Today markers the first day of sarcoma awareness week. If you have not had the chance to wear yellow yet, please take the time to wear yellow this week!! It would mean a great deal for those of us diagnosed with this disease. For those who need some facts to educate those in your office or place of business, here you go:
- About 10, 520 new soft tissue sarcomas will be diagnosed (5,680 cases in males and 4,840 cases in females).
- 3,920 Americans (2,020 males and 1,900 females) are expected to die of soft tissue sarcomas.
- The only way to prevent some soft tissue sarcomas is to avoid exposure to risk factors whenever possible. Most sarcomas, however, develop in people with no known risk factors, so there is no way known at this time to prevent most cases. And for people receiving radiation therapy, there is usually little choice.
Please help spread the word about the human tribe website!! The funds will go to help the fund that I am starting here at Purdue:
http://humantribeproject.com/tribes/drenees-journey
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