Amber Evans' Team In Training Page
Racing to Save Lives
Welcome to my Team In Training home page.
I am training to participate in an endurance event as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I'm completing the Breezy Point Sprint Triathlon in Norfolk, VA in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!
Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance the Society's mission.
I hope you'll visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Also, feel free to read about my training experiences in my "Tribulations of Triathlon-ating" blog. Thanks for your support!
Did You Know?
We're making progress with your help and donations, but there are still many more people affected by blood cancers. Maybe you know someone? A friend, a family member, a co-worker, or an aquaintence, fighting for their well-being, and their life. My goal is to raise funds to meet the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's mission to "Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's 2000 Annual report, there's been progress, but there's still much more to do:
Leukemia
We’re winning the battle ... The five-year survival rate for leukemia patients has tripled from 14% in 1960, to 44% in 1995. The five-year survival rate for children with acute lymphocytic leukemia is 81%. But the war isn’t over. This year in the U.S., an estimated 30,800 new cases of leukemia will be diagnosed, and approximately 21,700 people will die from the disease.
Lymphoma
We’re winning the battle ... The five-year survival rate for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients rose from 31% in 1960 to 52% in 1995. In children, the five-year survival rate is 78%, a significant improvement in the last 30 years.
But the war isn’t over ... About 62,300 Americans will be diagnosed with lymphoma in 2000, the vast majority with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. An estimated 27,500 people will die from lymphoma in 2000, the majority from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Myeloma
We’re making progress ... The survival rate for myeloma is 28%, a modest improvement from 24% in the 1970s. But there’s much more we need to do ... An estimated 13,600 new cases of myeloma will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2000, and approximately 11,200 people will die from it.
