219 Relay for Life events will takeplacein Pennsylvania this year.They include: 7,618 teams, 15,714 cancer survivors and 99,855 participants.$18.7 million was raised through 118 Relay events in Pennsylvania in 2006.
$3 billion dollars has been spent by the American Cancer Society on research.
25 percent:The five-year survival ratef or cancer patients in 1946.
58 percent:The five-year survival ratef or cancer patients in 1997.
1985:Thefirs t Relay for Life was held when Dr. Gordon Klatt ran and walked for 24 hours, raising $27,000 for the American Cancer Society.
1998: Cancer incidents dropped for the first time in 20 years.
2003:Thefirs t year since 1930 when data started being compiled that deaths due to cancer began to decrease.
Information provided by the American Cancer Society. For more visit the Web site, www.cancer.org.
