This
year alone, nearly 8 million people will die of cancer worldwide.
Cancer is projected to become the leading cause of death worldwide in
the year 2010. It is because of these sobering statistics that the
Lance Armstrong Foundation has announced the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer
Summit in Ireland.

Ireland, a country of just over 4 million people, is projected to
have more that 40,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed by 2020. The
leaders of the cancer movement in Ireland include the Irish Cancer
Society and the Irish Ministery for Health. Irish Cancer Society CEO
John McCormack said, “We can and must act to reduce the rate of
preventable cancer and this summit gives us the opportunity to increase
cancer awareness and take actions which will save lives.”

Our very own Chief of Staff, Morgan Binswanger, visited the Emerald
Isle recently to discuss the details of the upcoming summit. He
describes our partners as “remarkably warm and friendly, the Irish have
been helping lead in taking progressive steps forward on cancer control
especially in anti-tobacco over the last five years. We are eager to
work with other organizations in country, like the Irish Cancer Society
to support continuing advances on the Isle. The Irish are very serious
about new prevention measures and getting good information to everyone.
There is great enthusiasm for the Summit, Lance racing here and
LIVESTRONG.”
We are looking forward to working more with our Irish friends and our
other global partners to secure solid commitments in the fight against
cancer.