THE CAUSE

The Snowdome Foundation’s commitment is to raise money to support life-saving research and treatment of leukaemia and cancers of the blood. We’d suffer anything for this cause – feeling how we do about it.

There are three main types of blood cancers; lymphoma, myeloma and leukaemia and they are a significant priority for Australia.

Blood cancers are the second most diagnosed cancer, and the third biggest cause of cancer deaths in Australia. In 2023, it was estimated that more than 19,500* people would be newly diagnosed with a blood cancer, accounting for 12 per cent of all cancer cases.*

This is the equivalent of 53 people per day or one person every 27 minutes.

Alarmingly, the incidence continues to grow, increasing by 47 per cent in the past decade.

There are no screening programs or lifestyle changes that could reduce the risk of developing a blood cancer, and many are still considered incurable.

We need greater understanding through the support of translational research and clinical trials to discover new treatments and cures and accelerate patient access to new discoveries.

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