Linda - Thanks for this information, but I'd like to see awareness go further, especially since this is Leukemia Awareness Month. It's tragic that so many children are affected - as you noted some 3, 000 children will be diagnosed in 2010. Leukemia, however, is very much an adult cancer and more adults are at risk than children. According to the National Cancer Institute, 43,050 men and women (24,690 men and 18,360 women) will be diagnosed with and 21,840 men and women will die of leukemia in 2010. We need to find a cure for this horrific disease, and we need to start providing stronger awareness of, and support for, those affected by adult onset of this blood cancer.
Pat
EmpowHER Cancer Guide
Leukemia Survivor
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Linda - Thanks for this information, but I'd like to see awareness go further, especially since this is Leukemia Awareness Month. It's tragic that so many children are affected - as you noted some 3, 000 children will be diagnosed in 2010. Leukemia, however, is very much an adult cancer and more adults are at risk than children. According to the National Cancer Institute, 43,050 men and women (24,690 men and 18,360 women) will be diagnosed with and 21,840 men and women will die of leukemia in 2010. We need to find a cure for this horrific disease, and we need to start providing stronger awareness of, and support for, those affected by adult onset of this blood cancer.
September 6, 2010 - 11:30amPat
EmpowHER Cancer Guide
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