About us

We’re Leukaemia UK. We believe research has the power to stop leukaemia devastating lives.   

Despite decades of incredible progress, only half of leukaemia patients live longer than five years after their diagnosis. We won’t stop until we change this.  

Bringing together the leukaemia community, we will accelerate progress through life-changing research, doing everything we can to make sure that the next person with leukaemia has the best possible experience of diagnosis, treatment and care. 

We will bolster the science by raising greater awareness of the disease to improve survival and championing the voice of leukaemia patients so we can make sure they have access to the best available therapies and care.  

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Leukaemia UK’s bold website and brand embodies our desire to be a greater force for change and brings our strategy to life.

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Latest news

“Tracey was only their seventh patient”: Tracey’s Story

21 January 2025 Awareness

“Tracey was only their seventh patient”: Tracey’s Story

The drug Doxorubicin is nowadays a standard treatment for many childhood and adult cancers including one of the most common childhood cancers – leukaemia. Back in 1970, this treatment was still new. Little Tracey Brooke was amongst the first children to receive it.

“Wow, I went through all that”: Marion’s story

10 January 2025 Patient

“Wow, I went through all that”: Marion’s story

Most days I don’t think about it, but sometimes it hits me and I think ‘Wow, I went through all that’.” Marion McIntosh

“I am the data!”: Lizzie’s Story

6 January 2025 Patient

“I am the data!”: Lizzie’s Story

Lizzie, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), became the first adult in Nottingham to receive CAR-T therapy after relapsing in 2023. Thanks to her daughter’s stem cell donation and the groundbreaking treatment, Lizzie is now in remission and embracing life one day at a time.