Cancer — can I give blood? (Vitalant (US))
12 months after last treatment
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.
For Cancer, waiting period is 12 months after last treatment; condition is for most cancer types, 12 months must have passed since last treatment and must be cancer-free; basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or in situ breast/cervix cancer eligible once treatment completed; lymphoma or leukemia permanently deferred; outcome is individual assessment; blood service is Vitalant (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.
- Criterion
- Cancer verified
- Blood service
- Vitalant (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- 12 months after last treatment verified
- Condition
- for most cancer types, 12 months must have passed since last treatment and must be cancer-free; basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or in situ breast/cervix cancer eligible once treatment completed; lymphoma or leukemia permanently deferred verified
- Outcome
- individual assessment 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.
What the source says
Cancer: If you have a history of basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, or in situ breast or cervix cancer, you are eligible to donate once you've completed your treatment. Those with lymphoma or leukemia are permanently deferred from donating blood (however, eligibility criteria for adult survivors of childhood leukemia who were diagnosed when they were 18 years old or younger may vary). All other types of cancer will be assessed at the time of donation, but 12 months must have passed since the last treatment and you must be considered cancer-free at the time of donation.
— vitalant.org, retrieved 2026-08-13
Source
- vitalant.orghttps://www.vitalant.org/eligibility