Vital Signs
FACTS & FIGURES
Keeping ahead of cancer
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An MRI of brain cancer (blue spot) |
Year National Cancer Institute established
1937
Year National Cancer Act passed and "war on cancer" declared
1971
Year DHMC's Norris Cotton Cancer Center established
1972
Rank of cancer as a cause of death in the U.S.
2
Number of new cancer cases diagnosed annually in the U.S.
1.2 million
Percentage of patients who pass the five-year survival mark
60%
Number of patient visits annually at Norris Cotton Cancer Center
31,000
Estimated annual direct and indirect cost of cancer in the U.S.
$180 billion
National Cancer Institute annual budget
$4.2 billion
Norris Cotton Cancer Center annual research funding
$43 million
Estimated number of cancer survivors in the U.S.
8.9 million
Sources: National Cancer Institute and Norris Cotton Cancer Center