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Cancer in Maine Statistics

Someone you know has cancer. 

  • Maine has the highest incidence of cancer in the United States. 
  • More than 40 percent of Maine’s population resides within EMMC CancerCare of Maine’s service area in northern and northeastern Maine. 
  • Cancer rates for individuals within the EMMC CancerCare of Maine's service area are the highest in Maine. 
  • More than 7,000 patients receive cancer treatment at EMMC CancerCare of Maine each year, and that number has been steadily increasing. 

Maine Map with Cancer Rates

Susan and Ed McLaughlinSusan McLaughlin 

 “The first time I walked through the door at CancerCare of Maine, I started to cry. I just  couldn’t believe how many people have cancer.”

Carla and Danny LafayetteDanny and Carla Lafayette 

 “No one should believe that this disease happens only to ‘other people,’ because it doesn’t – it happens to you and me.”

 

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Lili Acheson“Lila Acheson, age 9, of Indian Township, Maine, joined with her classmates last spring at the Indian Township School in raising nearly $1,500 in pennies. This was done to honor and memorialize Lila’s grandmother who was battling breast cancer but later succumbed to the disease. Her grandmother was also a teacher at the school. Their efforts have inspired many school children throughout eastern Maine to follow in the footsteps of Lila and her classmates. Please consider joining them – as it would be terrific for your school to be identified in the new cancer center as a Champion the Cure donor! To learn more, contact Healthcare Charities at 973-5185.”