Cancer Statistics
Programs & Patient Services
Sumter Relay Event
Goals For 2012
Relay For Life
100
This is the most common cancer in men and it occurs more often in African-Americans than Caucasians
What is prostate cancer?
100
A place for cancer patients to stay while undergoing treatment.
What is the Hope Lodge?
100
This is our theme for Sumter County Relay For Life this year.
What is Hollywood Nights.
100
This is our ultimate goal for Relay For Life.
What is finding a cure for cancer.
100
These are bags with names and pictures on them that contain lit candles and are placed around the track the night of relay in honor or memory of individuals.
What are luminaria bags.
200
This is one of the most preventable cancers.
What is lung cancer?
200
A one-on-one support program for woman who have been diagnosed with breast cancer
What is Reachto Recovery?
200
This is what we call our team captain's meetings.
What are Dress Rehearsals
200
This is our goal for number of teams this year.
What is 80.
200
This is the Sumter County Relay For Life website.
What is www.relayforlife.org/sumtersc.
300
This cancer is the number one cause of death in both men and women.
What is lung cancer?
300
This is a program where someone takes you to and from your doctor's appointments.
What is Road to Recovery.
300
This is our money raing goal this year.
What is $204,000.
300
This is the American Cancer Society's phone number.
What is 1-800-227-2345.
400
Florida has the highest incidence of cancer behind only one other state.
What is California?
400
This program teaches patients techniques to cope with cosmetic side effects of treatments through licensed cosmetologists.
What is Look Good…Feel Better.
400
This is the date for our Relay For Life event.
What is May 18th and 19th, 2012.
400
These are the four areas of mission for Relay For Life.
What is EARS (Education, Advocacy, Research and Service)
500
This is the most common form of cancer with more than one million Americans diagnosed yearly
What is skin cancer?
500
This is a program where friends encourage each other to get mammograms.
What is Tell a Friend.
500
This is our new American Cancer Society representative.
Who is Betty Ruth Herdman.
500
This is the year that Relay for Life was started.
What is 1985.
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