GB Items Related to Tag - cancer
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Confronting Cancer: Part 4
Looking for a P"art"ner
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Cancer Courage Stories: Brent Naylor
Brent Naylor is a seven-year lung cancer survivor. He says the diagnosis blindsided him, but now he's found a way to use his challenges to move forward.
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Confronting Cancer: Part 2
Inside the Operating Room
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Old Guys Rule is teaming up with the John Wayne Cancer Foundation to offer a special collection of t-shirts, with profits going to cancer research and education.
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Yes, Men Get Breast Cancer, too!
Treatment Delays Result In Poor Outcomes For Men With Breast CancerMen who develop breast cancer are often not treated until the disease has spread to the point that treatment becomes difficult, new results show. Although most breast cancer...
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Trying to Decide on a Treatment Course?
Check out Breast Cancer Network of Strength New Information Tool: If you or someone you love has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, please take a look at My Breast Cancer Coach, a new information tool to help women understand diagnostic and...
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Colon Cancer: The Preventable Cancer
Dr. John Langdon, one of the nation's top cancer researchers, says colon cancer doesn't have to be a death sentence. Find out what you can do now to prevent one of the deadliest kinds of cancer.
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What Is Lung Cancer?
In this country, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths. Dr. John Langdon says it's usually a lifestyle disease. Get the facts before it's too late.
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Confronting Cancer: Part 3
Getting Past the Pain
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What Is Cancer?
In this episode of Cancer Courage Stories, Dr. John Langdon explains how cancer is actually your own body losing control. Find out what role biology, genetics and the environment play in this disease.
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A Cancer Caused By Sex?
Could your sex life give you cancer? Dr. John Langdon explains which virus-caused cancer kills thousands of women each year and what you can do to stop this killer.
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Patrick Swayze's cancer diagnosis
I was saddened to hear the reports of the pancreatic cancer diagnosis for Patrick Swayze. It is also disheartening to hear differing versions from the media, ranging from "5weeks to live" to a very "early stage case showing excellent results from his...
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Confronting Cancer Part 3: Getting Past the Pain
Nurse Meg Gaffney is committed to getting the best care as she battles breast cancer, but she does have one fear: pain. And as we found out, even Meg didn't know how bad it would get.
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Getting towards the "Art'
Hi everyone, it's Meg here. I'm so happy to have GB, Katy and Jason, on my side as I openly show this path, a path that far too many women really shouldn't have to take but do. Cancer needs to be eradicated. The cure is out there I feel ...
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The Fight Against Cancer Rolls On
The American Cancer Society is fighting cancer with a 25,000 mile bus trip across the United States. Read on to see how this bus is encouraging politicians to make cancer a national priority.
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Confronting Cancer Part 4: Looking for a P"art"ner
From the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Meg Gaffney was her own advocate. So it's no surprise that she's forging her own way with recovery and reconstruction; including a plan that even her doctor admits he's never seen before.
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Confronting Cancer Part 1: Meet Meg
Fit, feisty and full of life, Meg Gaffney is one more thing -- the face of breast cancer. The path Meg has chosen for treatment is not for everyone; in fact, she's doing something no one has done before. This is the first in a series of exclusive reports.
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The Sister Study and...
The Two Sister Study is Underway! The “Two Sister Study,” an offshoot of the Sister Study, will focus on young-onset breast cancer. Although breast cancer is uncommon below age 50, women who develop the disease at a young age can tell us a...
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Confronting Cancer Part 5: Making Connections
She's gone under the knife, and now Meg Gaffney is looking forward to the needle! But finding the right tattoo artist to help her end her breast cancer battle has turned out to be tougher than she thought.
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Confronting Cancer Part 8: A Blank Canvas
Cancer is a disease of moments and months. Follow Meg Gaffney on her journey to finding a tattoo artist for the next step in her journey.
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Actor Battles Terminal Cancer
Paul Newman has reportedly been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
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Bernie Sher
Cancer survivor Bernie Sher isn't letting a little thing like retirement keep him from competing in the toughest triathlon competition in the world.
