According to Ace Show Biz, Jen Arnold recently shared a photo of herself during her treatment to fight cancer. The reality star had to postpone the treatment for a week because of low blood counts, but she told followers on Twitter that there was a positive side because, now, she was able to have “a better Xmas” with her husband and their two children.  Arnold spent the holidays baking cookies with 3-year-old Will and 2-year-old Zoey while her husband Bill Klein prepared Italian food.

The star of “The Little Couple” announced recently that she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.  Now, she has started her chemo treatment as an inpatient and she lost her hair as the result.  Her second day of chemo came with the photo, along with a caption explaining that her new anti-nausea medication was working well and she was sleeping a lot.  Arnold was hoping to get home that day.

Earlier this month, People reported that Arnold was suffering from a rare form of cancer, but few details had been released as to the specific type of cancer she was facing.  When Arnold made the statement that she was battling cancer, she stated that she was currently undergoing treatment that included surgery and chemotherapy.  Arnold was optimistic, stating that her prognosis was good.  Unfortunately, this news came on the heels of the joyous adoption of their second child.

The World Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released the latest statistics on the global burden of cancer and predictions of cancer trends.  IARC collected data on 28 types of cancer in 184 countries, collecting and publishing the data in the GLOBOCAN database.  In 2008, there were 12.7 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer-related deaths around the world.  In 2012, those numbers raised to 14.1 million new cases and 8.2 million deaths.

Projections based on the IARC estimates predict a substantive increase to 19.3 million new cancer cases per year by 2025, due to growth and aging of the global population.  The most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide were those of the lung (1.8 million, 13.0 percent), breast (1.7 million, 11.9 percent), and colorectum (1.4 million, 9.7 percent). The most common causes of cancer death were cancers of the lung (1.6 million, 19.4 percent), liver (0.8 million, 9.1 percent), and stomach (0.7 million, 8.8 percent).