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+ Did you know…
+
•There are almost 3,500 people
diagnosed with Cancer every
day.
•547,000 Americans die each
year from Cancer.
•That’s nearly 1,500 people dying
a day.
According to the National Cancer Institute.
+
The cause of cancer in
children is unknown.
¼ of all pediatric cancer
diagnoses are brain tumors.
1 in every 330
Americans will
develop cancer by the
age of 20.
On the average,
12,400 children and
adolescents in the
U.S. are diagnosed
with cancer each
year.
+
What are the Treatments?
 Chemotherapy
 Bone Marrow Transplants
 Surgery
 Oral Medications
 The survival rate of patients
who are diagnosed early and
seek treatment is extremely
high.
 However, even with treatment,
late diagnoses prove fatal.
+
But there is hope..
+
Research
Medical institutions world wide are striving to find a
better ways of treating cancer. The research is
extremely costly, but has proven to extend the lives
of cancer patients by years.
+
What can you do to help?
Click here to Donate!
Volunteer
Get Involved!
+
University Of Florida
Fighting for a Cure
When: March 25, 2011
Where: Stephen C.
O’Connell Center
+
In the time it took you to watch
this presentation about 3 people
died from cancer...

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Relay for life

  • 1. + Did you know…
  • 2. + •There are almost 3,500 people diagnosed with Cancer every day. •547,000 Americans die each year from Cancer. •That’s nearly 1,500 people dying a day. According to the National Cancer Institute.
  • 3. + The cause of cancer in children is unknown. ¼ of all pediatric cancer diagnoses are brain tumors. 1 in every 330 Americans will develop cancer by the age of 20. On the average, 12,400 children and adolescents in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each year.
  • 4. + What are the Treatments?  Chemotherapy  Bone Marrow Transplants  Surgery  Oral Medications  The survival rate of patients who are diagnosed early and seek treatment is extremely high.  However, even with treatment, late diagnoses prove fatal.
  • 5. + But there is hope..
  • 6. + Research Medical institutions world wide are striving to find a better ways of treating cancer. The research is extremely costly, but has proven to extend the lives of cancer patients by years.
  • 7. + What can you do to help? Click here to Donate! Volunteer Get Involved!
  • 8. + University Of Florida Fighting for a Cure When: March 25, 2011 Where: Stephen C. O’Connell Center
  • 9. + In the time it took you to watch this presentation about 3 people died from cancer...