The Threat:
Cancer will affect one person in three before age 75.
Cancer and its complications will kill one person in four.
Cancer causes 12% of all deaths on Earth = 7 million.
10 million North Americans have cancer; 600,000 will die from it this year.
There are 10 million new cases of cancer worldwide annually, on the rise to [...]
The results of my recent PET scan came back on Friday and Dr. Dax pronounced me in “unofficial remission!” “Remission” means there’s no sign of cancer in my body; “unofficial” is because this has to be confirmed by a follow up PET in three months. I have some slightly enlarged lymph nodes where the tumors [...]
While I have asked this question about other things in life, I have not asked it with regard to getting cancer. It will happen to over two million Americans in 2008; why should I expect immunity from this lethal lottery? Here are the estimates according to the American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures 2008. [...]
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