Lymphoma Australia turns 20 in 2024

In 2024 we are celebrating 20 years of service.

Our support services have always had our patients at heart – YOU are the reason we exist.

We have been there to support those affected by lymphoma or CLL, and family and friends, through these challenging and stressful times.

If you have the capacity to make a donation to Lymphoma Australia to assist with our ongoing services, we would be extremely grateful.

Your donation will make a big difference to Lymphoma patients and their families. Lymphoma Australia is committed to raising awareness, providing support, and supporting research for a cure.

Together we can also address a growing need which is that every Australian diagnosed with lymphoma should have access to the appropriate support and the best available treatments.

Every donation makes an impact. Thank you.

 

Message from CEO Sharon Winton

“There are more than 7,400 Australians diagnosed with Lymphoma each year – that is one person every 2 hours. Many lives will be affected by one new diagnosis and despite Lymphoma being our sixth most common cancer, we don’t even know the cause.

Lymphoma Australia is the only national charity dedicated to Lymphoma. Our aim is to reduce the impact of this cancer in the community through advocacy, awareness, education, support and research.”

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Please note: Lymphoma Australia staff are only able to reply to emails sent in English language.

For people living in Australia, we can offer a phone translation service. Have your nurse or English speaking relative call us to arrange this.

Useful Definitions

  • Refractory: This means the lymphoma does not get better with treatment. The treatment didn’t work as hoped.
  • Relapsed: This means the lymphoma came back after being gone for a while after treatment.
  • 2nd line treatment: This is the second treatment you get if the first one didn’t work (refractory) or if the lymphoma comes back (relapse).
  • 3rd line treatment: This is the third treatment you get if the second one didn’t work or the lymphoma comes back again.
  • Approved: Available in Australia and listed by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).
  • Funded: Costs are covered for Australian citizens. This means if you have a Medicare card, you shouldn’t have to pay for the treatment.[WO7]

You need healthy T-cells to make CAR T-cells. For this reason, CAR T-cell therapy cannot be used if you have a T-cell lymphoma – yet.

For more information on CAR T-cells and T-cell lymphoma click here. 

Special Note: Although your T-cells are removed from your blood for CAR T-cell therapy, most of our T-cells live outside of our blood – in our lymph nodes, thymus, spleen and other organs.