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Nurse project receives federal funding boost

Lymphoma Australia receives major funding boost

On Friday 29 March, The Hon Greg Hunt MP announced that Lymphoma Australia will receive a 1.2 million dollar grant from the Federal Government to continue and develop our Lymphoma Australia Lymphoma Care Nurse program.

This funding will ensure we are supporting patients
and nurses across Australia to have access to information and support at the time when it is needed most.

The funding will support Lymphoma Care Nurses over the next four years.

Lymphoma is the number one blood cancer in Australia, and the number one cancer for hospital admissions.

Over the past 30 months Minister Hunt has also approved 13 new listings on the PBS for lymphoma giving patients access to the latest and best treatments.

Our appreciation of this grant is beyond words as it will change outcomes for patients across Australia.

Sharon Winton
CEO Lymphoma Australia

 

  Vicki and Donna

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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.