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Overall U.S. approval rate for cancer drugs is only 8%, according to Tufts study

by Patricia Mayville-Cox, The Cancer Blog

Filed under: Research According to a study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, only eight percent of cancer drugs that entered clinical development and testing in humans made it through to final approval. In comparison, during the same time period, 1993-1997, the U.S. has an approval rate...

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"Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather it is a life sentence; it pushes one to live."

Marcia Smith

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Nearly half of all Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at least once in their lives.

Washington Post

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Transport Patients

Gas money assistance

CancerCare

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Treat and Prevent

Lung cancer research

Sloan-Kettering

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Research for Answers

300 DNA samples

Strang Center

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Counsel Patients

One-on-one session

CancerCare

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Improve Treatments

Targeted therapy

ABC2

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Complement Care

Integrative medicine

Sloan-Kettering

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Treat Young Patients

Cancer care

Sloan-Kettering

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Michael P. Osborne MD, MS, FRCS, FACS

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Mitchell Stoller

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Lance Armstrong Foundation

Cause Overview


Nearly half of all Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at least once in their lives.
Washington Post, 14 Dec 2005

1 in 4 deaths in America are caused by cancer.
American Cancer Society

1 in 6 Americans will develop some form of skin cancer.
Strang Cancer Prevention Center, 2006

1 in 7 women will develop breast cancer.
Strang Cancer Prevention Center, 2006

Cancer claims twice as many lives as AIDS.
International Union Against Cancer, 2006

By 2020, an estimated 60% of all new cancer cases will occur in the developing world.
International Union Against Cancer, 2006

30% of all cancer cases could be prevented with current scientific knowledge.
International Union Against Cancer, 2006

30% of all cancer cases could be cured, given earlier diagnosis and effective treatment.
International Union Against Cancer, 2006

80% of children with cancer live in developing countries.
International Union Against Cancer, 2006

Today, between 25% and 30% of all cancer deaths are due to tobacco use.
International Union Against Cancer, 2006

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