American Cancer Society funds more cancer research than any other organization in the world except for the federal government. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 10,700 cases were diagnosed in children in the U.S. last year, compared with 1.4 million cases in adults. Overall, children’s cancers are also easier to treat than adult cancers. About 80 percent of kids with cancer will be cured. One promising trend is an ability to pinpoint precisely, for some types of cancer, what has gone wrong in the DNA,…

Support Systems IF IT SEEMS THAT everyone you know has breast cancer or is close to someone who does, it’s not your imagination: One out of eight women will be affected by the disease. So even if you’re not the one being diagnosed, it’s very likely that someone close to you — a friend, a family member, or even the woman who serves up your morning latte — could use your support. But in the face of such a serious disease, it’s hard to know… P

Many types of breast cancer, and not all are fatal, Failure to understand different forms of disease leads women to exaggerate chances of dying of it In medical circles, it’s called “cancer hysteria.”It’s that moment of dread when a person has just been informed that they have cancer.As they leave the doctor’s office numbed with shock, they will likely have forgotten every shred of information just given to them