Cancer was not disorganized chromosomal chaos. It was organized chromosomal chaos Votes: 3
Siddhartha MukherjeeCancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic. Votes: 3
Christopher HitchensThe American Cancer Society has done the American public a really great disservice. Votes: 3
David BaltimoreI'm a Cancer, which means I'm maternal and emotional. So in relationships I'm screwed. Votes: 3
Lindsay LohanI'm allergic to the word 'important' in film and theatre. Cancer research is important. Votes: 3
Robert Sean LeonardCancer may kill you, but when you look at the numbers, arthritis ruins more lives. Votes: 3
Kevin R. StoneCancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience. Votes: 3
Pierce BrosnanCancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done. Votes: 3
Bruce McCullochCancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done." Votes: 3
Bruce McCullochI've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer. Votes: 3
Loni AndersonTwo of my favourite books are Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' and 'Tropic of Capricorn.' Votes: 3
Lydia LunchI'm an honorary ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer, and I'm also associated with St. Jude's. Votes: 3
Sofia VassilievaLinux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. Votes: 3
Steve BallmerCancer is the great equalizer. Everyone is affected by it either themselves or through loved ones. Votes: 3
Andrew LoThis "Not Today" attitude of yours is a cancer. Cancer of the character. It stunts your growth. Votes: 3
David MitchellHave I told you I have cancer? It's a very special kind of cancer. Cancer of the soul. Votes: 3
Thom YorkeCancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong. Votes: 3
Johnny RamoneBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Votes: 3
Maya AngelouCancer's only one page in my life, and I will not allow this page to impact the rest of my life. Votes: 3
Ananda Shankar JayantNow I'm being blamed not only for anorexia but for lung cancer. - On being a social smoker. Votes: 1
Kate MossIf anything diminishes a person, it is the cancer of constant complaining. Votes: 0
Joan D. ChittisterThere is a very moving and ancient connection between cancer and depression. Votes: 0
Siddhartha MukherjeeFlorida's number three industry, behind tourism and skin cancer, is voter fraud. Votes: 0
Dave BarryPeople with AIDS, cancer and other illnesses need free nonmedical support services. Votes: 0
Marianne WilliamsonHe who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart. Votes: 0
Johann Kaspar LavaterTobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer. Votes: 0
Harold E. VarmusThe laugh count is right up there with being diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Votes: 0
David EdwardScores of studies support the power of certain natural foods to prevent cancer. Votes: 0
Joel FuhrmanFluoride causes more human cancer, and causes it faster, than any other chemical. Votes: 0
Dean BurkConflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellI've helped many, many, many children, thousands of children, cancer kids, leukemia kids. Votes: 0
Michael JacksonSo even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day. Votes: 0
Natalie GoldbergOnce colon cancer becomes symptomatic, nine times out of ten it is too late. Votes: 0
Kevin RichardsonMr Obama you're not a healing Jesus, you cause cancer with your bad policies. Votes: 0
Gordon KlingenschmittI used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective. Votes: 0
Delta GoodremUnlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food. Votes: 0
Mario BataliWhen someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too. Votes: 0
Terri ClarkIn December 1988, my mother died of lung cancer. I died too. I couldn't function. Votes: 0
Sandra DeeRising inequality is a cultural and economic cancer on a lot of different levels. Votes: 0
Kevin DrumJealousy is an inner consciousness of one's own inferiority. It is a mental cancer. Votes: 0
B. C. ForbesColds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are. Votes: 0
Mark VonnegutAbove all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience. Votes: 0
Kris CarrWe have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place. Votes: 0
David AgusLike an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.I began seeing my wife, Kathleen, while I was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Votes: 0
Ken VenturiNo chemical carcinogen is nearly so important in causing human cancer as animal protein. Votes: 0
T. Colin CampbellWhenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that's feminism. Votes: 0
bell hooksStudying cancer could provide huge insights for astrobiologists into the nature of life itself. Votes: 0
Paul DaviesI'm in my 60s, and a cancer scare just makes you more aware of mortality. Votes: 0
Shirley Geok-lin LimA conquered nation is like a man with cancer: he can think of nothing else. Votes: 0
George Bernard Shawdepression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying. Votes: 0
John GreenIf you have a pap smear every year, there's no reason to develop cervical cancer. Votes: 0
Laurie GlimcherI have been through a lot of medical trauma. I was diagnosed with breast cancer . Votes: 0
Lurlene McDanielA positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it. Votes: 0
Siddhartha MukherjeeThe cancer doesn't bother me. I have great faith that the technology will beat it. Votes: 0
Henry CisnerosIf you think the price of organic food is expensive, have you priced cancer lately, Votes: 0
Joel SalatinThe Bible diagnoses the cancer of all cancers and prescribes the cure of all cures. Votes: 0
Ray ComfortThe failure to think positively can weigh on a cancer patient like a second disease. Votes: 0
Barbara EhrenreichWe now know 600 different genes involved in cancer - giving rise to new drug targets. Votes: 0
Eric LanderThe word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family. Votes: 0
Wayne SwanI was told 50 percent of the population gets cancer. Everybody is going to be affected. Votes: 0
Catherine HardwickeMy main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists. Votes: 0
John CameronSpending the day with you has been marginally better than watching mother die of cancer. Votes: 0
Arthur M. JollyEveryone's just telling me that there's this rumor going around that I'm dying of cancer Votes: 0
Kyle MasseySince cancer, I feel like I have dreams rather than ambitions, visions rather than plans. Votes: 0
Eve EnslerDense overgrown forests and rangelands have grown like a cancer. They need to be treated. Votes: 0
Gale NortonInflationism is a dreadful cancer that is gnawing at the backbone of the civilized order. Votes: 0
Hans F. SennholzIve heard about cases when people repented of pornography and were healed of liver cancer. Votes: 0
Gordon KlingenschmittSocial reform is the desperate decision to remove corns from a person suffering from cancer. Votes: 0
Karl KrausI was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it's like a spiritual cancer afflicts you. Votes: 0
Mel GibsonWe expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression. Votes: 0
Kay Redfield JamisonI believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India. Votes: 0
Siddhartha MukherjeeEventually cancer becomes just another annoying thing that you deal with, you know, like cellulite. Votes: 0
Kris CarrNature is that lovely lady to whom we owe polio, leprosy, smallpox, syphilis, tuberculosis, cancer. Votes: 0
Stanley Norman CohenI think having the cancer allowed me to be able to freely talk about my faith. Votes: 0
Paul HendersonPublicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left. Votes: 0
Patrick KavanaghIt is so important to talk about your cancer and the feelings you have about it. Votes: 0
Mindy SterlingI know so many people who have battled breast cancer and they didn't all make it. Votes: 0
Elizabeth HurleyI think Donald Trump is a complete and utter buffoon and a cancer to our society. Votes: 0
Daniel NegreanuHumans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the earth. Votes: 0
Ingrid NewkirkMaybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukWhether you are rich or poor, beautiful or ugly, young or old, cancer knows no boundaries. Votes: 0
Sylvie Meis... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well. Votes: 0
Gilda RadnerWhat cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what's important. Votes: 0
Joel SiegelYou know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable. Votes: 0
Joe TorreI worked 22 years in the industry, and I noticed that operating systems get cancer with age. Votes: 0
Jean-Louis GasseeThe people who eat the most animal protein have the most heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Votes: 0
T. Colin Campbell[My mom] had this amazing attitude in the face of everything, including when she got cancer. Votes: 0
William J. ClintonWith cancer, there's always that doubt-that unknown. The only thing you can do is be positive. Votes: 0
Merril HogeSkin cancer became personal to my family when my father was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma. Votes: 0
Landon DonovanSkin cancer became personal to my family when my father was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, Votes: 0
Landon DonovanPeople just don't know that you can have colon cancer and be completely asymptomatic and healthy. Votes: 0
Julie GerberdingAbout 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single relative with breast cancer. Votes: 0
Kristi FunkOnce you are diagnosed with cancer, time changes. It both speeds up insanely and stops altogether. Votes: 0
Eve EnslerBuilding community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer. Votes: 0
