Cancer Facts
Cancer is the second leading cause of death.
Globally, By 2020, there will be 20 million new cancer patients each year.
In the U.S., there are 1.25 million new cancer cases annually
? 198,100 prostate ? 192,200 breast
? 169,500 lung ? 135,400 colorectal
In 2001, U.S. cancer mortality will be about 553,400 --over 1,500 people a day.
In the US, men have about a one in two lifetime risk of developing cancer; for women the risk is about one in three.