Emotional Support

Many in our organization have experienced similar struggles with cancer. Rest assured that there will always be someone willing to lend a helping hand.

Financial Relief

Our hope is to provide financial assistance by directing you to sources that provide assistance for travel, lodging, prescriptions, exams, etc.

Hope For All

No one should ever feel like they don’t deserve or qualify for the appropriate care. Remember, where there is a will, there is always a way.

Cancer Affects Everyone




1 in 3 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
The other two will know someone who is diagnosed.

The National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Institute, and the United States Department of Vital Statistics estimates the following for 2012 as the primary new cancer cases and deaths for men and women. As bad as the numbers appear, it’s the percentages of life versus death that really tell the story.

New Cases Deaths % Death rate
PANCREATIC 42,470 37,390 88%
LUNG 226,160 160,340 71%
OVARIAN 22,280 15,500 70%
BRAIN 22,910 3,700 60%
COLORECTAL 103,170 51,680 50%
CERVICAL 12,170 4,070 33%
KIDNEY 49,096 11,033 23%
BLADDER 73,510 14,330 20%
BREAST 229,000 40,330 18%
ENDOMETRIAL 42,160 7,780 18%
PROSTATE 241,740 28,170 12%

Leading Causes of Death in Men & Women

Approximately 1,638,910 new cancer cases (men and women) are expected to be diagnosed in 2012. Of these, about 577,190 Americans are expected to die of cancer, more than 1,500 people a day. Cancer is the second most cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease, accounting for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths.

The majority of women still believe that breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women. The truth is that more women die of heart disease each year than die of all types of cancer combined.


Leading causes of death in order:

  1. Heart disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Lower respiratory disease
  4. Stroke, accidents
  5. Alzheimer’s
  6. Diabetes
  7. Kidney disease
  8. Influenza & pneumonia
  9. Suicide
  10. Chronic liver disease
  11. Hypertension
  12. Parkinson’s
Leading causes of death in Men

  1. Heart disease
  2. Lung cancer
  3. Prostate cancer
  4. Skin cancer

Leading causes of death in Women

  1. Heart disease
  2. Lung cancer
  3. Breast cancer
  4. Colon/rectal cancer
  5. Pancreatic cancer
  6. Ovarian cancer