Professor T Hamblin (DM, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci)

Peacefully passed away shortly before 1.00 AM on Sunday 8th January 2012.

Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time,

Professor Hamblin has played such a key role in the development and understanding of CLL medicine and its treatment and has always remained an active influence. He has tirelessly helped so many of us, at the bedside, the bench and in his continuing support and education of all touched by CLL. Always willing to personally contact and help those in need of answers. No matter what else he was working on or dealing with, he was always there for those on various lists and never tired of providing us with understandable information to help us all live to the full with our disease. His personal writing and scientific publications will always be with us as we continue our journeys.

We were privileged to have Professor Hamblin's support as CLL expert to the association and his passing is such a great loss to us all.

Details of the thanksgiving service will be posted on his blog in the near future. You can express your condolences on the blog.http://mutated-unmuated.blogspot.com

Oxford meeting 16th March 2012

We would like to invite you to a Members' meeting of the CLLSA at:

The Oxford Belfry, Milton Common, Nr Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2JW  

16th March 2012, 10:30am to 4:00pm

The main purpose of all the patient meetings is for you, the patient, carer or friend to meet other people with CLL, and to exchange experiences.

 

We are fortunate to have Dr Anna Schuh as a guest speaker. Dr Schuh MD, PhD, MRCP, FRCPath is a consultant haematologist in Oxford with a specialist experience in CLL.

 

Details of how to get to The Oxford Belfry are attached. We are looking into providing transport from Oxford, Didcot Parkway and Hadenham and Thame Railway Stations.

 

The full programme will follow, but we would appreciate it if you would tell us now if you would like to attend as we need numbers for catering.  

 

Please contact the trustees' Personal Assistant at trustees.pa@cllsupport.org.uk , Telephone the Free phone membership line, 08009774396 and leave a message, or write to CLL Support Association, 39-40 Eagle Street, London, WC1R 4TH.

Latest Newsletter:

The November 2011 Newsletter can be seen on the News Library Page.

Understanding Hairy Cell Leukaemia

Hairy Cell Leukaemia is one of the rarer variants of CLL. We are privileged to have a new article for anyone diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukaemia especially written by Professor Daniel Catovsky for the CLLSA. Our grateful thanks to Professor Catovsky, and to Lipmed AG who suggested and sponsored the article. Click here to see the article.