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Nearly 1.3 million people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer this year.
One in two men and one in three women, or approximately 120 million Americans, will develop cancer over their lifetime.
One of every four deaths in America is caused by cancer. It is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., exceeded only by heart disease.
Since 1990, approximately 15 million new cancer cases have been diagnosed.
More than 1,500 people die of cancer per day - about one person every 56 seconds.
Nearly 5 million lives have been lost to cancer since 1990.
The National Institutes of Health estimates overall costs for cancer in 2000 at $180.2 billion.
Our government currently invests only $3.2 billion to find cures, treatments and prevention strategies for cancer. Of these funds, only 2% are invested in research and development. This amounts to $12.03 per year per person.
8,900,000 people are alive today as a result of progress in cancer research.
Over the past 30 years, the five year cancer survival rate has risen from 38% to 60% according to the National Coalition for Cancer Research.
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To learn all about THE V FOUNDATION, click below:
Jim Valvano was a successful basketball coach winning a NCAA Championship in 1983 while coaching the North Carolina State Wolfpack. He became an award winning TV commentator prior to being diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1992. In January, 1993 – ESPN offered their support in establishing a foundation that would fund cancer research. During the ESPN ESPY Awards that year, Coach Jim Valvano delivered a most memorable inspirational speech during which he announced the creation of "The V Foundation" to raise money for cancer research. His last dream was to find a cure for cancer. The V Foundation operates with his motto: "Don’t give up . . . Don’t ever give up!"
The V Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to saving lives by helping to find a cure for cancer. The Foundation seeks to make a difference by generating broad-based support for cancer research and by creating an urgent awareness among all Americans of the importance of the war against cancer. The V Foundation performs these dual roles through advocacy, education, fundraising, and philanthropy.
To learn all about THE V FOUNDATION, click below:
