Pancreatic Cancer: Know It. Fight It. End It.
It is estimated that more than 48,900 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, and more than 40,000 will die from the disease. It is the fourth leading cause of cancer death, with a five-year relative survival rate of just 7%. Pancreatic cancer has the lowest five-year relative survival rate of any major cancer.
Historically, pancreatic cancer research has been underfunded. Only approximately 2 percent of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) budget is allocated to this leading killer. We know from the relatively high survival rates associated with breast cancer and HIV/AIDS that federal research funding levels matter in the fight to find new cures and directly relate to improved survival rates.
Your donations will help to change these dismal statistics by funding research grants, advocacy efforts, patient support, and awareness activities coordinated by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Click here (PDF) to download a pancreatic cancer fact sheet with more information.
Source: http://www.kintera.org/
My son, once again in remembrance and honor of his grandfather, my father, put together a team to help raise awareness and support for pancreatic cancer. So last Saturday morning Mary, Raney, Daniel, Doug, and I met down at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta for the annual PurpleStride 5K.
It was a great day, a bit cool early but a bright sun on a cloudless sky made for a great outing. There were options on the 5K - you could run it, you could walk it, you could do it timed, or you could do it untimed. It really was not about the 5K race, it was about coming together with people who have all been impacted in one way or another, by pancreatic cancer.
