Almost 2 thousand people in the province will die this year from cancer and 18 community and business leaders in the province will be out and about over the next few months raising money for the fight against the disease. They have committed to raising $10,000 each for the Relay For Life, which is the Canadian Cancer Society’s major fundraiser.
Senior Manager Chantal Saucier says every penny counts when it comes to research and a diagnosis of cancer is no longer a death sentence. Prostate cancer is 96 per cent curable with breast cancer at 88 percent but she warns cancer will never be eliminated entirely especially with an aging baby boomer population. Saucier adds there are thousands of cancers so it would be a mistake to believe there is just one cure.
Only about 20 per cent of the research applications to the Cancer Society get funding. Last year, 34 communities in New Brunswick hosted Relay For Life events, raising more than $2.5 million for cancer research.
