1,237 Quotes About Cancer

  • Author Olivia Newton-John
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    The Great Walk to Beijing was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer thrivers, including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons and Olympians.

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  • Author Olivia Newton-John
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    Being a breast cancer survivor, as I like to call myself - it will be twenty years next year - I did it to make it possible for women to do regular self breast examinations. It's really important - and, it makes common sense: you know your body better than the doctor does who only sees you once a year, you know?

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  • Author Paul Newman
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    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.

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  • Author Eva Obarzanek
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    We really need to see the results of the trial to see whether following this diet is good for cancer or cardiovascular disease. Let's see what happens.

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  • Author Jake Owen
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    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.

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  • Author John Ortberg
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    Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.

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