About Blood Cancers

Blood cancers know no boundaries regarding age, race or creed. In fact, blood cancers have profoundly touched my life and for this reason I agreed to become a Woman of the Year candidate when I was approached by a dear friend. An estimated 912,938 Americans are currently living with blood cancers and unfortunately someone dies from blood cancers every 10 minutes. Leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children under the age of 20. Additionally, Lymphomas are the most common blood cancers and incidence increases with age.