Blood cancers

1. Blood Cancer
Alexandria Goetten

2. Problems
• “Approximately every ten minutes, someone
in the US dies from a blood cancer.”
• "An estimated combined total of 156,420
people in the US are expected to be diagnosed
with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma in
2014.".
• According to class survey results, more than
70% of the class have never heard of Be The
Match

3. Solutions
• Education about blood cancers
• Education about Be The Match registry and
donation
• Stress the importance of advocating and
knowledge to others

4. Works Cited
• "Someday is Today." . Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 1 Apr. 2014.
Web. 9 July 2014.
<https://www.lls.org/content/nationalcontent/resourcecenter/freeeduca
tionmaterials/generalcancer/pdf/facts.pdf>.
• "Someday is Today." . Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 1 Apr. 2014.
Web. 9 July 2014.
<https://www.lls.org/content/nationalcontent/resourcecenter/freeeduca
tionmaterials/generalcancer/pdf/facts.pdf>.
• ." How Bone Marrow Donation Works –Before, During & Post Donation
Steps. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 July 2014. <http://bethematch.org/Transplant-
Basics/How-marrow-donation-works/>.
• "Stem Cell vs. Bone Marrow Transplant: What's the Difference?." Insight.
N.p., 8 Nov. 2012. Web. 14 July 2014. <http://blog.dana-
farber.org/insight/2012/11/stem-cell-vs-bone-marrow-transplant-what’s-
the-difference/>.