Research Results

     This week I will be focusing on the importance of results through ones research. Research is a vital component to the American Cancer Society. ACS is constantly doing cancer research to try to find a cure; as well as, help understand and prevent cancer. Each year American Cancer Society presents a Cancer Fact and Figure report with all results from their research within the year. This report consists of questions and answers, figures, statistics, and much more. I highly recommend reading this Report if you have a chance it truly is eye opening and allows one to see how many people cancer is affecting year after year.

      According to the report,“This year, about 569, 490 Americans are expected to die of cancer, more than 1,500 people a day.” Cancer is the second most common death in the United States; Cancer is likely to be 1 out of every 4 deaths. From the results of the facts and figures written by ACS, I found it extremely interesting that they were able to predict the amount of new cases of cancer in each state in 2010. In the state of CT, ACS stated that 20,750 new cases of all sites will be diagnosed. This report truly is amazing; it allows readers to see different statistics involving cancer and all of the different types. One of the most shocking facts which I read in the report results was how in 2010 an estimated 207,090 cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed for women and 1,970 diagnosed in men. When reading this report I was extremely interested in seeing the results regarding lung cancer. What many do not know is that lung cancer accounts for more deaths than any other cancer in both men and women. According to the research results found in the report, 157,300 deaths are expected to occur in 2010. Since the year 1987 more women have died from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer. Overall this report is truly a remarkable example of how research can impact an organization. From this research ACS was able to publish these results which are extremely vital to cancer research.

If you would like to read more about American Cancer Society's Facts and Figures Please visit this section of their Website.