Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that can progress quickly if not treated. Leukemia is the most common cancer in children, and about three out of four of these cases are ALL.

August 1 marks World Lung Cancer Day. Under normal circumstances, this would be an opportunity to raise awareness of a disease that accounts for nearly one in five cancer deaths globally while sharing information about risk factors and highlighting the importance of early detection.

Narcolepsy is still a widely misunderstood and underdiagnosed disorder. Sadly, in children and adolescents, narcolepsy can often be mistaken for laziness or lack of motivation. This means many children living with the life-long condition may experience feelings of loneliness and isolation.

When Steve began experiencing flu-like symptoms, he and his wife Crystal didn’t think his condition was serious. His primary care physician and urgent care doctors thought he might have mononucleosis or tonsillitis, but Steve and Crystal knew these theories were unlikely since Steve had his tonsils removed as a child. When he realized antibiotics weren’t improving his symptoms, Steve decided to visit the emergency room. Crystal was at an after-school activity when she received a call from Steve to tell her he had leukemia.

When Meaghan was pregnant with her second child, she found herself struggling to get out of bed. Many people assumed she was experiencing depression because she was also coping with the recent death of her brother. What was really going on with her brain wouldn’t be properly diagnosed for another four years.

When Norman was diagnosed with an aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), doctors told him the odds were against him. When it came time for a bone marrow transplant, no donors could be found. Then a woman in Germany, who signed up for the registry two days prior, emerged as a match.

Those who have recently heard the words ’you have cancer’ or ’we need to start you on a treatment regimen right away’ may have experienced overwhelming feelings around the extensive list of possible side effects from treatment.

While the oncology community is large, Jazz focuses on smaller groups of people facing unique challenges and difficult odds, such as those living with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). In the U.S., approximately 13 percent of lung cancers are small cell and nearly 30,000 new cases of SCLC are recorded in the U.S. every year.

There were approximately 17-18 million new cancer cases diagnosed worldwide in 2018, of which about 7% – or 1.2 million people – were blood cancers. While tremendous progress in the treatment of these cancers has been made and survival rates for common blood cancers have consistently improved over time, there is still work to be done. Certain blood cancers, like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL), can be more difficult to treat because they are rare and have a more aggressive nature.