livingcured

This was released at the recent meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologist. It is an annual report that cites all the good progress that has been made against cancer during the year, and outlines strategies for improvement. Of personal interest, the battle against Her2 positive breast cancer continues with some postive news about another targeted therapy called Tykerb.

Page 28 is interesting-- it provides statistics on different types of cancer, including annual new cases and estimated deaths. It provides a road map of a place I call Cancerland, where its citizens tend to think 'thank GOD I don't have (insert horrible cancer)' in order to make oneself feel better about having, say, Stage IIIC breast cancer at age 34. As compared to pancreatic cancer, which has a 5 year survival rate of 4%, my (fingers-crossed cured) breast cancer looks like a walk in the park.