Cancer — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Cancer — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Cancer, waiting period is 12 months; condition is since treatment was completed and no cancer recurrence; leukemia or lymphoma including Hodgkin's Disease are permanent exclusion; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Cancer Eligibility depends on the type of cancer and treatment history. If you had leukemia or lymphoma, including Hodgkin’s Disease and other cancers of the blood, you are not eligible to donate. Other types of cancer are acceptable if the cancer has been treated successfully and it has been more than 12 months since treatment was completed and there has been no cancer recurrence in this time.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
12 months
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- Criterion
- Cancer verified
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- 12 months verified
- Condition
- since treatment was completed and no cancer recurrence; leukemia or lymphoma including Hodgkin's Disease are permanent exclusion
- Outcome
- temporary deferral our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- redcrossblood.orghttps://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html