While a disease like Cancer can seem daunting and confusing, it’s helpful to know what’s actually going on inside your body that causes all these things to happen. Learning more about the problem you or someone else is facing can help you get through it, understand it better, and make it seem not as intimidating. Here are some Facts about what cancer is:

• Cancer occurs when the cells that make up our body start growing out of control. These out of control cells can then infects healthy area of your body, and can make you very sick in a variety of ways.
• In 2011, the United States spent about $88 Billion on cancer treatment
• There are around 100 known types of cancer
• In the United States 1 in 2 men will get cancer at some point in their life, as well as 1 in 3 women
• Every 2.3 minutes someone is diagnosed with lung cancer
• One in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime
• 1 in 6 deaths is due to cancer
• 1.6million American people were diagnosed with cancer in 2012
• There is also many organizations working to support and encourage those fighting cancer, like locks of love, Kendra’s call for komfort, and Standup2cancer.org, and more. Join the fight against cancer today.