Expert From The Leukemia
+ Lymphoma Society Available to Comment on Presentations From Annual American Society of Hematology
Conference
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, Each December, the American
Society
of Hematology (ASH) conference provides hematologists from around the
world the opportunity to present
their cutting edge developments in
hematology.,
with 66 chapters in the United States and Canada
, is the world's largest
voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research
and
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About Wounded Warrior Project
Wounded Warrior
Project (WWP) is a non-profit organization
dedicated to assisting severely injured servicemen and
women.syndrome families
This year emerging therapies for leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
myeloma and myelodyplastic
syndrome, will be among the significant findings
being presented at the annual conference.
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,
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Deborah Banker, Vice President Research Communications, Available to Discuss
Potential Impact
of Findings Presented at Conference in Atlanta
WHITE PLAINS, N.
About The Leukemia
+ Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia + Lymphoma Society(R), headquartered in White Plains, N. The
Society's mission: Cure
leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality
of
life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, the Society
has invested more
than $424 million in research specifically targeting
leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.LLS. ET. "This
not only enables
families to see and communicate with others back home, but it will
help boost
morale for soldiers who are still overseas. Among the various free services the WWP
provides are
Veterans Affairs benefits counseling and vocational
training.media newsletters
IRC information specialists are available
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Monday through Friday, 9 a.SightSpeed and Wounded Warrior Team Up to Bring Soldiers
and Their Families Together; Families of Wounded Soldiers Receiving Treatment at Walter Reed Hospital
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injured servicemen and women, today announced an alliance to offer
free video calling to families
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families, this means more time away from home for both soldiers and
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For more information
about blood cancer, visit http://www.org or call
the Society's Information Resource Center (IRC)
, a call center staffed by
master's level social workers, nurses and health educators who provide
information, support and resources to patients and their families and
caregivers.m.
The program also sponsors adaptive sports clinics and
activities that assist the veterans during
their rehabilitation
process. For more information,
please visit www.resource families
We know the power of
seeing and hearing a loved one is essential in
keeping families together through such a difficult
time.interested disabled
Deborah Banker, Vice President Research Communications for The Leukemia +
Lymphoma Society
, is available to help analyze the clinical data and to
discuss how blood cancer patients stand to
benefit from these potential new
drug therapies and diagnostic tools, currently in clinical trials
.Y. Since many of the soldiers now returning are
amputees, recovery time can be close to eight months
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To arrange interviews with Banker please contact Andrea Greif at
914-772-3027 (cell phone
).
The Mologne House takes in family members of soldiers receiving
treatment at Walter Reed.others news
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