1,237 Quotes About Cancer

Imagine if Congress always put the interests of polluters ahead of the health of our families. Our rivers and lakes would be choked with sewage. Acid rain would pour down from smog-filled skies. Hundreds of thousands more of our neighbors, friends, and loved ones would be victims of cancer, heart disease, and asthma.

Incredibly, nearly 70,000 Young Adults between 15-39 are diagnosed with cancer each year. 10,000 will not survive. This is a very important stat for me, because I fall in this category. I am one of these statistics. Unlike every other age group, there has been no improvement in the 5-year survival of young adults in 30 years. That means many young adults have the same chance of getting cancer and dying from it as they did in the 1970's. This is not OK.

Very few people around the world know that cancer kills more people than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined - until we get everyone to realize that, it will be tough to get them to act.

When you're a cancer survivor, the good thing is that you get checked all the time.

We do know reproductive and demographic factors do influence (breast cancer) risk. If you're thin -- women who get these implants are typically quite thin -- you have kids early, you have a lot of (kids) ... all those things lower your risk.

The reason this study is so important is because it's the longest follow-up study of cancer in women with breast implants. There needs to be enough time between exposure and cancer development.

This is one in a series of reassuring study results that shows there is no credible evidence to indicate an excess risk of any form of cancer due to breast implantation.

What we see is that each person's cancer is genetically different. Some respond better to radiation, some to chemotherapy. The responses have to be assessed and the patient treated accordingly.

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