Dear Friends and Supporters,
We want to thank you for the strength your donations have brought to the CLL Society. Your dollars grow strong in our hands as we turn them into critical support and the delivery of cutting-edge research information. They lift hope, inform patients and caregivers, and save lives. If you, or anyone you know, has been helped by the CLL Society, please consider making a donation on Thanksgiving weekend or Giving Tuesday, November 27. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Patty Koffman, Executive Director |
Final InterviewDr. Utkarsh Acharya answers three more questions in the final segment in Dr. Brian Koffman’s interview on CAR-T with one of the principal doctors who cared for Dr. Koffman in Seattle during his own CAR-T treatment. Happy ThanksgivingWe here at the CLL Society are very thankful to all those who support us and use our services and who make this such a vital and dedicated community. We in the CLL community have so much to be thankful for in 2018 and much to look forward to in the coming years. New LLS Patient Financial Assistance ProgramNow open! The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has a new Patient Financial Assistance program for Blood Cancer patients in active treatment. Click here to learn more about this new assistance program. Prime Archived Webinars Now Online!Prime Education in partnership with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and The CLL Society has just posted two new FREE archived webinars! Click here for more information! Expert Access is open!Don’t have access to a CLL expert? Need a second opinion? We are pleased to offer a free 2nd opinion from a top CLL expert through a HIPAA compliant online video consultation. Don’t wait, apply now! CLL-Specific Support Group Meetings Coming Up!Tuesday, November 20th at 7:00 PM in Chicago, IL – The Chicago CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting. More information here. Saturday, November 24th at 10:00 AM in Nashville, TN – The Nashville CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting. More information here. Tuesday, November 27th at 7:00 PM in Berea, OH – The Northeast Ohio CLL Patient Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting. More information here. Wednesday, November 28th at 7:00 PM in Rochester, NY – The Rochester NY CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting. More information here. Sunday, December 2nd at 12:00 PM in Albany, NY – The CLL Support Group of Albany will be meeting. More information here. Monday, December 3rd at 6:00 PM in Indianapolis, IN – The CLL and Indolent Blood Cancers Support Group will be meeting. More information here. Click here for the most up-to-date information on all CLL Society support group meetings. Upcoming Special events:Thursday, November 29, 2018, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time The CLL Society, in collaboration with CancerCare® invites you to attend a FREE online workshop: Life with CLL: Taking Charge of Your Treatment Schedule, Part II of Life with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) featuring Lindsey E. Roeker, MD from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Guadalupe R. Palos, RN, MSW, DrPH from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Sharon Flynn, MS, RN, ANP-BC, AOCNS, BMTCN from National Institutes of Health, Clinical Research Center, Patricia Koffman from The CLL Society Inc., and Carolyn Messner, DSW, OSW-C, FAPOS, FAOSW from CancerCare®. Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast. Find out more information and register here. Lymphoma Research Foundation Sponsored MeetingsMonday, November 26, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Houston, TX The Lymphoma Research Foundation invites you to attend a FREE program: Ask the Doctor About Lymphoma: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatment Options at the BakerRipley Leonel Castillo Community Center featuring Loretta J. Nastoupil, MD from MD Anderson Cancer Center. Find out more information and register here. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Dallas, TX The Lymphoma Research Foundation invites you to attend a FREE program: Ask the Doctor About Lymphoma: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatment Options at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas Near the Galleria featuring Farrukh Awan, MD, MBBS from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Find out more information and register here. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Portland, OR The Lymphoma Research Foundation invites you to attend a FREE program: Ask the Doctor About Lymphoma: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatment Options at the Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center featuring Alexey Danilov, MD, PhD from Oregon Health and Science University Hospital. Find out more information and register here.
That’s it for now. Stay strong. We are all in this together! Patty
Patricia Koffman/ Co-Founder and Executive Director November 20, 2018 |