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Thinking of Max (Pat, USA)
Dear Friends, Max was 14 when he was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). A lingering cough and a doctor's check up revealed an enlarged spleen; from there, blood tests, more tests, shock. It was August of 1989. Max went on to take hydrea and then a very promising drug at the time, Interferon, all the while we searched for a matching bone marrow donor. He did well on i...

Pat Garcia-Gonzalez, Executive Director, The Max Foundation (USA)


Welcome to "Junior CML", the young section of the CML Advocates Network. In this area we will publish news, e.g. when new publications were published on pediatric CML, or when the patient community takes action on CML in children and adolescents. Furthermore, you can learn what CML in children and adolescents is, and see the list of publications on pediatric CML. We also provide a list of organisations supporting children with CML and their persons. You can also subscribe to our EMail newsletters. This section is developed in partnership with the International CML Foundation.

childrenwithcancerjpgThe "CML Advocates Network", the international platform of patient groups supporting patients and relatives suffering from Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, and the International CML Foundation join forces to support young patients affected by that rare form of leukaemia, as well as physicians and researchers. The project, launched on International Childhood Cancer Day on 15 February 2011, will encompass a range of activities to support collaboration and sharing of experience of parents of young patients as well as physicians treating children with this ultra-rare condition.

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