Posted on May 10, 2016
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is proud to join people from across the country and around the world in recognizing May as National Cancer Research Month and calling on governments from around the world to invest and fund high-quality, innovative cancer research.
Here are some facts about cancer:
- The National Institutes of Health estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2016 alone while 595,690 people will die in the same year.
- Centers for Disease Control states: “Each year globally, about 14 million people learn they have cancer, and 8 million people die from the disease. Research suggests that one-third of cancer deaths can be prevented, but sometimes services and technologies are not widely available, especially in low- and middle-income countries.”
- The World Cancer Report highlighted several key aspects in the global fight against cancer – several of which have a direct impact in supporting a global asbestos ban. The report states that in 2012, the most common and most fatal cancer in the world was lung cancer (1.8 million causes diagnosed with 1.6 million deaths annually). Lung cancer is often a cancer caused by airborne carcinogens including smoke, pollution, and other harmful chemicals such as asbestos.
On May 20th, we will celebrate International Clinical Trials Day in honor of Dr. James Lind‘s whose clinical trial to determine an effective treatment for scurvy was done in 1747.
Three Cancer Moonshot Actions
1) Call on Congress to make cancer research a top national priority. There is growing momentum in support for the National Institutes of Health and the launch of the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative led by Vice President Joe Biden, which have galvanized the cancer community.
2) Make your voice heard. Join the conversation and include the hashtag #NCRM16. While promising research continues, prevention remains the only cure. As ADAO says, “Hear Asbestos. Think Prevention.”
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3) Share Your Story: Inspire, educate, and comfort others by sharing your journey or your experience caring for a loved one.
Congress, can you hear us?
Linda