Hearts, Hands & Hope Foundation
We tend to go through life thinking, “cancer will never happen to me”. We feel empathy for those close to us when they receive a diagnosis, but honestly, we don’t give that diagnosis the credit and respect it deserves because it’s not us. That changed drastically for us when in 2016, both my mom and I were diagnosed with breast cancer within one week of each other. I had just met the love of my life, Paul, and upon my diagnosis, I gave him a free pass to walk away as he didn’t sign up for a girlfriend with cancer. He told me to be quiet and get in the car. He drove me to the courthouse and married me the same day.
CHILDHOOD CANCER
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children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each day
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Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15 in the U.S.
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Approximately 1,800 children die of cancer each year in the U.S.
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Approximately 1 in 285 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer before they turn 20
Breast Cancer Statistics
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new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in wome
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new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be diagnosed (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
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women will die from breast cancer.
