FIGHT LONG AFTER CANCER
"Survivorship means living life to the fullest and being there for other people who have just been diagnosed with cancer."
This is a documentary about Eden Stotsky, a young adult cancer survivor, who discovers through her own cancer survivorship the courage to face a time of great uncertainty regarding her future well-being.
Eden Stotsky was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer on November 12, 1997.
Why do Young Adults need to be aware of the fight against cancer?
• The incidence of cancer among young adults has been on the rise and the causes of these cancers and the increased incidence are not known.
• More than 70,000 people each year between the ages of 18–40 are diagnosed with cancer.
• In the US, one in every seventy persons develops cancer between the ages of twenty and forty.
• Cancer among the adolescent and young adult population is a significant health problem in the United States.
• Cancer is becoming a chronic disease for many cancer survivors.
* *2008, American Cancer Society, Inc
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Full Video coming soon. Click here to see the trailer.