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Cancer Research and Symptom Management

Cancer Research and Symptom Management. By: Sam Shopnitz and Zack Clarke. Cancer is a serious issue. Cancer affects millions of people around the world. Many who go through chemotherapy are too weak to work and medical bills pile up. There is a serious need for more cancer research.

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Cancer Research and Symptom Management

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  1. Cancer Research and Symptom Management By: Sam Shopnitz and Zack Clarke

  2. Cancer is a serious issue. • Cancer affects millions of people around the world. • Many who go through chemotherapy are too weak to work and medical bills pile up. • There is a serious need for more cancer research.

  3. An estimated 11,958,000 people were diagnosed with cancer • Roughly 565,640 died of it in 2008. • Based on rates between 2007-2009, 41.24% of men and women born today will be diagnosed with cancer.

  4. Chemotherapy alone can cost up to $30,000. • Cancer treatment pills can cost $4,300 a month.

  5. Millions of people have loved ones die from cancer each year. Both of us have had loved ones die from cancer. • Many patients who have he option of chemotherapy choose not to do it, from the physical sicknesses.

  6. The “Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2011” is already in congress headed by U.S. Representative Steven Israel and addresses all of our problems. • You can help this bill get passed by contacting your congressman via http://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm

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