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We are paying the price for living longer, collecting degenerative diseases along the way. Cancer is only one. Others are heart and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.

~Aaron Ciechanover

Topics: Along Alzheimer Brain Cancer Collecting Diseases Heart Like Living Longer Only Others Paying Price Way

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Bringing together the unique expertise of researchers from both NYU and the Technion will hopefully enable us to overcome some of the most difficult challenges in treating cancer patients.

~Aaron Ciechanover

Topics: Both Bringing Cancer Challenges Difficult Enable Expertise Hopefully Most Nyu Overcome Patients Researchers Some Together Treating Unique Us Will

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Cancer is something that, tragically, affects almost all of our lives.

~Abbey Clancy

Topics: Affects Almost Almost All Cancer Lives Our Our Lives Something Tragically

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In America, we have always taken it as an article of faith that we 'battle' cancer; we attack it with knives, we poison it with chemotherapy or we blast it with radiation. If we are fortunate, we 'beat' the cancer. If not, we are posthumously praised for having 'succumbed after a long battle.'

~Abraham Verghese

Topics: After Always America Article Attack Battle Beat Blast Cancer Chemotherapy Faith Fortunate Having Knives Long Poison Praised Radiation Taken

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The flip side of suicide is that it leaves a lingering question in the minds of the people who survived. It's like a cancer that's metastasized. The suicide is the cancer and the metastasis is all these people saying, Why? Why? Why?

~Abraham Verghese

Topics: Cancer Flip Leaves Like Lingering Minds People Question Saying Side Suicide Survived Who Why

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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.

~Abraham Verghese

Topics: Cancer Counter Embracing Evolved Fatalism Idea Modern Modern Society Nearly Old-Fashioned Our Point Possesses Powers Society Supernatural Surrounding Where Will Word

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People's genes can say a great deal about their health. There are genes that reveal an increased likelihood of getting cancer, heart disease or Alzheimer's.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: About Alzheimer Cancer Deal Disease Genes Getting Great Great Deal Health Heart Heart Disease Increased Likelihood People Reveal Say

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I get Tweets every day from people telling me that 'Hey, I'm going to overcome my injury or my illness. Cancer. Different diseases. I can beat it because Adrian Peterson showed me the determination and the willpower to be able to prosper and get through adversity whenever it comes.'

~Adrian Peterson

Topics: Able Adversity Beat Because Cancer Day Determination Different Diseases Every Every Day Get Going Hey Illness Injury Me Overcome People Prosper Telling Through Tweets Whenever Willpower I Can

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Just like some day, say, 1000 years from now, when we can go to another star and see a planet, that's what we would do because we will know how to cure cancer, cure birth defects, so we would teach them.

~Alan Bean

Topics: Another Because Birth Cancer Cure Day Defects Go How Just Know Like Now Planet Say See Some Star Teach Them Will Would Years

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Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

~Alan Bennett

Topics: Any Bore Cancer Illness Like Other

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