Famous Quotes & Sayings

Infections could be a trigger for the onset of the cancer in a limited number of susceptible individuals, those with a genetic predisposition.

I'm cancer free, totally cancer free, ... I stand before you a completely healthy person.

If our kids had cancer, we could fight it. But we've got nothing to fight. We just sit and watch them die.

I had to drive myself, and radiation makes you very tired. This is a Godsend for cancer treatments.

Michael White

In our study we did a meta-analysis of all the trials, and were not able to show any reduction in cancer or in cancer deaths.

Steve Parris

I have three children. My wife and I try to do what we can to help other families. I try to look at the goodness in life. There are children with cancer who cannot help themselves. They need help and that's where you can lend a hand.

It's not a magic bullet, but this does find more of the cancers that kill women in these groups.

It's no doubt an important factor in causing the high rates of skin cancer we have here.

Paul Newman

Skin cancer rates will go up. Sunburns will occur at a faster rate, degradation of plastics and so forth, because of enhanced ultraviolet radiation from a lowering of ozone.

At this point, women should not be taking high-dose soy supplements, especially those who are breast cancer survivors and women at increased risk for the disease. We don't have long-term data on the effects of these supplements, and there is some evidence that they could be harmful.

Steven Fletcher

What the Liberal government has constantly said is that they have $300-million that they wish to put toward chronic disease and they put cancer in that category. Well, cancer is a killer, it's not chronic and it's very disturbing that the Health Minister and this government has not been able to make the distinction.

We talk to people who have had breast cancer to help them go through the process. ... Women lose their hair and we cry with them ... and when they get it back, we laugh. We have a good time. It is a sharing time.

too early to say this is going to be the cure for skin cancer.

The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his duties on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last couple of days.

The French have a saying, 'Certainly you need money to live, but not to love,' and I agree. Money means nothing to me, but my friends whom I've met through cancer mean everything.

John Robbins

Studies indicate that vegetarians often have lower morbidity and mortality rates. . . . Not only is mortality from coronary artery disease lower in vegetarians than in non-vegetarians, but vegetarian diets have also been successful in arresting coronary artery disease. Scientific data suggest positive relationships between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk for obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and some types of cancer.

James Randi

I questioned her further, and eventually got to talk to her doctor. And her doctor sort of shook his head and he said, I have examined her for throat cancer at least 15 times in the past few years.

James Randi

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.

James Hansen

...chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to [should] be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature; [Hansen] accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer.

(I've learned) how important it is to really evaluate your own life...to pay attention to what's going on in your own head, and to know that this is (your) life...and make conscious decisions about how you want to live it.

I'm going to beat it, ...it's hard...but I plan on being around for a long time to come.

There is a lot of focus on TV, in magazines...about being skinny and rich. I don't think those are that important. It's much more important for us to be good, honest people that try to help others and live the best life we can. That's where you get your satisfaction ultimately.

Larry Hagman

As J.R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new 'Dallas' series.

Larry Hagman

It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.

Kyle Massey

Everyone's just telling me that there's this rumor going around that I'm dying of cancer

Jon Porter

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.

Lynn Redgrave

Well, right now, technically, I have no breast cancer.

Lynn Redgrave

They have - they do still hit me occasionally, and it's an overwhelming grief for what - even though my life is so good now, even including going through treatment for cancer, my life is incredible.

Lynn Redgrave

But when this happens to you - and I think other people would identify with this - suddenly, colors are brighter. You see everything.

Jake Owen

You hear about people your whole life, 'So-and-so has cancer,' and you're like, 'Wow, that's too bad,' and then most people tend to go about their day. But when someone tells you that it's your father or it's your family, that doesn't tend to go away.

Henry Ford

Surgery for early stage non-small cell lung cancer is standard treatment and is likely curative. Yet, fewer blacks than whites undergo surgery for the disease, leading to a higher mortality rate among blacks with lung cancer,

The dogs learned to sit or lie down in front of cancer patient samples and to ignore control samples through the method of food reward." ()

And like a cancer, corruption and mismanagement are destroying delivery, spreading to every level of government.