World Blood Cancer Day 2023: It is a global awareness day dedicated to the fight against blood cancer. Scroll down to find out more.
World Blood Cancer Day is celebrated every year on May 28 around the world to raise awareness of this potentially deadly disease. The purpose of this special occasion is to shower support and affection towards someone suffering from this disease. It is an important day to show support for cancer patients. It is a world awareness day dedicated to the fight against blood cancer. On this special occasion, we bring you some important information about blood cancer that you should know in order to spread the word.
Essential facts about blood cancer
1. According to the National Foundation for Cancer Research, more than 1.3 million people in the US today are living with blood cancer or are in remission.
2. Blood cancers affect both children and adults and account for nearly 10% of new cancer cases in the US each year. That means approximately 178,520 people will be diagnosed with blood cancer this year. Of these cases, 34% will be diagnosed with leukemia, 48% with lymphoma and 18% with myeloma.
3. According to the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, the five-year relative survival rate (the percentage of people still alive five years after diagnosis) is 65% for leukemia , a figure that has improved dramatically in the last 50 years.
4. Leukemia is a blood cancer that originates in the blood and bone marrow. It occurs when the body makes too many abnormal white blood cells and interferes with the bone marrow’s ability to make red blood cells and platelets.
5. All blood cancers are caused by mutations in the genetic material, the DNA of blood cells. Other risk factors vary depending on the specific type of blood cancer.
6. Different types of tests and procedures can be used to diagnose blood cancer. What you need will depend on the type of blood cancer that is suspected.
7. Treatment for cancers of the blood and bone marrow depends on the type of cancer, your age, how fast the cancer is progressing, where the cancer has spread, and other factors.
8. Blood cancers are serious diseases, but other cancers are deadlier. Blood cancers account for about 10% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States each year and about 3% of all cancer-related deaths. Data from the National Cancer Institute show a steady decline in blood cancer deaths.
9. Blood cancer treatment often combines chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Both treatments are effective but have different side effects.
10. More than 1 million people in the United States are living with blood cancer or a blood cancer that is in remission, says the Cleveland Clinic.
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