“Prepare yourselves for the worst and hope for the best”. These words still echo from Dr Henry Eckhart, the Royal Children’s Hospital senior Haematologist and his team, Dr Keith Waters and Dr Karen Tiedemann as they presented two young and somewhat naïve parents with their son Benjamin’s diagnosis, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (or the beast as … Continued
Annette’s journey began with a tooth ache, then a blood test and following a visit to the Emergency department at The Alfred she learned she had Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). Annette had never heard of AML but with the constant support from her husband and a positive attitude she battled through chemotherapy, experiencing the cruel … Continued
Dr Jake Shortt views haematology and blood cancers as one of the most complex aspects of medicine. He enjoys the intellectual challenge of researching blood cancers and likes to question established dogmas and ‘think outside of the square’. During Dr Shortt’s PhD project, he was using a solvent, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), to administer drugs to myeloma … Continued
In June this year at the European Haematology Association meeting in Italy, Dr Melita Kenealy, project manager of the Victorian Epigenetics Group, presented the first results of her recently led, large Australian study for patients with Myelodysplastic syndromes. Here is a brief summary of her report, “First Analysis ALLG MDS4 Study”:- ‘Making hope real’ for … Continued
Reviewing the diary of Gayle’s lymphoma now in its fifth year, I am reminded of the huge range of emotions both from the patient’s and the carer’s experience. Shock and surprise were first, when Gayle was first diagnosed with Lymphoma in the brain although she was one of the most active and vital 65 year … Continued