AdvertisementAs More Americans Live Through Cancer, Survivors' Ranks GrowJune 15, 2012Jessica Stoller-ConradfacebookEmailAn American Cancer Society Relay for Life event at the University of Texas-Dallas in 2006. The events are meant to "celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease," according to the organization. (via Wikimedia Commons)