The American Cancer Society will celebrate its 27th annual National Cancer Survivors Day on Sunday to help provide free guidance, education, and support to hundreds of hospitals, support groups, and other cancer-related organizations throughout the U.S.
National Cancer Survivors Day is a day when thousands of people in hundreds of communities across the U.S. hold celebrations to honor cancer survivors and celebrate life.
According to the American Cancer Society, there are 28 million cancer survivors in the world. Fifty percent of those survivors live in the U.S., which has only 5 percent of the world’s population.
The three most common cancers among male survivors in the U.S. are prostate (43 percent), colon and rectum (9 percent), and melanoma (7 percent). Among female survivors in the U.S., the most common cancers are breast (41 percent), uterine (8 percent), and colon and rectum (8 percent).