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Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation of Canada (WMFC)
WMFC is the only Canadian Charitable organization dedicated solely to the Support, Education and Research for a Cure of WM.
Latest Canadian WM Information
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Wise advice for many of us in the WM community who are immunocompromised: it’s time to move to a better mask. N95’s may be somewhat uncomfortable, but that snug fit gives some amount of confidence that one is better protected.
As we reported in our earlier post here, Canadian efforts in CAR-T therapy are progressing. Although it is not WM directly, here’s a report of one of about 20 Canadians to have undergone the procedure so far: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/car-t-cell-therapy-canadian-patient-in-landmark-trial-shares-his-story-1.5656172.
See our post (from Lymphoma Canada) providing links to statements from all Canadian provinces and territories on their recommendations for Covid vaccines for Lymphoma patients. Go right to the source for your province / territory!
NCT04624906, the only Canadian trial specifically for WM patients, a.k.a. the BRAWM trial led by Dr. Berinstein, is now accepting patients not just at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, but also at the Vancouver General Hospital, the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, and The Ottawa Hospital.
