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Cancer Facts & Figures
More than 10 million Americans are currently living with, through or beyond cancer.
More than 1.3 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer this year.
In 2006, it is expected that 564.830 Americans will die of cancer, more than 1,500 people a day.
Of adults diagnoses with cancer today, 64% will be living five years from now.
One in three people will be diagnoses with cancer during their lifetime.
Three in four families will care for a family member with cancer.
The National Institutes of Health estimate overall costs for cancer in 2005 at $209.9 billion.
(American Cancer Society, Cancer Facts and Figures, 2004, 2006)
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