Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eve Ensler

What happened with cancer was that I just became a body. There was nothing else but body for a month. I was chemo'd and operated on and cut and poked. At first it was really horrifying and scary, and then it was just,Wow. You're in your body. This is body!

Brett Lee

It was an interesting experience because we got to share and spend time with other people who have cancer stories. It was definitely somewhat of an emotional experience.

It's a concern of risks, a risk of cancer over a long period of time of low concentrations of contamination.

Adam Young

It's a curable type of cancer. Whatever will happen will happen.

Colonoscopy has proven to be an effective method for preventing colorectal cancer by detecting and removing polyps that have the potential to develop into colorectal cancer as well as finding early cancers that are more effectively treated.

Colon cancer takes about 10 to 15 years to develop, and follow-up of the study was only 7 years." ()

Colon cancer screening is probably one of the most underused ways to save one's life from cancer that exists.

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer in women, and it's the third leading cause of cancer-related death in women.

Colorectal cancer is a lethal disease, but certainly a preventable one if screenings are done at the appropriate time and intervals. Education and screening are the keys to preventing colorectal cancer.

Jane Pauley

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

Ethan Zohn

I don't want fear or cancer to define me, but it's always in the back of your mind.

Ethan Zohn

Communication. It's important to be completely open and fearless when it comes to communication. Good, bad, happy, sad. Talk it out, hug, see a shrink, text each other, hurl marshmallows. Whatever it takes to ensure a deep understanding of each other's feelings. Cancer is not a solo mission.

Ethan Zohn

Cancer isn't going to slow me down.

Erika Slezak

I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups.

Chris Van Hollen

Although awareness of cancer's prevalence in the United States improves and medical advances in the field abound, pancreatic cancer has largely been absent from the list of major success stories.

Chris Kilham

Mistletoe, the same plant you kiss under at holiday time, may be an effective aid against certain types of cancer.

Chris Hayes

Having an energy conversation without talking about climate is like talking about smoking and not talking about cancer.

Jon Lord

I would like all my friends, followers, fans and fellow travelers to know that I am fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break from performing while getting the treatment and cure. I shall of course be continuing to write music - in my world it just has to be part of the therapy - and I fully expect to be back in good shape next year.

Jon Lester

I'm cancer-free right now. That's it.

Jon Lester

It might be hard to believe, but as difficult as cancer was, in some ways it was good for me.

Kate Walsh

I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Justine Larbalestier

The only reason I've ever had to wear a hat is to avoid skin cancer.

Judith Hill

Fighting cancer is my mission right now. The research and development of finding cures for this nasty disease is my passion.

Jaclyn Smith

Having cancer does make you try to be better at everything you do and enjoy every moment. It changes you forever. But it can be a positive change.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

And I'll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we're done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of - because we have a preexisting condition.

David Roberts

The evidence is quite clear to us. If you're Taurus, Aries or Cancer we're more likely to see you in the charts.

Stuart Scott

When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer.

Stuart Scott

You beat Cancer by how you live.

Stuart Scott

Every day, I am reminded that our life's journey is really about the people who touch us. When you die, it does not mean you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live. So live. Live! Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you.

Studs Terkel

I said, "Suppose communists come out against cancer, do we have to automatically come out for cancer?'" I can't take back that I'm against the poll tax, that I'm against lynching, that I'm for peace.

Steve Jobs

When you have feelings like sadness or anger about your cancer or your plight, to mask them is to lead an artificial life.

John Cairns

Aside from certain rare cancers, it is not possible to detect any sudden changes in the death rates for any of the major cancers that could be credited to chemotherapy. Whether any of the common cancers can be cured by chemotherapy has yet to be established.

John C. Maxwell

Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.