Blood Cancer Awareness Month: Let’s Raise Our Voices for the MPN Community
- Peter Löffelhardt
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, a time to raise our voices, inform, and support those affected by leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). These conditions impact millions of lives and often arrive without warning, changing everything for patients, families, and caregivers.
At the Global MPN Scientific Foundation, we see this month as a powerful opportunity to come together, create awareness, and take action.
Content guide
Why Awareness Matters
MPNs like Polycythemia Vera (PV), Essential Thrombocythemia (ET), and Myelofibrosis (MF) are often invisible and misunderstood. Raising awareness helps:
Encourage early diagnosis
Empower patients to make informed decisions
Promote better care and resources
Fight isolation and misinformation
Highlight the need for research and innovation
How You Can Help
Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, doctor, researcher, friend, or part of the pharmaceutical industry, there’s something you can do.
Use Your Voice: #buildhopeMPN
We launched #buildhopeMPN to share real stories and build a virtual wall of hope for the global MPN community.
You can join by:
Posting a message of support on Instagram
Sharing your story
Using the hashtag #buildhopeMPN
Exploring what others have shared
Join our Community: MPN World
MPN World is a private online space where patients and families can:
Connect with others worldwide
Share experiences
Attend webinars and online events
Access resources in a safe and respectful environment
Track Your Symptoms: MPN Journal
Patients often struggle to express how they feel. That’s why we created the MPN Journal, a private, free, and easy-to-use digital tool to:
Track symptoms and emotional states
Share insights with your doctor
Understand your health patterns over time
📝 Start using MPN Journal
Support Progress: Research, Donations, and Collaboration
If you’re a physician, scientist or part of a pharmaceutical company:
Collaborate on events or programs
Share educational content
Support clinical trials
Donate to help expand patient support
💡 Support our mission
Every Voice Builds Hope
Raising awareness starts with small actions.
Ask someone how they’re feeling. Share a story. Join a support group. Help fund new research. Every action matters.
Use #buildhopeMPN, join the movement, and be part of something meaningful.
Together, we are building hope.