#cancer

Families fighting childhood cancer should not have to worry about where they're going to get the next dose of the drug they need to save their child's life. ↗

— Amy Klobuchar

#cancer #child #childhood #dose #families

If I'm diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#become #cancer #circle #connections #diagnosed

Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#cancer #disease #heart #how #just

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. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#america #because #breast cancer #cancer #companies

Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#cancer #comes #every #fact #facts

People used to say everyone knows someone who's had breast cancer. In the past few weeks, I've learned something else: Everyone has someone close to them who has had breast cancer. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#cancer #close #else #everyone #few

My dad was diagnosed with cancer, so we ended up burying him a year to the day that he was diagnosed. ↗

— Seann William Scott

#cancer #dad #day #diagnosed #ended

Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases. ↗

— John Simon

#cancer #cells #compounds #could #diseases

Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#both #breast cancer #cancer #diagnosed #grandmothers

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. ↗

— Erika Slezak

#always #aware #because #been #breast cancer