Formation | 1960 |
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Legal status | Registered charity |
Purpose | Blood cancer research, Patient support |
Headquarters | London |
Chief Executive | Helen Rowntree |
Website | bloodcancer.org.uk |
Formerly called | The Leukaemia Research Fund (1960-2010) Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research (2010-2015) Bloodwise (2015-2020) |
Blood Cancer UK, (formerly Bloodwise, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research and the Leukaemia Research Fund) is a UK-based charity dedicated to funding research into all blood cancers including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma, as well as offering information and support to blood cancer patients.
They invest money into blood cancer research to ensure that all patients have their disease diagnosed early and accurately, receive personal, targeted treatments which are effective and have minimal side effects in order to beat or manage their cancer.