Check out our newly re-designed web site by re-entering the URL www.forjoan.org.

Happy Holidays! 

Joan left us with the beautiful gift of her art.  This Christmas or Hanukkah, why not share it with your friends and loved ones?  Go Shopping for Joan and help us eradicate the disease that took her from us much too soon.

Net proceeds from Shopping for Joan will help us in our mission to raise awareness of the disease, to educate the public, and to be an advocate for research.  We also strive to eliminate the stigma of lung cancer and support survivors and their loved ones in our local community.
 

So, help us spread the word while giving some great gifts!

www.shoppingforjoan.org

{We also offer a very special print for St. Bonaventure University alumni, friends, and families here.}

About Lung Cancer

• 450 Americans die every day from lung cancer.  That’s 19 an hour.
• Even if you have never smoked, you can still get lung cancer.
• Every three minutes, another American is diagnosed with lung cancer.
• Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer.
• It kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver, melanoma, and kidney cancers … combined.
• Lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the #1 cancer killer of women in 1987.
• For every $9 spent on breast cancer, only $1 is spend on lung cancer in the U.S.
• Lung cancer killed nearly twice as many women as breast cancer in 2007.
• 60% of lung cancer is now diagnosed in non-smokers and former smokers.
• The overall survival rate for lung cancer is 15.5% - the same as it was over 40 years ago.
• Breast cancer has advanced to an 89% survival rate.
• The prostate cancer survival rate is now at 99%
• Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men & women, accounting for 30% of all cancer deaths.
• Quitting smoking will vastly improve your health.  It will significantly reduce your risk of lung cancer.
• If you smoke, we urge you to quit. 
• However, quitting smoking will not cure lung

The Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.

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