There are more than 10.5 million cancer survivors living in the United States today. This number has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The number of survivors will grow as the population ages and progress against cancer continues.
About 1.4 million Americans are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year, and 560,000 Americans are expected to die from cancer this year — about 1,500 per day.
Nearly 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will develop cancer during their lifetime.
Within the next decade, cancer is likely to replace heart disease as the leading cause of death in the U.S. It is already the biggest killer of those under the age of 85.
Today, 65 percent of adults diagnosed with cancer will be alive five years after diagnosis, up from 50 percent in the 1970s.
We’ve put up a couple of web apps to help us come together to fight this disease.
Photo Gallery
We’re creating a photo gallery of people who have been affected by cancer — survivors and those we’ve lost. Head over to this page and upload a photo of someone you know.
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Cancer Live
A real time view of conversations about cancer on twitter. Spend a few minutes and you’ll see how this is such a global problem.
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