Alan HirschI've been through cancer, divorce, loss and bereavement, but they are things most humans go through. Votes: 0
Olivia Newton-JohnI had uterine cancer, which is the most under-funded and under-researched of all the female cancers. Votes: 0
Fran DrescherI am opposed to heart attacks and cancer and strokes the way I am opposed to sin. Votes: 0
Mary LaskerWe all live in fear of cancer, but to be told you have skin cancer was terrifying. Votes: 0
Stephanie BeachamI was in the closet, so to speak, until after the fifth year when I was cancer-free. Votes: 0
Richard Roundtreedid everything I could in my life to be immune to hatred, because hatred is a cancer. Votes: 0
Elie WieselIf a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out. Votes: 0
Jesse JacksonI have a new found respect for women who have been through breast cancer and this surgery. Votes: 0
Giuliana RancicNot many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. Votes: 0
Christopher HitchensI have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer. Votes: 0
Jodi RellI heard those words that every woman fears and never wants to hear, You have breast cancer, Votes: 0
Joan LundenI like to think of making cancer a chronic disease rather than focus just on curing cancer. Votes: 0
Laurie GlimcherIt's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough. Votes: 0
Randy PauschIn the poem "C," the crows are associated with cancer, because I had suffered a cancer scare. Votes: 0
Shirley Geok-lin LimThe trans fatty acids (found in animal products and cooked oils) are a factor in breast cancer. Votes: 0
Edward MartinIt is not possible to make a certain evaluation...that cancer may be arrested if 'caught early'. Votes: 0
Hardin B. JonesIf you've ever had a brush with cancer, you're always thinking a pain might be something serious. Votes: 0
Ann JillianMan, it was a good thing vampires didn't get cancer. Lately he'd been chain-smoking like a felon. Votes: 0
J.R. WardGuns kill more teenagers than the other big killers - heart disease, cancer, and AIDS - combined. Votes: 0
Joycelyn EldersBetter to be caught in sudden, complete catastrophe than to be gnawed by the cancer of imagination. Votes: 0
Yukio MishimaFunds raised create hope for kids with cancer. Research is our top priority for discovering a cure. Votes: 0
Jeff GordonI don't want fear or cancer to define me, but it's always in the back of your mind. Votes: 0
Ethan ZohnTo faith doubt is a sin, to science a virtue, to love a cancer and to life, suicide Votes: 0
Bangambiki HabyarimanaI took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish. Votes: 0
Sam Taylor-WoodI can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer, Votes: 0
Angelina JolieI will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer. Votes: 0
Patrick SwayzeIn 2001, I was being treated for breast cancer, and I was pretty sure I was going to recover. Votes: 0
Barbara EhrenreichIt's one thing to run across Canada, but now, people are really going to know what cancer is. Votes: 0
Terry FoxTime is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me. Votes: 0
Ingrid BergmanSadness is more or less like a head cold - with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer. Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverIt takes money to run political campaigns. This is a cancer growing on the soul of our democracy. Votes: 0
Elizabeth WarrenBoth of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away. Votes: 0
Jessica SimpsonBreast cancer is scary and no one understands that like another woman who has gone through it too. Votes: 0
Mindy SterlingI always sort of thought, 'I'm probably going to get breast cancer. There's a really good chance.' Votes: 0
Cynthia NixonTogether we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse. Votes: 0
Patrick SwayzeBoth of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away." Votes: 0
Jessica SimpsonI think the stigma attached to mental illness will disappear just like it did for cancer years ago. Votes: 0
Sally GrahamI pictured myself as a virus or a cancer cell and tried to sense what it would be like. Votes: 0
Jonas SalkI feel so fortunate and grateful to be a survivor of breast cancer. I see it as a gift. Votes: 0
Olivia Newton-JohnI am really proud of what I have done for cancer awareness, but do I feel like Bono? No. Votes: 0
Andy RourkeMy mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I've got that from her, I know she's a fighter. Votes: 0
Naomi CampbellYou know, my father died of cancer when I was a teenager. He had it before it became popular. Votes: 0
Goodman AceI always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making. Votes: 0
Clive OwenBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean Votes: 0
Maya AngelouIf I had given up everything that my life was about ... I'd let cancer win before it needed to. Votes: 0
