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Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Division of Cancer
Prevention and Control
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K-64
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
Call: 1 (800) CDC-INFO
TTY: 1 (888) 232-6348
FAX: (770) 488-4760
E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
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CDC funds efforts to raise awareness about hematologic cancers (leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma), including symptoms and treatments, to improve survivors' quality of life. |
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Basic Information
Hematologic cancers include leukemias, lymphomas, and myeloma, which involve the uncontrolled growth of cells with similar functions. |
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Risk Factors
Scientists do not fully understand all the causes of hematologic cancers, but research has uncovered many associations. |
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What CDC Is Doing
CDC funds national organizations to increase awareness of—and education about—hematologic cancers. |
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Cancer Burden†
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More than 100,000 cases of hematologic cancers were diagnosed in the United States in 2004.* |
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54,264 people died from hematologic cancers in the United States in 2004.* |
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†U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group.
United States Cancer Statistics: 2004 Incidence and Mortality. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2007.
*The most recent year for which statistics are currently available.
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