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From Victim to Survivor
The term “Cancer survivor” was controversial when Harold Benjamin coined it in 1986, the year he co-founded the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. Before then, people were “cancer victims.” After lobbying by NCCS and other advocates, the National Cancer Institute established its Office of Cancer Survivorship in 1996. The office spearheads survivorship research and supports patients and caregivers, often partnering with groups like the American Cancer Society, LiveSTRONG, Living Beyond Breast Cancer and NCCS.
1,735,350
The estimated number of new cancer cases that will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2018
$35 billion
The cost of cancer treatment within Medicare.
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