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1.5M new cancer cases are predicted this year
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Posted on May 31 2019
It’s predicted that a combined 1.5 million new cancer cases would be diagnosed in the United States and its territories this year, according to a proclamation recognizing CNMI Cancer Survivors Week.
This sobering data was highlighted last May 21, when Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios signed the CNMI Cancer Survivors Week and the National Cancer Survivors Day at the Governor’s Office conference room on Capitol Hill, recognizing May 25, 2019 through May 31, 2019 as CNMI Cancer Survivors Week and June 2, 2019 as National Cancer Survivors Day.
The proclamation noted that there are about 300 cancer survivors in the CNMI and nearly 12 million in the United States. It further noted that there would be over 1.5 million new cancer cases diagnosed in the U.S. and its territories this year.
“Cancer survivors face challenges and difficulties after being diagnosed, including financial hardships, unhealthy psychological and emotional feelings, employment problems, and personal relationship struggles among others” the proclamation noted.
“Increased access to quality cancer care, screening, prevention, and patient navigation, especially among the medically underserved, must be a top priority in our community,” the proclamation stated. It added that both the Commonwealth Cancer Association and the Commonwealth Health Care Corp.’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, along with other social and human services providers, are working together to the goal of “eradicating cancer” in the NMI.
