At Anthony Nolan, we save the lives of people with blood cancer – and we’ve got some incredible stories to tell.
If you’ve got a transplant experience or stem cell donation story to share, we’d love to hear from you. Get in touch today.
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‘Every time I got a letter, I’d silence the room and tell everyone, ‘I donated my stem cells to someone and this is a letter from him.’ – Ben’s story
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When Ben was offered a free pen at work, he could never have predicted how his next decision would go on to change his life. After he got the call to say he was a match for someone, he donated his stem cells and has spent the last two years exchanging anonymous letters with his…
‘I’m not in this alone anymore, there are now two of us now.’ – Mark’s Story
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When Mark was told he’d need a matching donor to save his life, he didn’t know he’d also find a friend. After years of anonymous letters, this year, Mark finally got to know the name of the person who saved his life. My overriding feeling about our story relates to the moment when I physically…
‘It felt like the most important thing I’ll probably ever do in my life’ – Hannah’s donation story
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Hannah knows more than most the difference a matching stem cell donor can make. So when she got the chance to donate herself, it meant the world to her. This is Hannah’s donation story. When I got the call to say I was a match for someone, it felt like it was my chance to…
My experience of the 100 day milestone – George’s Story
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At Anthony Nolan, we recently moved away from using the ‘100-day milestone’ that’s often talked about in relation to a stem cell transplant, in part because patients told us they don’t want a timeline attached to their recovery. Patients like George Norton, who received a transplant and went on to be a patient representative on…
Phasing out ‘100 days’ – Why we no longer talk about timelines in recovery
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Our Lead Nurse, Hayley Leonard, talks about how we’re changing our approach to patient information to move away from timelines, and focus on patient experience. Timelines are often used in medicine as a marker for recovery. For stem cell transplant patients, we’ve seen this in the emphasis on 100 days and one year after transplant….
CAR-T cell therapy using cells from donors
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In this blog, our Patient Information Writer and Researcher, Jonathan Kay, takes a closer look at the latest developments in and potential benefits of allo CAR T-cell therapy. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is an exciting new treatment that has recently been approved for children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), and adults with…
