the pandemic?’. Charlotte from our Policy and Public Affairs team shares findings from the report and reflections on the needs of stem cell transplant patients, especially in the context of rising COVID-19 cases across the UK. The…
‘We lived in fear and hope’ – Noreen reflects on five years since her daughter’s stem cell transplant
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Today marks 5 years since Ayesha’s stem cell transplant. A few weeks ago she turned 16. Her life is full of friends and homework and Tik Tok and horseriding – something she dreamed of doing when she was first diagnosed with leukaemia, at seven years old. For many years her family lived in fear and…
Hero stem cell donor’s essential travel across country during lockdown to save a life
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A selfless student has travelled from Dundee to London during the Covid 19 (coronavirus) lockdown, to donate stem cells to a stranger in desperate need of a potentially life-saving stem cell transplant. Biomedical student Francis Allison initially joined the Anthony Nolan stem cell register three years ago, when he joined Dundee University’s Marrow society, which is part…
