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February 25, 2006
Sheryl Crow Has Surgery for Breast Cancer
"Approximately one in seven American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime and more than 2 million Americans are living with breast cancer today," Crow said. "I am joining the more than 200,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year."
Crow underwent "minimally invasive" surgery and said she will be undergoing radiation treatment as a precaution. She said she benefited from early detection, and urged other women to have themselves checked.
"More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer," Crow said. "I am inspired by the brave women who have faced this battle before me and grateful for the support of family and friends."
In our opinion, Sheryl Crow is the face of the new cancer survivor. Inspired by the strength of those who came before her and proactive about her medical prognosis and raising awareness. Sheryl we wish you the best of health and speedy recovery.
On her Web site she urged people with questions about cancer to contact the LIVESTRONG Survivor Care group that her former fiance Lance Armstrong founded.
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February 10, 2006
Cancer Deaths Fall, Ending 70-Year Trend
The war on cancer may have reached a dramatic turning point: For the first time in more than 70 years, annual cancer deaths in the United States have fallen. The number of cancer deaths dropped to 556,902 in 2003, down from 557,271 the year before, according to a recently completed review of U.S. death certificates by the National Center for Health Statistics.
It's the first annual decrease in total cancer deaths since 1930, when nationwide data began to be compiled. Experts are attributing the success to declines in smoking, and the earlier detection and more effective treatment of tumors. Death rates have fallen for lung, breast, prostate and colorectal cancer, according American Cancer Society officials, who analyzed the federal death data.
We wonder are the number of cancer diagnoses and cases also declining? If not, this would mean more survivors - placing greater emphasis on cancer survivorship programs like Choose to Laugh, the Wellness Community, the Lance Armstrong Foundation and things like the Laugh Library. Thoughts?
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