On Wednesday, November 7, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society California Southland Chapter held a dinner to honor Dr. Sherie Morrison, a preeminent researcher recognized  with the LLS Award of Excellence in Research for making seminal contributions to basic and translational research. The theme for the evening was Women in Research where Dr. Morrison shared anecdotes from her incredible career as a pioneer for a...

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) California Southland celebrated its 2018 Light The Night® presented by UCLA Health on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Century Park at the Century Plaza Towers. Light The Night is an annual evening walk to support LLS’s mission to cure blood cancers and provide care to patients and families. An estimated 5,000 participants formed fundraising walk teams and gathered to ...

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society California Southland Chapter was honored to participate in one of 450 Community Summits convened on Friday, September 21, 2018, as part of the Biden Cancer Summit. The effort, inspired by Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative, brings together thousands of people to focus national attention on the "urgency of now" to create actionable solutions in the fight against cancer. LLS Adv...

Since 2015, Walgreens and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society have been partnering in Southern California and across the country to help families living with a blood cancer diagnosis.

To help people living with cancer access the information they need to make informed decisions on their care, LLS and Walgreens launched a specialized training course for Walgreens pharmacists so they can better unders...

The Beat AML Master Clinical Trial is a paradigm-shifting collaboration to bring precision medicine to patients with acute myeloid leukemia and is the first precision-medicine clinical trial for a blood cancer, in which multiple therapies are being tested simultaneously against multiple subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia, one of the most deadly forms of blood cancer. The master trial, launched by The Leukemia &...

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is committed to curing cancer, and we need your help. From event sponsors to employee engagement and retail activations, we value the partnerships that we have with companies in our community. With distinct campaigns including Light The Night, Student Series, Man & Woman of the Year, Team In Training, and Students of the Year, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society engages a...

Help us help people with blood cancer and their families. Our dedicated community volunteers are the heart and soul of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). There are many different ways you can participate and make a difference in the lives of those touched by blood cancer.
  You can help us with: Event/Campaign support General office help Donor development Patient Services and family...

This Blood Cancer Conference (BCC) is one of many programs developed by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to meet the needs of patients, survivors, families and oncology professionals, the people who deal with blood cancer every day and the people who care for them. BCC attendees receive the most current information and access to local resources to help navigate and make informed decisions about their treatme...

LLS is here to help. As a first step, please contact an Information Specialist: Call Toll Free 1-800-955-4572 Live Online Chat Email infocenter@lls.org Our Information Specialists are master's level oncology social workers, nurses and health educators. They will help answer your questions and provide resources to help.
Refer a Patient LLS partners with thousands of providers each ye...

South Bay - Blood Cancer Networking Group meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Cancer Support Community
109 W.Torrance Blvd. Suite 100
Redondo Beach, CA For more details, please contact the facilitator: Robin Herman, RN and Stacy Byone, RN, NP, MSN, OCN 310.376.3550 West Los Angeles - Blood Cancer Support Group meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Cancer Support Community Benjamin C...

California Southland Chapter Article Archive:

2018: 2018 LOS ANGELES MAN & WOMAN OF THE YEAR CAMPAIGN BREAKS NEW LOCAL RECORD - Together, Los Angeles Candidates & Leadership Committee members raised a record-breaking $1,897,878 in just 10 weeks.

2018 MAN & WOMAN OF THE YEAR CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF AT DODGER STADIUM - 20 extraordinary candidates from across LA hav...