The odds are 1 out of 2 (50%) that if you're a smoker who has been diagnosed with cancer, you will continue to smoke
Steve Jobs was one of the first twenty people in the world to have all of the genes of his cancer tumor as well as of his normal DNA sequenced
he first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer
The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among chimney sweeps
Ulysses S. Grant finished his memoirs in 1885, a few weeks before his death from throat cancer. The book earned over $450,000 for his family after his death
Due to hunting, Tasmanian devils neared extinction at the beginning of the 20th century. Tasmanian wolves (also called tigers) became extinct in 1936. Today Tasmanian devils are endangered by a cancer called Devil Facial Tumor Disease
Every 30 seconds someone in the world dies of lung cancer
Breast cancer survivors may reduce their risk of recurrence by eating soy foods
Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on World Trade Center have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancer of all kinds than colleagues who were not exposed
The annual estimate for men who will be diagnosed with breast cancer is 2,140, and the number of men who will die from it is 450
25 percent of women with breast cancer are younger than 50
Up to 98 percent of women survive at least five years when their cancer is caught early, and 85 to 90 percent survive at least 10 years
Left-handed women are more than twice as likely as right-handers to suffer from breast cancer before reaching menopause
Ginger kills ovarian cancer cells
Healthy cells have a built-in process which means they commit suicide if something is wrong, a process which fails in cancer cells
Breast cancer patients are significantly more likely to have a pet dog instead of a cat
80% of all breast cancer patients have had "extensive contact" with dogs before their diagnosis
Chances of a women getting breast cancer are increased by excesseive use of alcohol
Every eleven minutes in the U.S., a woman dies of breast cancer
Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer
Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer
