Saving the Lives of People with Blood Cancer
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Chris was just nine years old when he was diagnosed with leukaemia and was told he’d need a stem cell transplant to save his life. ‘Unfortunately, no-one in my family was a match, which is where Anthony Nolan got involved and found me a match. ‘Last year, 19 years after my transplant, I wrote my…
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After being diagnosed with essential thrombocythemia (ET), Colin’s blood disorder developed into myelofibrosis, a rare type of bone cancer. Here, he talks about his two stem cell transplants and the incredible support from his family. Would you mind telling us about when you were first diagnosed? In May 1980 I had a serious road traffic…
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After new findings from Anthony Nolan’s Patient/Donor project have been published, Jonathan from our Patient Services team looks at how new technology is helping us understand what the best possible match now looks like, and what this means for future patients. At Anthony Nolan, we use our stem cell register of over 700,000 people to…
Luke Benjamin joined our register as a way of paying tribute to the memory of his recently departed grandparents. The call to be a match turned a miserable day travelling into one of the most exciting days of his life and ultimately lead to a life changing experience. One chapter ends, another begins… I heard about Anthony Nolan while…
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When Elise Smith joined our register in June 2013 she never expected to become a stem cell donor twice nor did she expect to find love – but she did. Her decision to help others kick-started her date with destiny and set her on her path to meet her future husband to discuss being…
Journalist, writer and broadcaster Carl Anka blogs honestly about his fears and concerns around donating and how he overcame them to do an ‘amazing’ and ‘selfless’ act. My friend was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, and a lot of my friends and I signed up in support. To be honest, I signed up then mostly…
