all about the american cancer society!
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Learn about what ACS does in the fight against cancer.TRANSCRIPT
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American Cancer SocietyFinishing the Fight Against Cancer
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American Cancer Society
• Passionately committed to fighting every cancer and helping every community
• World’s largest voluntary health organization, 3 million strong
• Doing the most to fight cancer today, so we can end the disease tomorrow
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My American Cancer Society story
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Cancer’s Impact
5Siegel, R., Ma, J., Zou, Z. and Jemal, A. (2014), Cancer statistics, 2014. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 64: 9–29. doi: 10.3322/caac.21208
NationwideNew cases 1,665,540Deaths 585,720
Survivors 14 million
Cancer Facts & Figures
6Siegel, R., Ma, J., Zou, Z. and Jemal, A. (2014), Cancer statistics, 2014. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 64: 9–29. doi: 10.3322/caac.21208
Cancer Facts & Figures
• New cases: 67,000• Deaths: 25,260
7Siegel, R., Ma, J., Zou, Z. and Jemal, A. (2014), Cancer statistics, 2014. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 64: 9–29. doi: 10.3322/caac.21208
Cancer Facts & Figures
• New cases: 79,920• Deaths: 28,670
8Cancer Facts & Figures 2014: “What Are the Costs of Cancer?” http://www.cancer.org/research/cancerfactsstatistics/cancerfactsfigures2014/
Total cost $216.6 billion
Direct medical costs (total of all health expenditures) $86.6 billion
Indirect mortality costs (cost of lost productivity due to premature death)
$130.0 billion
Cost of cancer in the US
9“Rising Global Cancer Epidemic”, retrieved April 21, 2014 , from http://www.cancer.org/research/infographicgallery/rising-global-cancer-epidemic
The Global Cancer Burden
10“Where Does Your Money Go”, retrieved April 21, 2014 , from http://www.cancer.org/research/infographicgallery/where-does-money-go-2012
We are making progress
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How the American Cancer Society is
Finishing the Fight Against Cancer
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Prevent We help people stay well
• By discovering new ways to prevent cancer or find it early
• Spreading the word• Setting early detection and
prevention guidelines• Promoting cancer screenings
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Prevent We help people stay well
• Partner with medical centers to assist patients
• Centers refer patients to ACS to ensure they receive information about screenings
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CareWe help people get well
• 1 million people call the American Cancer Society each year
• Where and when they need help
• 45 million visitors to cancer.org
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CareWe help people get well
• 46,000 people in Ohio and Pennsylvania
• Road to Recovery• Reach to Recovery
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CureWe help find cures
• Largest nonprofit funder of cancer research
• Contributing to nearly every major cancer research breakthrough
• 47 Nobel Prize winners
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CureWe help find cures
• 65 grants totaling $38 million in Ohio and Pennsylvania
• Innovative minds in the research profession
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AdvocateWe help people fight back
• Policies that prevent cancer
• Access to care• Federal investment in
cancer research
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AdvocateWe help people fight back
• More than 4,000 members of ACS CAN in Ohio and Pennsylvania
• Stand with one voice asking lawmakers to support the fight against cancer
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We are making progress…but there is so much more to do
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We need your help to finish the fight• Get involved in your
community• Donate• Join our social networks
• Join the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
• Take control of your health
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• The Relay For Life program is the world’s largest movement to end cancer
• Make the greatest impact in the fight against cancer
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• Raise awareness and funds to end breast cancer• There are Making
Strides events in 300 communities in the US
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Every donation makes a difference
$50 can help provide 4 rides
$100 can help 4 women facing breast cancer
$20 can help provide free information & support
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Every donation makes a difference
$1,000 can help support a cancer researcher
$500 can help provide 6 nights of free lodging
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How you can help
• Road to Recovery drivers• Making Strides Against Breast Cancer• Relay For Life
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