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Blood cancer diagnosis on the rise in Australia
Monday February 01, 2021
Blood cancers have become the second most common diagnosis of cancer in Australia and are the second most common cause of cancer death.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare figures show there were 17,321 people diagnosed with a blood cancer such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma last year. Blood cancers were diagnosed more often than prostate cancer, melanoma or lung cancer.
Only breast cancer diagnoses were more common in Australia. In terms of cancer-related deaths, only lung cancer was more common.
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