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Helloooooooooo Blood-Cancer.com! Can you hear me in the back? Good. So, I am Daniel P. Malito, author, columnist, and raconteur. I am new to the site, and this is my...

I love Edinburgh it makes my soul happy in a calm way. I spent 4 years here. I say here as I’ve been back for a wedding this weekend. It...

Clinical trials can provide an opportunity for patients to receive the latest treatment, provide a new treatment option for those whose previous treatment didn’t work, and allow patients to be...

I have my own style of using social media - as we all do, I suppose. Since my diagnosis, it’s definitely become a place of ‘brain vomit’ for me. Or...

A while ago a friend asked what was the nicest thing that someone had done for me when I was diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. I immediately knew the...

On September 24, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new treatment for certain types of blood cancer: Copiktra (duvelisib). Manufactured by Verastem, Copiktra is approved to...

When you survive a life-threatening disease like cancer, there is a transition period where patients learn how to incorporate that experience into their lives moving forward. For me, survival was...

Mantle cell lymphoma is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that arises from B cell lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that helps fight infection by creating antibodies...

For many people, losing a chip off their tooth is at most an annoyance. But for me, it is a big deal. When it happened the other day, a feeling...

After being diagnosed with lymphoma, I realized there is a lack of awareness of blood cancers. I barely knew anything about the cancer I was diagnosed with until I was...

One of the challenges for a multiple myeloma patient (or any blood cancer for that matter) is the giant question mark that hangs over our head. For myeloma patients, we...

When I was diagnosed with lymphoma, I had no idea what it entailed. How many kinds of lymphoma were there? What kind of cancer was lymphoma? Could I have gotten...

Everyone gets tired and usually, a good night’s sleep will solve the problem. However, fatigue is a daily lack of energy, excessive whole-body tiredness not relieved by sleep.1 This is...

I remember the first time I became aware of Blood Cancer Awareness Month: 2010. I knew other cancers had their own months. It felt good to know I was part...

On September 13, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new treatment option for adults with hairy cell leukemia (HCL) who have tried at least two prior...

December 21, 2017 is a day that I'll never forget. It's the day my life changed forever with a phone call and a chasm opened up separating my life forever...

Depression seems to be the “it” news in today’s media. The funny thing is it’s always been an issue that many face throughout much of life’s trial and tribulations. It’s...

I saw a brochure on how to tell the children that you have cancer, but nothing about how to tell your mother. Telling my kids required carefully thinking it through...

This is a topic that comes up again and again.  To be fair though, this is the case with a lot of what I write about...the same things if you...

September 13, 2018 is MPN Awareness Day! Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are a type of rare blood cancer. MPN develop due to a change, called a mutation, that occurs in the...