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Skin Cancer Background Research How You Can Help All About Skin Cancer Background More than 2 million people are diagnosed with skin cancer every year in the United States, including non-melanoma and melanoma. Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer that can be fatal if it spreads to distant sites in the body. Among those skin cancer patients, it is estimated that more than 70,000 will be diagnosed with melanoma this year. Although most skin cancers are curable, a serious type known as melanoma is estimated to claim more than 9,180 American people's lives in 2012 alone, accounting for 75% of all skin cancer deaths. Melanoma is more difficult to prevent because, unlike in other types of skin cancer, heredity plays a major role in melanoma development. It is also more aggressive in spreading (metastasizing) to distant body parts, and treatment is often ineffective once metastasis occurs. Studies show that only 15 to 20% of patients with metastatic melanoma could survive...

Lung Cancer Background Research How You Can Help All About Lung Cancer Background cancertypelungLung cancer is the leading killer among all types of cancer in the United States. It is estimated that lung cancer accounts for about 14% of all new cancer cases in 2012, but will cause nearly 28% of all cancer deaths. Over the past three decades, little improvement has been achieved in extending the lives of lung cancer patients. In the late 1970's, about 37% of people survived one year or longer after initial diagnosis; three decades later, this number had only improved to 43%. But there is hope. NFCR funds numerous leading researchers who are committed to finding more effective strategies for preventing, diagnosing and treating lung cancer. Through their dedicated efforts to build risk prediction models, identify cancer genes in early-stage lung cancer, design cutting-edge devices for monitoring drug response, and seek new strategies to overcome tumor drug resistance, NFCR scienti...

Cancer Type: Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Bladder Cancer Bone Cancer Brain Cancer Breast Cancer Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Esophageal Cancer Gastric Cancer Head & Neck Cancer Hodgkin's Lymphoma Leukemia Liver Cancer Lung Cancer Melanoma Mesothelioma Multiple Myeloma Myelodysplastic Syndrome Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Ovarian Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Prostate Cancer Rectal Cancer Renal Cancer Sarcoma Skin Cancer Testicular Cancer Thyroid Cancer Uterine Cancer Prevention prevention_You can help decrease your risk of cancer by living a healthier lifestyle and being more aware of your body. Follow the tips in the links below to learn more about your risk of cancer and how to protect yourself and your family. NFCR On Your Health Series NFCR Cancer-Fighting Recipes NFCR Cancer Prevention and Detection Kit NFCR Monthly E-Newsletter One of the simplest ways to help prevent cancer is to encourage your friends and loved ones to be more aware of their own risk of cancer. Follow th...

Cancer Research Project This is particularly relevant and calls for setting up cheap, affordable and sustained health care to affected poor people in undeveloped regions with the experience gained in this field, as an urgent necessity has been felt to set up a Cancer Research Centre and Specialty Treatment Centre in a group of Hospitals to be set up under this Project. To start with, it has been decided to take up a pilot project for execution in some selected locations in the North East region to set up a medical Research Centre which will be supported by a fully fledged and well equipped general Hospital. Healthcare facilities in North East areas are unsatisfactory. No facilities for Cancer detection and treatment are provided by which hundreds of Cancer patients are dying every day. Patients often travel to Metro cities for medical treatment. There is an acute shortage of Medical personnel and facilities. The government has to spend huge sums of money as medical reimbursem...