September marks Blood Cancer Awareness Month, honoring the many families touched by leukemia and lymphoma each year. Right now, more than half a million people across the U.S. are living with — and often thriving beyond — a leukemia diagnosis, per the National Cancer Institute. Treatments like chemotherapy, radiation, and stem cell transplant bring real … Read more
September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and vulvar cancers. This year, about 110,000 women in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute (uterine, ovarian, cervical, and vulvar estimates combined). Treatment for these cancers — … Read more
Every September, gold ribbons go up for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Nearly 15,000 children and teens are diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. each year, according to the National Cancer Institute — but survival rates have climbed from about 20% in 1962 to over 80% today, according to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Surviving is … Read more