Unisex T-shirt - Lymphedema Cancer Awareness - TLS/TSH/BLC003

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Blood cancer is a type of cancer that affects your blood cells. Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma are some of the most common types of blood cancer. There are also types called MPNs and MDS.

Blood cancer is caused by changes (mutations) in the DNA within blood cells. This causes the blood cells to start behaving abnormally. In almost all cases, these changes are linked to things we can’t control. They happen during a person’s lifetime, so they are not genetic faults you can pass on.

Some types of blood cancer affect children. Symptoms and treatment can be different between children and adults.

There are different types of blood cancer, including Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN). They each have different symptoms, treatments and prognosis. (Prognosis is the medical term for what's likely to happen in the future.)

If you're diagnosed you'll be told more about the specific type of blood cancer you have. For example, types of lymphoma include Hodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Types of Leukemia include Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

Blood Cancers are sometimes described as acute or chronic. Acute means fast-growing and chronic means slower growing.

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