Number of Cancer Survivors in U.S. ... Increase to 18 Million

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130327132535.htm

Number of Cancer Survivors in U.S. Expected to Increase to 18 Million by 2022

The American Association for Cancer Research released its second Annual Report on Cancer Survivorship in the United States in advance of the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, which will be held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10. The report, published in the AACR's journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, shows that as of January 2012, there were approximately 13.7 million cancer survivors in the United States, a number that is expected to rise by 31 percent to 18 million by 2022.