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America Has 15.5 Million Cancer Survivors

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Cancer survivors taking the survivor lap

America has a high number of cancer survivors.

(Mirror Daily, United States) – The United States has reached a 15.5 million record number of cancer survivors this year and according to the American Cancer Society, in 10 years they will be over 20 million.

However, there is a high demand for psychological, emotional and medical support to assure the long-term recovery of the survivors.

According to Kimberly Miller, American Cancer Society epidemiologist, it is crucial for all cancer survivors to deal with long-term psychological and physical effects of their cancer treatment. Plus, the public health community must become more committed to supporting these survivors.

The study authors underlined the fact that cancer rates dropped off for men and stabilized for women thanks to improved treatment and detection.

In addition to this, the aging population has grown as the statistics have shown that around half of the survivors are at least 70 years old, and 56 percent of them were diagnosed during the past 10 years. One-third of them were diagnosed 5 five years ago or less.

Men survivors used to suffer from melanoma, 614,000; colon or rectal cancer, 725,000; and prostate cancer, 3.3 million. Women survivors mostly suffered from colon or rectal cancer, 727,000; uterine cancer, 757,000; and breast cancer, 3.5 million.

However, these are not the most encountered forms of cancer because lung cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed in men, but it is ranked eighth among survivors because only a few fight back this disease.

Another finding regarding survivors is that there is a strong connection between their age and the type of cancer. For instance, 65,000 cancer survivors are 14 years old or under, whereas 47,000 are 15 to 19 years old. Furthermore, 64 percent of prostate cancer survivors are at least 70 years old compared to just 37 percent of melanoma survivors.

According to Dr. Stephanie Bernik, chief of surgical oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, because cancer has a tremendous impact on patients and their families, it is crucial to provide them with physical, financial and emotional support. Bernik underlined that cancer also affects the patient’s mind and spirit, making the fight with this disease at least twice more difficult.

Cancer survivors are those who are cancer free, have a history of cancer and the ones still in treatment.

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Vladimir Putin: Iran’s Missiles Are Not a Threat To Israel

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Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone discussion on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he said the missiles he is allowing to be transported to Iran have only “defensive” purposes and won’t menace the Middle East.

The talk comes only 24 hours after Putin said Russia was immediately lifting a five-year ban on supplying one of the world’s most advanced anti-aircraft systems to Iran. Two weeks ago, Iran and the world powers, including the United States and Russia, reached a framework agreement, on toning down its nuclear program in return for the stoppage of economic sanctions.

Russia announced Tuesday it would need at least six months before it could ship the S-300 air defense missile system to Teheran.

In the phone call with Netanyahu, Putin motivated the logic behind his decision, saying the action “would not pose any threat to the security of Israel or other countries in the Middle East”. According to a statement by the Kremlin, the Russian president explained that the technical and tactical specifications of the defense missile system make it a “purely defensive weapon.”

Netanyahu talked about Israel’s “grave concerns” over the missile system, by saying the sale “will only encourage Iranian aggression in the region and further undermine the stability of the Middle East.”

Israel is against the nuclear deal reached this month and believes Iran may try to push forward a nuclear bomb project in secret. Israel has menaced to use military force in order to prevent that from happening. The advanced air defense system Putin gave the green light would make an Israeli charge more difficult.

Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, announced that Russia was already supplying Iran with some goods in exchange for oil. Peskov added this trade was not forbidden under the sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council.

In Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama launched a warning to Iran, saying its fighters must not meddle with Iraq’s sovereignty and cooperate with Baghdad in the battle against Islamic State militants.

Iran-backed Shi’ite forces have played a major role in fighting the Sunni Islamic State, the terrorist group that gained strength from the chaos in Iraq and Syria.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi was forced to use Shi’ite militias, some of which are supported by Iran and led by Iranian military officers, after Iraq’s regular military was faced with large scale desertions last summer.

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