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FLASH FINDINGS / CANCER FACTS
â–º Prostate
• “African-American men are 65% more
likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer
than Caucasian-American men and
are more than twice as likely to die from
the disease.”
• “Every year, 70,000 men require additional
treatment due to a recurrence of
prostate cancer.”
Source: Prostate Cancer Facts, Prostate Cancer Foundation
• “Prostate cancer is expected to be diagnosed
in 218,890 men and cause 27,050
deaths this year.”
Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2007, National Cancer Institute
â–º Breast Cancer
• “Breast cancer is estimated to be diagnosed
in 180,510 women in 2007 and
cause 40,910 deaths.”
• “After increasing for more that two decades,
female breast cancer incidence
rates leveled off between 2001-2003.
Death rates from breast cancer have
steadily decreased in women since 1990,
with larger decreases in women younger
than 50 years (a decrease of 3.3% per
year) than in those 50 years and older
(2.0% per year).”
Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2007, National Cancer Institute
â–º Lung
• Lung cancer is expected to produce
213,380 new cases and 160,390 deaths
this year.”
Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2007, National Cancer Institute
• “Radon is the second leading cause of
lung cancer in the United States and
causes between 15,000 and 22,000 lung
cancer deaths each year — 12% of all lung
cancer deaths are linked to radon.”
Facts about Lung Cancer, American Lung Association
â–º Leukemia
• “Leukemia represents 26% of all cancers
occurring among children younger than
20 years old from 2000-2003.”
• “Acute leukemias account for nearly 9%
more of the cases than chronic leukemias.”
• “Incidence rates for all types of leukemia
are higher among males than among
females. In 2006, males are expected to
account for more than 57% of the cases
of leukemia.”
Source: Leukemia Facts and Statistics, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Lymphoma
â–º
• “An estimated 66,670 Americans will
be diagnosed with lymphoma in 2006
(58,870 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
and 7,800 cases of Hodgkin lymphoma).”
• “Among the 66,670 new cases of lymphoma
this year, the disease will aff ect
34,870 males and 31,800 females.”
• “The fi ve-year relative survival rate for
patients with Hodgkin lymphoma has
increased from 73% in 1975-1977 to 86%
in 1996-2002.”
Source: Lymphoma Facts and Statistics, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Multiple Myeloma
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• “In 2007 it is estimated that there will
be 19,900 new cases of multiple myeloma
in the United States, causing 10,790
deaths.”
Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2007, National Cancer Institute
• “The median survival in the prechemotherapy
era for multiple myeloma was
about 7 months. After the introduction
of chemotherapy, prognosis improved
signifi cantly with a median survival of
24 to 30 months and a 10-year survival
of 3%.”
Source: Rajkumar SV, Kyle RA; Multiple myeloma: diagnosis and treatment. Mayo Clin Proc 80 (10): 1371-82, 2005.
Biotech Industry
â–º
• “There are more than 300 biotech drug
products and vaccines currently in
clinical trials targeting more than 200
diseases, including various cancers,
Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, diabetes,
multiple sclerosis, AIDS, and arthritis.”
Source: Biotechnology Industry Facts, BIO: Biotechnology Industry Organization
• “Biotechnology is one of the most research-
intensive industries in the world.
The U.S. biotech industry spent $17.9
billion on research and development in
2003.”
• “As of Dec. 31, 2003, there were 1,473
biotechnology companies in the United
States, of which, 314 were publicly
held.”
Source: Ernst & Young LLP, annual biotechnology industry reports, 2004.