Blood Cancers becoming increasingly prevalent in Australian Society

As recently published by The Age, via data from the Leukaemia Foundation, blood cancers are becoming increasingly prevalent in our society. According to the Leukaemia Foundation’s newest research blood cancers are now the most common and deadly form of cancer.

Some of the data is pretty confronting when tackled head on however, the Leukaemia Foundation continues to address the needs of the blood cancer community so that they hope to achieve their goal of zero lives lost to blood cancer by 2035.

The data shows that 17,321 people were diagnosed with some form of blood cancer in 2020, behind breast cancer with 19,974 new diagnoses. Moreover, 5631 people died from blood cancer in 2020. Dr Chris Tanti, the Foundations newly appointed CEO, has stated that ‘rates of blood cancers have been rising steadily over the last decade with a 30% increase in overall rates of blood cancers that period’.

To find out more about the blood cancer facts and figures visit the Leukaemia website here.

This Monday marks the start of the Leukaemia Foundation’s annual fund raiser the World’s Greatest Shave Campaign, with the organisation hoping to raise $15 million in 2021. Please visit the link above if you are interested in being apart of this years campaign!!