The United States Congress is the national federal legislative body of the United States of America. Congress is divided into two bodies: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The citizens of the United States elect the people that make up these bodies.
This year about 564,800 Americans are expected to die of cancer more than 1,500 people a day. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease. One of every four deaths in the US is from cancer.
Every year an estimated 11 million people are. diagnosed with cancer (excluding skin cancers) and. nearly 7 million people are recorded as dying from. cancer. Projections for 2030 predict that these. figures will double. Cancer is increasing at rates. faster than the increase in global population. It is. becoming more common in high-income but also â. and most of all â in middle- and low-income. countries, absolutely and also relative to other. diseases.