Cancer is predicted to eventually surpass heart disease and become the leading cause of death in the United States. In 2010, we had a rate of 171 cancer deaths per 100,000 people. It is projected that the actual number of cancer patients dying will continue to increase steadily each year. Cancer statistics guide researchers towards new ways of preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. Five-year relative survival rate is the percentage of patients who have not died from their cancer five years or more after being diagnosed. If the percentage surviving 5 years is 66%, this means that out of every 100 people, 66 of these people did not die in the five years after diagnosed with cancer. To know how many people currently live with cancer in the United States, a statistic called Prevalence is used. It combines both measures of the incidence and the likelihood of surviving cancer.
According to a 2013 report from the American Cancer Society, shows a 20% decline in cancer death rates in the United States. The Majority of this decline is said to be linked back to the Surgeon General’s 1964 warning that tobacco causes cancer deaths which …show more content…
They will question “Why did this happen to me?” and worry about the well-being of their family if they do succumb to the disease. Being told you are dying from cancer is devastating and frightening hardship to face. Some will take the diagnosis hard, while others are stronger and accepts the terrible news. They will experience many emotions such as shock, fear, sadness, anger, and guilt. Some of these emotions will provoke so many uncertainties that the cancer patient once looked forward to such as watching their children or grandchildren graduate, going on vacation with family or friends, looking forward to retiring and enjoying life. They worry about who will take care of their children, their spouse, and the affect their death will have on the
According to a 2013 report from the American Cancer Society, shows a 20% decline in cancer death rates in the United States. The Majority of this decline is said to be linked back to the Surgeon General’s 1964 warning that tobacco causes cancer deaths which …show more content…
They will question “Why did this happen to me?” and worry about the well-being of their family if they do succumb to the disease. Being told you are dying from cancer is devastating and frightening hardship to face. Some will take the diagnosis hard, while others are stronger and accepts the terrible news. They will experience many emotions such as shock, fear, sadness, anger, and guilt. Some of these emotions will provoke so many uncertainties that the cancer patient once looked forward to such as watching their children or grandchildren graduate, going on vacation with family or friends, looking forward to retiring and enjoying life. They worry about who will take care of their children, their spouse, and the affect their death will have on the