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Cancer Types
Do you know what the contributing factors of colon, prostrate, breast, lung, and other cancer types? Click here to learn more.
Causes
Alcohol consumption, nutrition and exercise, and enviornmental factors, can contribute to an increased risk of getting cancer. This section will teach you about risks you can avoid taking.
Estimated Costs of Cancer
Estimated costs of cancer for the year 2000 are $180.2 billion: $60 billion for direct medical costs (total of all health expenditures); $15 billion for indirect morbidity costs (cost of lost productivity due to illness); and $105.2 billion for indirect mortality costs (cost of lost productivity due to premature death). (ACS)
In 2002, the federal government will spend 4.9 billion dollars on cancer research. This may or may not sound like a lot, until you compare it with the 60 billion being spent on merely treating the symptoms of cancer. ASCEND believes wholeheartedly that we can never expect a different result if we continue to do the same things that have not worked successfully enough over the past 30 years. We contend that the following things must occur if we are to truly end cancer in our lifetimes:
Who is at Risk?
A: YOU ARE!!
Q: Who is at risk of getting cancer?
If you are living, breathing human being, you ARE at risk of developing cancer. Cancer is an equal opportunity killer, affecting both sexes, every race, and all ages.
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