Help Fight Esophageal Cancer
Our mission is to raise awareness and money for the Mayo Clinic’s Esophageal Cancer Department. Esophageal cancer often goes undiagnosed for long periods because its symptoms do not seem unusual. As a result, the 5-year survival rate is just 17.9%, compared to the average 66.5% across all cancers. The staggering
38% of esophageal cancer patients with distant Stage IV diagnoses have a 4.2% outlook. Esophageal cancer has taken the lives of two people extremely close to me...
16,980
new esophageal cancer cases in 2015
15,590
esophageal cancer deaths in 2015
3-4x
liklihood of occurance in men over women
4%
survival rate of stage 4 esophageal cancer
based on estimates from the American Cancer Society
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100% of your donation goes directly to the Mayo Clinic's Esophageal Cancer Department.