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UNBEATABLE, a bold new musical...
...is theatrically based on one woman’s journey from a diagnosis of breast cancer through the treatment process to eventual victory. The show was birthed during Laurie Frey’s actual cancer treatment as humor and music allowed her to embrace...
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Sean Swarner
Doctors gave Sean Swarner two death sentences, but now he's on top of the world.
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Can Tanning Booths Cause Cancer?
Nearly 8,000 Americans will die this year from melanoma. Do you know how to separate facts from myths when it comes to skin cancer. Dr. John Langdon has the answers.
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The Pink Show
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Bob Becker
Bob Becker was 57 before he ran his first marathon and he was running strong until a double whammy threatened to end his running career.
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Calendars for a Cause
One word seems to unify us all in dread: cancer. The disease doesn't discriminate based on race, gender, age, income, attitude or resume. It can strike at any time, and most often leaves the patient with physical, emotional and financial...
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Know Your PSA, Save Your Life
The good news about prostate cancer is that survival rates are at an all-time high. The bad news is that hundreds of thousands of men are still getting it. Dr. John Langdon has tips for preventing and diagnosing this common cancer.
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Confronting Cancer: Part 6
Meg Gaffney goes under the knife for what she hopes is the final time in her recovery from breast cancer. The next step is a nipple tattoo -- the first of its kind!
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Confronting Cancer Part 2: Inside the Operating Room
Meg Gaffney surprised doctors and friends by rejecting chemotherapy, dropping out of radiation therapy after one treatment, and opting for a bilateral mastectomy. As a nurse and a patient, Meg is her own advocate, even moments before surgery.
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Know Your Breast Cancer Risk
Despite its high profile, hundreds of thousands of women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Dr. John Langdon tells you what you need to know now to improve your chances of survival.
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Welcome to Cancer Courage Stories
Cancer researcher Dr. John Langdon has spent 40 years listening to patients' stories, and now he wants to bring survivors together to bring each other hope and encouragement.
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Cancer Strikes Out
Add throwing a major league no-hitter to the list of accomplishments by cancer survivors who decide to grow bolder after their diagnosis.
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Confronting Cancer: Part 7
Throughout Meg Gaffney's battle with breast cancer, she's marked milestones. But this may be the most important of them all -- the first look in the mirror after her final reconstruction surgery.
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Confronting Cancer: Part 1
Meet Meg
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Cancer Survivors with a bicycling "Bucket List"
Hello Everyone: I'm a prostate cancer survivor (class of 2003) and the founder of the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project (http://www.prostatecancerawarenessproject.org) I'm creating a Black Tire Affair (R) series of bicycling adventure rides for...
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Director/Actor Sydney Pollack Dies of Cancer
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack has died of cancer at the age of 73.
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“My Cancer Diagnosis is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me”
For 20 years, Wendy Chioji was one of the most popular and respected news anchors in one of the nation’s largest media markets. She was single, attractive, well paid and talented. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
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Surviving and Thriving
When news anchor Wendy Chioji was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, her struggle was closely followed by thousands. Six years later, Wendy is a relentless fundraiser, inspirational spokesperson and fearless competitor.
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Dr. John Langdon
Renowned cancer expert -- and Growing Bolder guru -- Dr. John Langdon brings you the latest research on preventing cancer, early detection and surviving the deadly disease.
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You Survived
You are a cancer survivor from the day you are diagnosed. We are on track to see nearly 11 million cancer survivors emerging from their treatment in the not too distant future. It could not be a more exciting and hopeful time for cancer...
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Vehicle of Change
Get on board -- or get the heck out of the way! The American Cancer Society just rolled out a campaign aimed at educating the country's top politicians about the need for funding to put an end to the disease.
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Calendars for a Cause
They're bold, they're beautiful -- and they're breast cancer survivors. Now, these women are glamming it up and saluting the stars of the silver screen. It's art for a good cause, and they think you'll never look at a calendar the same way again.













































