This year about 552,200 Americans are expected to die of cancer.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States.
Nearly five million lives have been lost to cancer since 1990. This year about 1,220,100 new cancer cases will be diagnosed. Cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in children between the ages of 1-19. Currently, one out of every 330 children in the United States develops cancer before 19. One-third of children with cancer are incurable, even with the most aggressive treatment.