12-06-2008, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: 23 Apr 2008
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Teenage Cancer Trust & Shunburn Facts!!
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I’ve been chosen to represent the Teenage Cancer Trust as I feel really passionate about the work they do and I think they are amazing in helping teenagers who could miss out on their teen years![FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
The boring but important stuff!!![FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
One in 330 boys and one in 420 girls get cancer before they’re 20 – that’s between two and four cases for every secondary school in the UK.[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
By the age of 15, you have a 1 in 600 chance of developing cancer. By the age of 24, you will have had a 1 in 285 chance.[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
Teenage cancer rates have increased by 50% in the last 30 years.[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
Cancer is the number one cause of non-accidental death in teenagers and young adults in the UK.[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
70% of young people with cancer still don’t have access to a TCT unit.[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
Young people contract some of the most aggressive forms of cancer. Survival rates for teens with cancer fall far behind survival rates for other age groups.[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
Don’t forget to sign up for FREE ‘Burn Alerts’ and the chance to win great prizes at: www.shunburn.co.uk[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
PLEASE think before you go out in the sun without covering up first, or you could be causing yourself real damage!![FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]
xxx
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