LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA

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Data Source: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)

Five Blood Cancer Facts YOU SHOULD KNOW

Someone in the US is diagnosed with a blood cancer

every 3 minuntes

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.

Gifts to The LLS (www.lls.org) are tax-deductible to the full extent of the Internal Revenue Code.

Join a LLS Light The Night Walk, be part of a research study, donate blood or bone marrow, spread the word.

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And despite the progress made in treatments, more than 1/3 of blood cancer patients still do not survive 5 years after their diagnosis

Leukemia

Found In your blood and bone marrow.

What is Blood Cancer?

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for malignancies of the blood, bone marrow or lymph nodes that

Caused by the rapid production of abnormal white blood cells.

Results in inability to fight infection and impaired ability of the bone marrow to produce red blood cells and platelets.

Lymphoma

Found in your white blood cells.

Abnormal lymphocytes become lymphoma cells, which multiply and collect in your lymph

nodes and other tissues. Over time, these cancerous cells impair your immune system.

Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that fight infection.

Multiple Myeloma Targets your plasma cells.

Plasma cells are white blood cells that produce disease- and infection- fighting antibodies in

Myeloma cells prevent the normal production of antibodies, leaving your

body's immune system weakened and susceptible to infection.

310,000 living with or in remission from Leukemia in US

731,000 living with or in remission from Lymphoma in US

88,500 living with or in remission from Myeloma in US

affect normal blood cell production or function. As these diseased blood cells proliferate,

they cause life-threatening damage to the immune and circulatory

systems.

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Since the early 1960s, the survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled

LLS has helped advance laws in more than 1/2 the states to ensure coverage and payment parity for cancer

medications, regardless of how or where administered

Stem cell transplantation was first used as a treatment for leukemia patients

Nearly 40% of new cancer therapies

approved by the FDA from 2000-2003 were

first approved for blood cancer patients

LLS partners with leading biotechnology

companies to more quickly develop the

next round of potential blood cancer therapies