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Blood cancers now second-most common and deadly in Australia
“We have put these figures together so that we can better understand how to address the needs of the blood cancer community now, and help us to achieve the shared vision of the blood cancer community into the future, which is to see zero lives lost to blood cancer by 2035.”
The data shows 17,321 people were diagnosed with some form of blood cancer in 2020, behind breast cancer with 19,974 new diagnoses.
Rates of Major Cancers in Australia in 2020
NEW CASES
- Breast cancer – 19,974
- Blood cancers combined – 17,321
- Prostate cancer – 16,741
- Melanoma – 16,221
- Lung cancer 13,258
DEATHS
- Lung cancer – 8641
- Blood cancers combined – 5631
- Colorectal cancer – 5322
- Pancreatic cancer – 3300
- Prostate cancer – 3152
Additionally, 5631 people died…
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