◘ Every 4 minutes one person is diagnosed with a blood cancer.

◘ Every ten minutes, someone dies from a blood cancer. This statistic represents nearly 146 people each day, or more than six people every hour.

◘ Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma will cause the deaths of an estimated 53,240 people in the United States this year.

◘ An estimated 912,938 people in the United States are currently living with, or are in remission from, leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, NHL or myeloma.

◘ Leukemia is one of the top 15 most frequently occurring cancers in all races or ethnicities.

◘ Anyone can get leukemia. Leukemia affects males and females of all ages. The cause of leukemia is not known.

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