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- Cancer is the second most common cause of death after heart disease.
- A significant percentage of newly diagnosed cancers can be cured.
- Cancer is more curable when detected early. Although some cancers develop completely without symptoms, the disease can be particularly devastating if you ignore symptoms because you do not think that these symptoms might represent cancer.
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Approximately 1.2 million new cases of invasive cancer were diagnosed in the United States. Of these cases, more than 12,000 affected children.
