Transcript How long will it take to cure cancer?

Chase Ballard
Disgrace for the Cure
This multimodal project is
composed of a compilation of
charts and statistics. These
questions will either be
answered or will present to you
a reason why an answer is not
given.
This multimodal project is composed of a compilation of charts and statistics.
These questions will either be answered or will present to you a reason why it
cannot be answered.
Question Answered:
“How Deadly Is Cancer?”
The first two images show the differences in the leading causes of death, first in 1975,
second in 2010. The red portion on each graph represents
“All Malignant Cancers”
This chart shows how much was spent in the financial year of 2010. These totals add up
to 389.3 million dollars!
Cancer
Cancer Death Rates by Race and Ethnicity
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Source for charts: CDC Report:
The Burden of Chronic Diseases
and Their Risk Factors: National
and State Perspectives
Question Answered:
Who can get cancer?
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Black/African American
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Asian/Pacific Islander
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Dianne didn’t know what to expect when she was
diagnosed with Stage 3 Breast Cancer.
She told her husband and called her daughters. Her
daughters decided that they did not want to talk on the
phone for this conversation and hurried over to their
mother’s house. The family prayed over her and all said
encouraging words. This small mass was not supposed
to be so serious, it was not expected by the surgeon, or
anyone else for that matter. Dianne plead to the doctor,
“I need to see my grandchildren grow up.”
Dianne was prescribed to receive chemotherapy every two weeks for eight total
treatments. In total, she received 37 radiation treatments in 37 days, and then went
through five more years of endocrine therapy.
The chemotherapy was by far the worst thing she has ever experienced. Among the
worst things she was to be treated with was the “Red Devil” chemotherapy, an extremely
powerful medication that caused: hair loss, nausea, a loss of appetite, stomach pains, loss
of sleep, sweating, mouth sores, watery eyes, and neuropathy.
Her mouth and throat developed heavy ulcers with this treatment. The doctors gave
her “magic mouthwash” that was supposed to relieve these ulcers but to little effect.
At this point Dianne’s appetite consisted of solely “Ensure,”
a shake chocked full of proteins.
Source:
Deadliestcancers.org
Deadliest Cancers Coalition
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This chart shows the 8 deadliest
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cancers in the world. They are named
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deadliest to least deadliest in
the
following: Pancreas, Lung, Liver,
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Esophagus, Stomach, Brain 28& CNS,
Ovary, and Myeloma.35 The circular
chart shows the survival percentage
among these patients in the same
order.
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This chart shows the 8
deadliest cancers in the
world. They are named
deadliest to least deadliest
in the following: Pancreas,
Lung, Liver, Esophagus,
Stomach, Brain & CNS,
Ovary, and Myeloma. The
circular chart shows the
survival percentage among
these patients in the same
order.
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Pancreas
50000
Lung
Liver & Intrahepatic bile duct
Esophagus
Stomach
Brain and CMC
Ovary
Myeloma
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Pancreas
Lung
Liver
Esophagus
Stomach
2015 Est. Cases
2015 Est. Deaths
Brain and CNS
Ovary
Myeloma
Dianne has been “cancer
free” for over a decade now
but that’s not the case for
many women who have
gone down a familiar path.
She volunteers for young
women struggling with
hanging on, because that’s
all you can really do. Pray
and hope that cancer
doesn’t take you or your
loved one.
Dianne was one of the blessed ones in this kind of serious fight, but let’s not forget all
who have been taken long before their time.
How many more will be taken before we can finally say we have finished the race?
Question answered:
“How long will it take to cure cancer?”
Death Rate Projection for 2030
5%
We have the funds, the
research teams, and the
people to support the “race
for the cure” but still
there is not much hope
surfacing. This chart shows
the death rate prediction
15 years from now. (2030)
5%
Cancer
37%
22%
Cancer
Cardiovascular Diseases
Other Chronic Diseases
Injuries
Communicable Diseases
31%
Source: Best Syndication News and
The World Health Organization
Cancer is still present and as deadly as ever because it is so complex. There are
thousands of cancers and the one man who cures cancer will likely never exist.
But why is the death rate not slimming down? Why aren’t we seeing effort being
put into the money and time we have devoted to make sure that cancer research
and treatment progresses? There has been a war on cancer for decades on
decades but there is not decades of evidence that we are even stepping foot in
the right direction.
Question Answered:
Why is cancer still amongst us?
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"Global Cancer Statistics." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 02 Feb. 2015. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
Impact of Chronic Disease. Digital image. Patient Navigator: Physical Aspects of Disease. Colorado Patient
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James, Corneliussen. The Cancer Culture Chronicles. Digital image. : February 2011. Blogspot, 25 Feb. 2011.
Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
"Precision Medicine Holds Promise For The Deadliest Cancers In The United States." Precision Medicine Holds
Promise For The Deadliest Cancers In The United States. PBR Newswire, 10 Mar. 2015. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.