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Is it possible for you to give blood if you have cancer?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not for five years: You can't give blood if you are actively in treatment for cancer, or if you are within 5 years of being cancer-free. But after 5 years, you can usually donate blood. Sometimes this depends on the type of cancer, and of course, whether you have anemia as a result of treatment. In that case, they won't take your blood because you need it more!
Answered 12/16/2013
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Not usually: Blood banks will not accept donations from people suffering from cancer becauase of the remote risk of transmission as well as getting any chemotherapy that pt may be receiving for the cancer.
Answered 11/24/2013
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