Battling with blood cancer doesn’t have to be lonely
One of the hardest challenges that children dealing with blood cancer can face are feelings of isolation and loneliness throughout treatment. This is especially intense for immunocompromised kids who may need to be isolated.
Connecting with cancer patients on multiplayer mode
Battle Bus Bonanza empowers young cancer patients and their families through the fun of video game tournaments! Players include doctors, nurses and e-sport pros alongside patients and their families.
The impact it makes
Having to isolate means that children in the same hospital cannot spend time together. But, with Battle Bus Bonanza, they can overcome this distance and make friends with each other through the game.
How it works
Hosted from the Breakers e-sport dojo in Auckland, doctors from Starship Hospital, the Christchurch Children’s Haematology Oncology Centre, along with nurses, siblings, parents, and patients will be joined by Breakers players and professional e-sport stars to battle in the three-game tournament.
The tournament is live-streamed on Twitch for friends and family to watch. There’s also a huge range of prizes up for grabs from LBC’s generous sponsors.
More info
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Useful resources
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Blood Basics
Learn more about bone marrow, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and the lymphatic system.
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Leukaemia
Leukaemia is the name given to a group of cancers that develop in the bone marrow. Under normal conditions, the bone marrow contains a small number of healthy immature blood cells (blast cells) which mature and develop into red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets, which are eventually released into the bloodstream.
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Lymphoma
Lymphoma is the general name for cancers that develop in the lymphatic system.
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Myeloma
Myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells (mature B-lymphocytes), which are a type of white blood cell that form part of the immune system. Myeloma may also be called multiple myeloma or plasma cell myeloma.
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Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of blood cancers in which the bone marrow makes too many cells (either red blood cells, white blood cells or platelets). MPNs used to be called myeloproliferative disorders.
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of blood cancers which affect the production of normal blood cells in the bone marrow. MDS is sometimes referred to as myelodysplasia.
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is the name given to a group of cancers that develop from B-lymphocytes (B-cells), T-lymphocytes (T-cells) and natural killer cells (NK cells).
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Hodgkin lymphoma
Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) is cancer of the lymphatic system, part of the immune system, and mainly affects the lymphocytes. Hodgkin lymphoma differs from non-Hodgkin lymphoma in that it is characterised by the presence of a particular cancer cell, known as the Reed-Sternberg cell.
