Every year, nearly 9,000 adults and children in Poland are diagnosed with blood cancer. For patients, the primary form of rescue besides drug therapies are transfusions of blood components or blood products. The "Hematooncologic Association" has inaugurated the "Blood Safety - Patient Safety" campaign to make Poles aware of the importance of these aspects in saving the lives of patients.
"Our goal is to continually educate and make the public aware that blood is a gift of life that benefits more than just accident victims. Blood is an essential medicine for patients struggling with blood cancers," - stated Katarzyna Lisowska, leader of the Hematooncology Association.
Demographic changes, the progressive aging of the population resulting in a growing number of patients and a declining number of donors - all of this makes it clear to d...
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