Will You Join Me?

A Global Movement To End Cancer

By 2010, cancer is projected to become the leading cause of death worldwide. It’s a shocking and needless fact - 30 percent of cancers are preventable, and another one-third of cancers are treatable if detected early.

What if there was a global movement to show the huge personal impact of cancer, that pushed governments and other global decision-makers to take urgent action? What if people from around the world joined together to push for better treatment, more cancer funding and access to care for everyone? What might happen if ordinary people had the tools and the power to improve the lives of the 28 million cancer survivors around the world? That's the idea behind LIVESTRONG Action.

Cancer affects all of us. But the global fight against cancer -- the broad commitment to ensure prevention, treatment and care - lacks urgency and focus. When world leaders come together in major global forums like the G8, they make big plans to fight communicable diseases but rarely address cancer; There appears to be a huge funding gap globally between what we need to make a serious dent on cancer deaths and what the world is spending now; Many countries don't even have cancer control plans -- a key tool in the fight against cancer; and for some, the stigma associated with cancer is so great that people are too afraid to get essential screenings and care that they need.

If we're going to reduce the death and suffering caused by cancer -- starting now -- the people of the world have to take this issue into their own hands.

LIVESTRONG Action is a movement to do just that. We'll give you opportunities to take action globally, nationally and in your own neighborhood. We'll provide a platform to reach out to your leaders but also to friends, relatives and colleagues who have been affected by cancer to get them involved in the fight, and alert them to ways they can fight cancer in their own lives.

Together, we can make real progress toward a world without cancer.

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Livestrong Action has created a "dedication book" to help pressure world leaders to do more to fight cancer. Will you help me show support of this fight? Please join my dedication to Dad, with Rona as further inspiration, and lets do what we can to help fight this disease. Please send this link to all of your friends, neighbors, etc. and join the world in fighting cancer.

http://www.livestrongaction.org/dedication/carl-h-chorman