September
is Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month.
Leukemia is a type of blood cancer
that begins in the bone marrow, where blood cells are produced. In 2014 there have been 52,380 new reported
cases of this disease and out of those 20,090 deaths have occurred thus
far. Leukemia is reported to have a
57.4% survival rate of five years or more.
It is considered one of the most non-discriminative cancers, attacking
men and women of all races and ages, though those between the ages of 55-84 are
more likely to be effected. To date,
there are more than 310,000 American’s living with leukemia.
Lymphoma is a group of blood cell
tumors that develop from lymphocytes.
There are two types of lymphoma:
Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In 2014 there is projected to be 79,900 new
cases of this cancer in the U.S. alone.
There are currently 172,937 people living with Hodgkin lymphoma and
558,340 living with non-Hodgkin. The
survival rate of this cancer is much higher than leukemia, at 80% in 2009 and
is one of the most curable cancers; despite the survival rate, there is still
20,170 people expected to pass away from lymphoma in 2014.
You
can visit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society website (http://www.lls.org/) to find out more
information, as well as ways that you can help through donations and volunteer
opportunities.
Below
are books, both fiction and non-fiction, that center around these two
diseases. Visit your local library to check-out or request these items (titles with an asterisk indicates books in the LDL system).
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult *
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green *
- Before I Die by Jenny Downham
- Childhood leukemia : a guide for families, friends & caregivers by Nancy Keene *
- Sadoko and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Elenor Coerr *
- Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick *
- A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks *
- Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor
- Lymphoma : current and emerging trends in detection and treatment by Jeri Freedman *
- Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts *
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult *
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green *
- Before I Die by Jenny Downham
- Childhood leukemia : a guide for families, friends & caregivers by Nancy Keene *
- Sadoko and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Elenor Coerr *
- Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick *
- A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks *
- Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor
- Lymphoma : current and emerging trends in detection and treatment by Jeri Freedman *
- Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts *
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