Elizabeth EdwardsMy mother did not want cancer to interfere with my life, as she knew it would eventually end hers. Votes: 0
Jenna MorascaI'd like to prove to other people that it's not the end of everything to be diagnosed with cancer. Votes: 0
Christopher HitchensThe women I know who have gone through breast cancer still laugh a lot. They're not crying all day. Votes: 0
Monica PotterI cannot escape the feeling that I was, at best, a cancer tourist, that my survival means I dabbled. Votes: 0
David RakoffI am off all the cancer meds. Energy is a bit low but other than that, I feel really good. Votes: 0
Tommy ChongIt might be hard to believe, but as difficult as cancer was, in some ways it was good for me. Votes: 0
Jon LesterI think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer. Votes: 0
Kate WalshMy mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, What can I do? Votes: 0
Andrew LoAnger and resentment are the cancer of our mind. To be cured, inject love in your heart and be kind. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaI had a cancer scare in the early 90s, and for a few months, I wondered if I would make it. Votes: 0
Kiki DeeYes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on. Votes: 0
Kris CarrI had a cancer scare in the early '90s, and for a few months, I wondered if I would make it. Votes: 0
Kiki DeeIf you had a cancer on your skin and had it burned it off, you'd wash it and clean it every day. Votes: 0
Nick NolteWe're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference. Votes: 6 LL Cool J
We could have lost faith and just let this battle with cancer get the best of us, or I could give my daughter's battle with cancer a purpose, and use my platform to try to raise as much awareness as possible. Votes: 3 Devon Still
When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer, you beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live. Votes: 3 Stuart Scott
Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasn't going to be all of me. Votes: 3 Hoda Kotb
Researches at Yale found a connection between brain cancer and work environment. The No. 1 most dangerous job for developing brain cancer? Plutonium hat model. Votes: 3 Jimmy Fallon
In too many cases, the moms, the dads, the sisters and brothers of children with cancer must stand by a hospital bed and watch helplessly as this horrible disease consumes the life of an innocent child. Votes: 1 Michael McCaul
In my late 30s, I flirted with the idea of having a child without necessarily being in a steady relationship. But I've never had a strong maternal urge, and then I got cancer of the womb - luckily caught at an early stage - so that put paid to that. Votes: 1 Kiki Dee
Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem. Votes: 2 David D. Burns
Hysteria, epilepsy, tuberculosis, and cancer were all found to result from the erratic propensities of a past life. Votes: 2 Max Heindel
Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem. Votes: 2 David D. Burns
In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally. Votes: 1 Grete Waitz
We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference. Votes: 6 LL Cool J
I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win. Votes: 1 Arlen Specter
My mother has had breast cancer twice. And my mother has always been this very positive human being: a glass-half-full type. Like, when she was in treatment and feeling really bad, she would always talk about some nurse that was particularly nice to her. Votes: 1 Susanne Bier
I know it was harder for me taking care of my dad during his cancer than it was going through my own. You feel more helpless as a caregiver. Votes: 1 Mindy Sterling
Beginning in 1940,...questionable grades of (low) malignancy were classed as cancer. ...the proportion of 'cancer' cures...increased rapidly... Votes: 3 Hardin B. Jones
Dean Burk, PhD, of the National Cancer Institute (head of their Cytochemistry Section and 32-year veteran at the agency) declared in a (May 30,1972) letter to (congressman Louis Frey, Jr.) that high officials of the FDA, AMA and ACS (American Cancer Society), were deliberately falsifying information, literally lying...and in other ways thwarting potential cancer cures to which they were opposed. Votes: 3 Barry Lynes
Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram. Votes: 3 Larry Craig
After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level. Votes: 3 Eric Shanteau
You know what the doctors call me? 'The Cancer Warrior.' Votes: 2 Dick Dale
We have thousands of patients and family members who are dealing with dual devastation, cancer and the hurricane. Votes: 1 Greg Anderson
I am committed to ovarian cancer research on a national level and in my community in the Carolinas. It is important to me to know the women that are true fighters of this difficult disease. Votes: 1 Andie MacDowell
