Walk to Win the Battle against Lymphoma

To honour the memory of his late father Les Williams, Paul will be walking 700kms over 2 weeks to raise awareness and support for this cancer.

Paul Williams is very passionate about this cause and whilst remembering his dad Les he will also be walking for all Australians who have won the fight against Lymphoma or are currently fighting this cancer.

“After 12 months of planning and training, on Tuesday in comes down to walking 700kms in memory of my father Les Williams who passed away from Lymphoma in 2014 and raising awareness of Lymphoma. I am really looking forward to this  challenge.”

There is still time to donate to Pauls hero page and to show your support!

https://paulswalk.everydayhero.com/au/paul

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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.