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Leukaemia
UK sources of information and / or support
CLIC Sargent
CLIC and Sargent Cancer Care for Children merged in January 2005 to become the UK's leading children's cancer charity. CLIC Sargent provides support to children and young people with cancer and leukaemia and their families.
Foundation for Children with Leukaemia
Leukaemia research and funding is the primary aim. Also provides aftercare resources and organises fund-raising events.
Leukaemia Care
Was formed as The Leukaemia Care Society in 1967 by a small group of parents - some of whom had children with leukaemia, others who had lost children through the illness. They joined together for mutual support and friendship and to help families of newly diagnosed patients in the same position. Then, as now, the Society offered reassurance to these families that they were not alone.
Leukaemia Research Fund
Includes information on leukaemia, Hodgkins disease, lymphomas, myeloma etc.
Leukaemia Society (UK)
A charity that raises funds devoted to the recruitment of volunteer bone marrow/stem cell donors, research, education and patient care.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Support Association
The aim of this site is to be a resource for patients in the UK with CLL and their carers. They aim to provide accurate and up-to-date information on CLL in a patient friendly format.
UK Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Forum
A UK based web forum for patients, families, friends and carers of those diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) Support Group UK
This website is published and maintained on a voluntary basis by CML patients and carers, for the use of CML patients, their families andcarers.
Cancerbackup
Information and support for people with cancer and leukaemia.
African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust
The objective of the charity is to try and do something about the poor representation of the Black community on the UK Bone Marrow register. The members of the ACLT volunteer their time in attempting to raise awareness in the Black community enabling potential donors to come forward and be involved in the process of offering hope and a healthy future to someone whose disease may otherwise prove fatal. This involves organising and conducting numerous recruitment registration clinics throughout the UK, specifically in predominantly Black populated cities and towns.
Leukaemia (lymphocytic) - fludarabine
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Leukaemia (lymphocytic) - fludarabine.
CancerHelp UK
CancerHelp UK is a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families. It is brought to you by Cancer Research UK. They believe that information about cancer should be freely available to all and written in a way that people can easily understand.
Royal Marsden
A leading UK cancer centre, recognised worldwide for the quality of its services. Site includes comprehensive, authoritative patient information. See their Patient Information section.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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Related pages in Patient UK
Information leaflets related to this topic (^ top of page)
Leukaemia - A General Overview
Leukaemia - Acute Myeloid
Leukaemia - Chronic Lymphatic
Leukaemia - Chronic Myeloid
Stem Cell TransplantPatient Support related to this topic (^ top of page)
African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust
Children with Leukaemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Support Association (CLLSA)
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia Support Group
CLACS (Children's Leukaemia And Cancer Support)
Elimination of Leukaemia Fund
Leukaemia Care
Leukaemia Research Fund
Leukaemia Society
UK Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia ForumMedical reference articles in PatientPlus related to this topic (^ top of page)
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL)
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML)UK guidelines related to this topic (^ top of page)
Guidelines on LeukaemiaRecent news items related to this topic (^ top of page)
Writing 'eases stress of cancer'
Playgroups 'cut leukaemia risk'
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Majority of youngsters struck with leukaemia will surviveOther - Useful resources (^ top of page)
Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
A-Z of Online Videos
Medline
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