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. 

Susan 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.”

Danny 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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