I am committed to ovarian cancer research on a national level and in my community in the Carolinas. It is important to me to know the women that are true fighters of this difficult disease. Votes: 1 Andie MacDowell
The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family. Votes: 1 Wayne Swan
I'm praying that was my one little dip in the cancer pool. I hope never to have to revisit that, but I learned a lot, I'm cancer free with a bright and hopeful future. Votes: 6 Julie Gold
My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it. Votes: 1 Arabella Weir
Before I started chemotherapy treatments, I wrote down the best advice from doctors, family, friends, books, and survivors and created an 'Owner's Manual' to help me take care of myself. It would remind me that cancer is doable. Votes: 1 Regina Brett
I guess I wanted to show people, among other things, that you don't have to be a hero to get through cancer. You can be a craven coward and get through. You have to stay on your medication and take your treatments, that's all. Votes: 1 Harvey Pekar
I'm Cancer and Gemini cusp, so I read both and pick the one I like best. I read horoscopes but claim not to believe any of it. Votes: 1 Joe Dempsie
There are estimates that 2 to 3 percent of cancers in the U.S. each year are engendered by exposure to repetitive imaging. Votes: 1 Eric Topol
It is important to note that there exist vast gender differences in the global role of papillomaviruses in human cancers. This is mainly due to the role of this virus family in the induction of cancer of the cervix. Votes: 1 Harald zur Hausen
Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can. Votes: 1 Grete Waitz
One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these wise, beyond-their-years creatures or else these sad-eyed, tragic people. And the truth is people living with cancer are very much like people who are not living with cancer. Votes: 1 John Green
If I were rewriting 'Love, Medicine & Miracles,' I might consider changing its title to 'The Side Effects of Cancer.' Healing is hard work, as is any change one must make in one's life. I and others have learned, however, that the side effects of cancer may not all be bad ones. Votes: 1 Bernie Siegel
This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement. Votes: 1 Harold Pinter
If you've ever had a brush with cancer, you're always thinking a pain might be something serious. Votes: 1 Ann Jillian
It's unconscionable that cancer patients get the wrong diagnosis 30 percent of the time and that it takes so long to treat them with appropriate drugs for their cancer. Votes: 7 Patrick Soon-Shiong
In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy. Votes: 3 Harald zur Hausen
Early stages' is when the cancer is completely contained within the prostate. If it is detected when the cancer is entirely in the gland, the chance for full recovery is at its highest. Votes: 1 Len Dawson
I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became - what it campaigned against. Votes: 1 Eric Massa
While I may never be in remission from cancer, I am currently in remission from an unhealthy relationship to food. Votes: 1 Kris Carr
You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable. Votes: 4 Joe Torre
Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages, and lost hope; in their opinion, dirt could wait. Votes: 3 Alice Hoffman
We have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place. Votes: 3 David Agus
I have a new found respect for women who have been through breast cancer and this surgery. Votes: 1 Giuliana Rancic
I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent higher than in the UK. Votes: 4 Koo Stark
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Votes: 3 Maya Angelou
Both of our daughters, Debbie and Bonnie, are also cancer survivors. Votes: 3 David Wilkerson
I do like the ocean wave, actually. I'm born under the sign of Cancer - the sign of the crab - so I like coastal areas and sunny beaches and such - although not the wide-open and deep seas. Votes: 2 Anjelica Huston
We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer treatment and had a big impact on managing heart disease, brain disorders, arthritis and transplantation. Votes: 4 Robert Winston
Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left. Votes: 3 Ingrid Bergman
We must work to ensure that the Nevada Cancer Institute continues to receive the dollars necessary to make it a vibrant source of research and clinical assistance for cancer victims throughout the state of Nevada and the nation. Votes: 3 Jon Porter
Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk. Votes: 1 Debbie Wasserman Schultz
An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of these deaths for women over 40. Votes: 6 Matthew Lesko
Families fighting childhood cancer should not have to worry about where they're going to get the next dose of the drug they need to save their child's life. Votes: 3 Amy Klobuchar
