# Cancer — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Cancer, blood service is American Red Cross (US); 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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Cancer _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Blood service:** American Red Cross (US) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** 12 months _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** since treatment was completed and no cancer recurrence; leukemia or lymphoma including Hodgkin's Disease are permanent exclusion _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 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.

## Source

- https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).