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Cancers Quotes
Honest, hopeful words on cancer awareness and survival.
Talking openly about cancers, from early detection to advanced disease, helps normalize a conversation many avoid. These quotes connect well with our Awareness collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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Probably the most important reason we are seeing more cancers than before is because the population is ageing overall. And cancer is an age-related disease.
- Big Difference
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Some cancers are curable, while others are highly incurable. The spectrum is enormous. Metastatic pancreatic cancer is a highly incurable disease, whereas some leukemia forms are very curable. There is a big difference between one form and another.
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I think that there are cancers of the body, but I think they are what I would call cancer of the emotional system, too. These are the kind of diseases or illnesses or sicknesses of the emotional system that are as incurable as cancer.
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Everyone needs all the awareness of sarcoma they can get. Twelve thousand people get diagnosed a year. That's too many. One percent of cancers are sarcomas, and about 15% of pediatric cancers are sarcomas.
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But do remember that the most important risk factor for cancer is growing older. Most cancers occur in people over the age of 65.
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From 2002-2008, Planned Parenthood received $342 million in federal taxpayer money through Title X funding alone. With these funds, Planned Parenthood has provided women throughout the U.S. with important family planning and contraceptive services as well as screening for breast and cervical cancers for low-income women.
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