I'm on the advisory board of Alex's Lemonade Stand, which is a children's cancer charity. I'm so proud to be on that and help them. Votes: 3 Kirsten Vangsness
I know people are pretty well embarrassed just at the mention of colon cancer. Sticking a tube in you to find out what's wrong is not a nice thing. But I can tell them, a 30- or 40-minute test is worth it. We have to make them feel more comfortable about getting screened. Votes: 3 Eric Davis
Consuming mushrooms regularly has been associated with decreased risk of breast, stomach and colorectal cancers. Votes: 3 Joel Fuhrman
To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. Votes: 1 Dale Murphy
My dad died from pancreatic cancer at 54... I'm making sure I'm eating my vegetables and staying away from the red meat. Votes: 1 Chumlee
My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. Votes: 3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related. Votes: 3 Loni Anderson
It doesn't make sense that there is only one way of dealing with cancer. Votes: 3 Hayley Mills
My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer. Votes: 3 Geoffrey Canada
My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer. Votes: 5 Geoffrey Canada
When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous. Votes: 1 Norm MacDonald
There's a rising cancer trend and, as I said, one of the major contributors is the overall ageing of the population - we aren't dying of other things, so we're dying of cancer. Votes: 4 Siddhartha Mukherjee
My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it. Votes: 1 Sarah Polley
If you just do a Google search and type in 'smoking' or 'lung cancer', you will be barraged with never ending facts and numbers, like how one in every three Americans is affected by lung disease and how COPD is the third leading cause of death and if you get lung cancer the odds are 95% that you will die. Votes: 1 Matthew Gray Gubler
The Mayo Clinic is one of the largest and most experienced medical centers treating esophageal cancer in the world. Votes: 3 Harmon Killebrew
We have thousands of patients and family members who are dealing with dual devastation, cancer and the hurricane. Votes: 1 Greg Anderson
What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day. Votes: 2 Bonnie Blair
We all live in fear of cancer, but to be told you have skin cancer was terrifying. Votes: 3 Stephanie Beacham
Modern society - everyone thinks getting cancer is a normal aspect of life. Votes: 3 Steven Magee
Through my attempt to get pregnant through IVF, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer. It's been a shock. Votes: 1 Giuliana Rancic
Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ass in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer. Votes: 1 Marla Sokoloff
Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem. Votes: 1 David D. Burns
I'm praying that was my one little dip in the cancer pool. I hope never to have to revisit that, but I learned a lot, I'm cancer free with a bright and hopeful future. Votes: 1 Julie Gold
Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse. Votes: 3 Patrick Swayze
Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ass in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer. Votes: 1 Marla Sokoloff
Hospital-acquired infections are now killing more people every year in the United States than die from AIDS or cancer or car accidents combined - about 100,000. Votes: 1 Janine Benyus
It seems that cancer is a direct result to injury. If you smoke, you damage your lung tissue, and then lung cancer arises. If you drink, you damage your liver, and then liver cancer occurs. Votes: 3 Eva Vertes
One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these wise, beyond-their-years creatures or else these sad-eyed, tragic people. And the truth is people living with cancer are very much like people who are not living with cancer. Votes: 3 John Green
My mother battled cancer for 12 years before losing her fight. Votes: 1 Jenna Morasca
Every day we do get closer to a cure. Three out of four children who are diagnosed with cancer will survive the disease, but that is not good enough. The loss of one child to this disease is too much. Votes: 1 Michael McCaul
I am involved with so many charitable organizations. Lung Cancer because of my dad, Breast Cancer because as a woman and mother of two daughters I have to be, Lupus for my sister, Crohn's disease for a dear friend, as well as Oceana and The Plastic Pollution Coalition because we have to be responsible to save the planet! Votes: 3 Lois Robbins
I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer. Votes: 1 Hamilton Jordan
Melanoma is not the most common of skin cancers, but it is the most dangerous if not found in the early stages. Votes: 1 Jane Green
My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill. Votes: 3 David Frum
Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ass in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer. Votes: 3 Marla Sokoloff
