About blood cancer

  • There are over 130 different types of blood cancer which can affect anyone regardless of age, gender and ethnicity.

  • Every 14 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer.

  • Leukaemia is the most common form of cancer in children, although 94% of people diagnosed with leukaemia are adults.

  • Thanks to improvements in research, today over 90% of children diagnosed with the most common form of childhood leukaemia survive.