Striving for equitable access to life-changing treatment for myeloma patients

Geoff Nyssen, a devoted husband and father of two, has faced a decade-long journey with blood cancer. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2014 at the age of 40, Geoff faced an uphill journey full of uncertainty and challenges. Over the years, Geoff has undergone a myriad of treatments, each presenting its own set of challenges. … Continued

Interview with Helen Buckingham OAM

We recently sat down with Snowdome Board Director, Helen Buckingham OAM, to get her thoughts on the funding of a new immunotherapy treatment for myeloma, and how clinicians and patients can have their say.

‘Future of cancer treatment’ has just been approved

Reproduced from The Australian 7 June 2023 Natasha Robinson – Health Editor A new treatment, dubbed “the future of cancer therapy”, has been approved to treat a type of blood cancer in a step doctors are hailing as the beginning of a “total paradigm shift” in cancer care for the sickest patients who have failed … Continued

Vale Dr John Tandy

1949 – 2022. On 7 September 2022, Snowdome lost a much loved and admired member of our family, Dr John Tandy. John is the father of co-founder Rob Tandy, and his diagnosis of multiple myeloma in 2009 was the catalyst and part of the first chapter in the Snowdome story. Our vision is bound together … Continued

Raising Fun. Raising Funds for Myeloma Research.

Communities are built on shared experiences, usually bound together by local champions. Geoff Nyssen, a Snowdome volunteer, is one such champion (pictured above, left). Wanting to nurture his own community to be happy, generous and resilient, he began the MY Mount Eliza Run & Fun Festival in 2017 that sees 1,000 people join in each … Continued