For more information about cancer, contact your health care provider. Cancer can strike anyone at any age, and according to the American Cancer Society, it will kill an estimated half a million people this year or more. Cancer in children is relatively rare, but often deadly. It is the major cause of death, by disease, in children ages three to fourteen. About one in every nine women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
Early detection is the key to survival.
Studies show that African Americans get cancer more often than Caucasians and die from it more often. For more information about cancer, contact a health care professional. Every person deserves care, understanding, and guidance to answer their concerns about cancer. Support services are an integral part of treatment and are available in a complete range of classes, groups, individual consultations, and special programs. Cancer support groups will allow you to vent your emotions to a group of people that are experiencing a similar situation.