Monday: PET Scan
Thursday: MRI then appt with the Brain Doc to see what all the Gamma Knife treatment did
Friday: Bloodwork, Visit with Dr MO to see the results of the PET Scan and to see what kind of chemo I will be receiving on Friday...full blown or maintenance!
I'm exhausted just thinking about the upcoming week.
Since November (Lung Cancer Month) is quickly approaching, I thought I would share some facts from Lung Cancer Leaders
WOMEN AND LUNG CANCER
Lung cancer will take the lives of 71,000 women this year – more deaths than from
breast, ovarian, and uterine cancers combined - yet cancer’s #1 killer of women remains
greatly overlooked and misunderstood. Here are some of the essential facts about women
and lung cancer:
*Lung cancer kills more women each year than breast, uterine and ovarian cancers
combined.
*93% misidentified the leading cancer killer of women or have no idea what it is.
*Lung cancer will kill 71,000 women this year, nearly 80% more than will die
from breast cancer
*Only 8% of women know lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of women (49%
think breast cancer is)
*One in every 16 women will develop lung cancer in her lifetime
*Lung cancer diagnoses among women are up six fold over the last 30 years
*One in five women diagnosed with lung cancer never smoked
*Approximately 20,000-25,000 people who have never smoked are diagnosed with
lung cancer in the U.S. each year; more than 60 percent are women
* As a separate disease category, lung cancer deaths in never-smokers ranks as the
*The overall 5 year survival rate for women with lung cancer lags far behind those
of other women’s cancers (Lung cancer: 18.8%, Breast cancer: 90.1%, Ovarian
cancer: 45.6%, Uterine cancer: 81.1%, Cervical cancer: 71.8%)
*Lung cancer receives $1,249 of federal funding per death, while breast cancer
receives $27,480 per death, followed by $14,336 for prostate cancer and $6,590
for colon cancer
*Lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the #1 cancer killer of women in 1987
References:
Cancer Facts and Figures 2011, American Cancer Society.
029771.pdf Accessed October 2011.
Hyams and Johnson. Out of the Shadows: Woman and Lung Cancer. Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
2010.
Out of the Shadows: Women and Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Alliance.
http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/shadows/Women_and_LC_2010.pdf Accessed September 2011.
The Desperate Need for Lung Cancer Funding. Uniting Against Lung Cancer.
http://www.unitingagainstlungcancer.org/research/need. Accessed October 2011.
GfK Roper Public Affairs national survey, conducted Oct 7-9, 2011.
Remember Cancer isn't always pink!
I will be sure to let you all know what I find out!
Thanks for all your love and support! It makes my heart shine!
Love!
K*