The cancer I had is not at all equal to other people's cancer. I've never had to have chemotherapy; I haven't had to have a mastectomy. Votes: 2 Jennifer Grey
I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way. Votes: 5 Kathy Bates
My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one. Votes: 1 Jim Beaver
It's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough. Votes: 3 Randy Pausch
Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased. Votes: 2 Ike Skelton
We have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place. Votes: 4 David Agus
I began seeing my wife, Kathleen, while I was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Votes: 5 Ken Venturi
Even though I'm not running anymore, we still have to try to find a cure for cancer. Other people should go ahead and try to do their own thing now. Votes: 1 Terry Fox
I have six sisters and two beautiful daughters - that's eight women who mean the world to me. I support the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Lee National Denim Day because they fund programs that are making huge strides in breast cancer research and support. Votes: 1 Felicity Huffman
My family and friends were definitely the key to my recovery. One thing that I do suggest is that anyone dealing with a life-threatening illness like cancer choose a point person for people to call to find out how you are doing - a sister, brother, mother, father, daughter, son, or close friend. Votes: 2 Olivia Newton-John
We all live in fear of cancer, but to be told you have skin cancer was terrifying. Votes: 7 Stephanie Beacham
I wanted to create a multibillion dollar company that lets me go out and let us go out and change the world and create a Skin Cancer Awareness Center that costs a quarter a billion dollars. Votes: 1 Curt Schilling
I am Superwoman. I am the author of 15 novels, including one about cancer. I am not, however, someone who 'gets' cancer. I am a sun worshipper who never thought it could happen to me. Votes: 1 Jane Green
As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don't have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I'm fine. I'm cured. I'm well. Votes: 1 Kate Jackson
People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer. Votes: 3 Eric Davis
Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing up to dystopic forces of oppression - a myth - and more in common with the disease known as cancer - a harsh reality. Votes: 1 Steven Weber
When I was 14, my dad came home one day and told us he had cancer. It was looking pretty bad. And I remember him saying how afraid he was that he hadn't gotten to do the things he wanted to do during his life. He had surgery and survived. And he's still alive today, thank God. But it made a big impact on me. Votes: 1 Jeffrey Skoll
I cannot escape the feeling that I was, at best, a cancer tourist, that my survival means I dabbled. Votes: 1 David Rakoff
Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased. Votes: 1 Ike Skelton
My family and I participate in 'Cycle for Survival.' it was started by a friend of my wife's who lost his wife to a rare form of cancer. Votes: 1 Brian Krzanich
You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset. Votes: 1 Dave Pelzer
My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it. Votes: 7 Arabella Weir
You know, once I was thinking of quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit. Votes: 4 Lance Armstrong
A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead. Votes: 7 James Randi
Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it's not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am. Votes: 3 Clare Balding
India is using troops in Kashmir. They are losing the battle of heart and minds. It's like treating cancer with dispirin. Votes: 3 Imran Khan
I was 27, an unemployed actress living in a really crappy studio apartment. I had just moved to Los Angeles alone, away from my family. I had cervical and uterine cancer and I was told that I would never be able to carry a baby. Votes: 3 Marissa Jaret Winokur
Having cancer is a lonely experience. It is the one time in your life that you cannot ask those closest to you, 'What should I do?' It's too heavy a burden to place on another person. This is your life, your decision, and cancer kills. Votes: 1 Suzanne Somers
Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle. Votes: 1 Dennis Franz
I have six sisters and two beautiful daughters - that's eight women who mean the world to me. I support the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Lee National Denim Day because they fund programs that are making huge strides in breast cancer research and support. Votes: 1 Felicity Huffman
I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be around someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important. Votes: 1 Jermain Defoe