Living with an MPN means regular appointments with a haematology team for tests and check-ups. It can be daunting facing your first consultation. But even for patients who are frequent flyers, well-seasoned in what to expect, they can be stressful situations for you and your family. Whilst a doctor’s schedule is filled with back-to-back consultations,…
MPN Voice provides support to patients and their families across the world who have been diagnosed with rare blood cancers called Myeloproliferative Neoplasms. The chronic nature of these diseases mean that it is very important for those affected to maintain a healthy lifestyle and look after their general wellbeing. Nutrition plays a key role and…
In Conversation With … Dr Eibhlin Conneally, Consultant Haematologist, St James’ Hospital, Dublin, who talks to Nona about her interest in MPNs, and how active research has been in the last 10 – 20 years particularly with the discoveries in understanding mutations and her hope that in the next 10 years this can be translated…
The 6th Living with MPNs Day, hosted by MPN Voice, was an all-day event held in London, for MPN patients, their family and friends to hear the latest news on trials and treatments from leading experts in the field of MPNs, from the UK, Europe and the USA, specialist haematology nurses and MPN patients. This was…
This online webinar is focussing on stem cell transplants (SCTs), with presentations from Dr Donal McLornan and Dr Andrew Innes, and Andrew Jedras, a patient speaker. Programme Welcome and introduction – Nona Baker, Co-Chair MPN Voice An introduction to allogeneic SCT for MF Part 1 – Dr Donal McLornan, Consultant Haematologist, UCLH Stem cell transplants…
This online forum focussing on ET – featured talks from: Dr Anna Godfrey, Cambridge University Hospitals; Prof Mary Frances McMullin, Queen’s University Belfast, Dr Joanne Ewing, University Hospitals Birmingham, Prof Claire Harrison, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital and Faye McGillian, patient speaker. Programme Welcome from Nona Baker, co-chair MPN Voice, and Prof Claire Harrison, GSTT…
This online forum – Symptom Management – featured talks from: Claire Woodley, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital (GSTT) and Lauren Urwin, Specialist Occupational Therapist, GSTT, and Rachael George, Physiotherapist, GSTT. Programme Welcome from Nona Baker, co-chair MPN Voice, and Prof Claire Harrison, GSTT Symptom overview and tracking – ANP Claire Woodley Focus…
This was the first in-person forum MPN Voice has held since the end of 2019, it was very well attended by MPN patients, with their families and friends, from across Ireland, who were all extremely pleased to meet-up once again in-person, to talk to other people with MPNs and to hear the presentations given by…
Antibody and antiviral treatments for people with blood cancer (updated 22 April 2022) People with blood cancer, which does include people with a MPN (who are taking medication for their MPN – aspirin alone does not count) can now access the latest covid treatments after a positive lateral flow test, rather than having to wait for…
We have some important and very welcome news to share with you about a new drug for myelofibrosis patients. After a long and complicated appraisal process, the Scottish Medicines Association (SMC) has decided that fedratinib is to be made available to NHS Scotland. The drug, to be distributed under the name Inrebic, is the first…