Points of Pride throughout our 100-year history

After 100 years of saving lives and creating more birthdays, we’ve led the way in working tirelessly to transform cancer from deadly to treatable and from treatable to preventable.

Today, two out of three people diagnosed with cancer are surviving (for at least five years). In fact, more than 400 people a day are celebrating birthdays that would have otherwise been lost to the disease.

We’ve contributed to a 20 percent decline in cancer death rates in the U.S. since the early 1990s. That means we’ve helped save nearly 1.2 million lives during that time.

We’ve played a role in nearly every cancer research breakthrough in recent history.

Each year, we help cancer patients everywhere get the help they need when they need it. For example, last year alone we assisted more than a million people who called us for help, providing free services like a place to stay while traveling for treatment, rides to treatment, emotional support, and much more.

Our work has helped lead to a 50-percent drop in smoking since the 1960s, which has contributed to a drop in lung cancer death rates for some groups.