• The single most important step to curing cancer is to catch it early.
• For many cancers, when the disease is diagnosed early, 9 out of 10 lives can be saved.
• An estimated 90 percent of cancers could be curable if diagnosed early.
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s early cancer-detection research is dedicated to finding and treating cancer at its earliest stages when it’s most curable.
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is a world leader in early cancer-detection research.
• Early detection of cancer greatly improves the chance of survival.
• When cancer is caught early, the five year survival rate: - for colon cancer rises from 64 percent to 90 percent
  - for lung cancer rises from 15 percent to 49 percent
  - for breast and prostate cancers the survival rate is 85 percent to 99 percent
  
• Early detection could reduce the economic burden of cancer on society:
• This year’s cost is estimated at more than $263 billion!
• In the United States, men have a slightly less than 1 in 2 lifetime risk of developing cancer
• In the United States, women have slightly more than 1 in 3 lifetime risk of developing cancer
• More than 569,490 will die from cancer this year. That’s more than 1,500 people each day. The best chance to reduce these numbers is through early detection and prevention.
• Since the introduction of early detection tests like the Pap smear, incidence and death rates for cervical cancer have dropped 70 percent.
• Early detection provides one of the most promising opportunities to eliminate cancer and cancer deaths.

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