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Blood cancers second most common, deadly – 7NEWS.com.au
The Leukaemia Foundation is appealing for Australians to give generously, after a 30 per cent jump in blood cancer diagnoses over the decade.
Every day in Australia on average 47 people are diagnosed with blood cancer and 15 die of the affliction.
The category of cancer, which includes leukaemia, is now the second most diagnosed and second most deadly cancer in Australia.
They also account for more than 40 per cent of childhood cancer diagnoses.
With an “extraordinary” 30 per cent increase in diagnoses in the past decade, those numbers will only trend up, Leukaemia Foundation chief executive Chris Tanti says.
“Last year alone, 17,321…
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