West Palm Beach, FL – Murray Guari Trial Attorneys proudly support National Blood Cancer Awareness Month. On September 23, 2010, The U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1433, declaring September 2010 as ‘Blood Cancer Awareness Month.’ Personal Injury Attorney Jason Guari is on the Board of Trustees for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) – Palm Beach Area Chapter.
“National Blood Cancer Awareness Month is an opportunity to increase the public’s understanding of blood cancers and encourage others to support the funding of research to find cures and education programs to help patients,” says Jason Guari, partner of Murray & Guari Trial Attorneys.
Sixty years ago there were few effective treatments for children or adults with blood cancer and the rate of survival was very low. Today, about 75 percent of children with acute leukemia and nearly 80 percent of children and adults with Hodgkin lymphoma are cured. Advances in the treatment of blood cancers have also led to new treatments for other cancers. In the last decade, 47 percent of new cancer therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were first developed and approved to treat a blood cancer.
Despite these advances, more than 900,000 people in the United States currently have some form of blood cancer and fewer than 50 percent of newly diagnosed patients will survive five years past that diagnosis. Every ten minutes someone dies from a blood cancer and more than 53,000 will die from one this year.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, and patient services. The Society’s mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society can be reached at (561) 775-9954 or visit www.LLS.org.
The law firm of Murray Guari Trial Attorneys PL was founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, at 1525 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 100. The attorneys can be contacted at (561) 366-9099. Additional information about Murray Guari Trial Attorneys PL may be obtained from the firm’s website at www.murrayguari.com.
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