claim: "in the united states alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer."
author: joe biden
evidence_1: may 2, 2016 ... the second principle is the international response to cancer should reflect the  same urgency we bring to infectious disease threats. cancer is the constant  emergency. in the united states alone we lose more than 1,600* people a day to  cancer. we should be doing everything possible to accelerate cancer ...
evidence_2: nearly 160,000 lives are lost annually.1; 158,080 people in the u.s. will die of  lung cancer in 2016.1; more than the other 3 leading cancers combined (breast  cancer ... as breast cancer and more than three times as many men as prostate  cancer.1; lung cancer is the leading cancer killer among women in the united  states, ...
evidence_3: by 2012, more than two-thirds of people with cancer saw five more birthdays.2  over the past 40 years, millions of lives have been saved through lifestyle  changes, ... read more. below, we explore how individual and collective action  has impacted cancer mortality in the united states. we start by exploring  progress against ...
evidence_4: joe biden was the vice president of the united states. he was born in scranton,  pa., but now lives in wilmington, del. he represented delaware in the u.s.  senate from 1973 to 2009. he made a brief run for president in 1988 and again  in 2007. he was announced aug. 23, 2008, as sen. barack obama's vice  presidential ...
evidence_5: apr 29, 2016 ... “in the us alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer.” ... “everyone  here understands… how faith can turn loss into hope, and hope into action.” after  the speech biden met cardinal pietro parolin, the vatican's secretary of state,  and was set to hold talks later with italian prime minister matteo ...