Our $200,000 Campaign!!
Thanks to our members’ generous donations over the past, we have been able commit to funding two exciting new research projects. Now comes the hard part – we need [...]
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BRAWM Trial Approaching Completion
The WMFC has been closely following the progress of the BRAWM trial because it is the only Canadian clinical treatment trial strictly for WM patients. As Principal Investigator Dr. [...]
Our February Newsletter: The Costs of Doing Research
If you've ever wondered where your donated dollars go when we support a research project, we take a look at the front line of the fight against WM in our [...]
The WMFC’s next research projects
With your kind donations and in partnership with the IWMF, the WMFC has committed $100,000, over two years, towards each of the following major WM research projects: Following our support [...]
AI applied to WM??
Your editors recently acquired access to an older version of ChatGPT (3.5, if anyone is tracking these things). Being of an inquiring mind, they gave the system the following [...]
Fall Newsletter 2023
As winter approaches ... Our member survey last March had many useful suggestions for newsletter topics, one of which was ‘healthy living with WM’ so that’s what we’ll discuss as [...]
Zanubrutinib vs Ibrutinib in Symptomatic WM: Final Analysis From the Randomized Phase III ASPEN Study
Quoting from the paper, published in ASCO's Journal of Clinical Oncology: "Extended follow-up results confirm improved long-term safety and tolerability of zanubrutinib compared with ibrutinib and support deeper, earlier, and [...]
May 2023 Newsletter: Contents
May is Research Month Spring has sprung and with May upon us, it’s time to thank you for a successful Research Month. With our fundraising and research so intertwined we’d [...]
May Newsletter – Help with Travel+Lodging
Recently diagnosed and looking for a second opinion? Now there’s a travel and lodging assistance plan for Canadian WMers. Now available to WMers in Canada, the IWMF Travel & Lodging [...]
May Newsletter – Donate Your Data
You can donate your data too The nature of research is changing with the advent of AIs that can look for patterns in huge databases. Your blood test results can [...]