More than 100,000 cases of hematologic (blood) cancers were diagnosed in the United States in 2005,* and more than 53,000 people died from these cancers that same year.† CDC funds efforts to raise awareness about hematologic cancers (leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma), to improve survivors' quality of life.
*Latest year for which statistics are available. †Source: USCS.
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Lymphoma
These cancers start in the lymph system. The two main types are Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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