All about the American Cancer Society!

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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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