Jun 23, 2011
To demonstrate the value of thenation’s clinical cancer research systemand the urgent need to strengthen andsupport clinical trials, a new ASCO websitehighlights the progress made inclinical cancer research since the signingof the National Cancer Act in 1971.
The new website, CancerProgress.Net, includes a multimedia timelineof the important progress in cancertreatment over the past four decades.CancerProgress.Net is the first data-rich,interactive resource of its type,providing a visual history of advancesin cancer treatment and prevention.
Over the past 40 years, major milestoneshave been reached in everyarea of cancer care: prevention,screening, chemotherapy, surgery,radiation, and—increasingly—molecularlytargeted treatments. At the sametime, better ways of managing nausea,pain, and other side effects areenabling patients to live better, morefulfilling lives.
As a result of the U.S. investment inclinical cancer research, more peopleare surviving cancer than ever before:
For the nearly 12 million cancer survivorsacross the United States, thisinvestment has been a foundation ofhope, promise, and progress in thefight to decrease the burden of cancer.
The new website, CancerProgress.Net, includes a multimedia timelineof the important progress in cancertreatment over the past four decades.CancerProgress.Net is the first data-rich,interactive resource of its type,providing a visual history of advancesin cancer treatment and prevention.
Over the past 40 years, major milestoneshave been reached in everyarea of cancer care: prevention,screening, chemotherapy, surgery,radiation, and—increasingly—molecularlytargeted treatments. At the sametime, better ways of managing nausea,pain, and other side effects areenabling patients to live better, morefulfilling lives.
As a result of the U.S. investment inclinical cancer research, more peopleare surviving cancer than ever before:
- Two out of three people live at leastfive years after a cancer diagnosis,up from one out of two in the 1970s.
- The U.S. cancer death rate hasdropped 16% since the early 1990s.
- Five-year survival rates for breastcancer, testicular cancer, and childhoodleukemia are now over 90%.
For the nearly 12 million cancer survivorsacross the United States, thisinvestment has been a foundation ofhope, promise, and progress in thefight to decrease the burden of cancer.