While more children are surviving the disease, almost half of adult blood cancer patients will lose their lives. ¹¹

In total, blood cancer accounts for around 10% of all cancers diagnosed each year. ¹¹

60,000 Australians currently live with a blood cancer. Around 35 Australians are diagnosed each day with a blood cancer. ¹¹

Lymphoma makes up the fifth most common cancer in Australia . ¹²

In 2017, there were 11,923 combined new cases of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma in Australia. ¹²

There are around 1,600 new diagnoses, and 900 deaths related to multiple myeloma annually in Australia. ¹²