What Is Blood Cancer?
3. How Common Is Blood Cancer?
Blood cancers are fairly common, and more than 1.3 million people in the United States alone are either in remission from the condition or currently living with it. It’s also important to note that blood cancers are some of the most common cancers in children. Leukemias, specifically, make up about 28% of all childhood cancers.
Approximately every three minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with some type of blood cancer. That means this year alone, more than 178,000 people are likely to be diagnosed with the condition. Most of those cases will likely be a lymphoma, while the others will typically be leukemia or myeloma.
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