Did You Know Q3 2017

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month (#BLAM)

September 15 was World Lymphoma Awareness Day (#WLAD)

The CLL Society along with other blood cancer organizations have been busy on Facebook and Twitter bringing news about cancer in general and blood cancers such as:

• If pooled together, blood cancers would be the 4^th most common form of cancer.
• There is some disagreement in the nomenclature, but there are over 30 different types of lymphoma alone.
• CLL is the most common leukemia and the number of new cases and total cases is growing.
• CLL is both a leukemia and a subtype of non-Hodgkin’s ymphoma
• Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the USA and approaching heart disease as the leading killer.

Originally published in The CLL Tribune Q3 2017.