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Blood cancers now second-most common and deadly in Australia – Brisbane Times
Blood cancers, including leukaemia and lymphoma, are now the second most common and deadly form of cancer, according to new figures from the Leukaemia Foundation….
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…
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