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Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer can learn a tremendous amount from women who have already been treated.

~Anne Wojcicki

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People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung cancer. And I think people are able to also understand, when they are told they are a carrier for a genetic disease, that is not a risk to them personally but something that they could pass on to children.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Able Also Cancer Carrier Children Could Dealing Disease Genetic Higher Lung Pass People Personally Risk Smoke Something Them Think Understand Used You I Think

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Nobody can quantify for you what's the impact of eating fiber every day, for instance. We can say we think it's good. But some people might say 'Oh, it reduces your risk of colon cancer by 20%, some people might say it reduces your risk by 25%.'

~Anne Wojcicki

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I have mothers with small children come to me and say, 'You found that I had early breast cancer - because of you, I don't have cancer.' You've just prevented that person from dying early, and to prevent an early, unnecessary death is incredibly meaningful.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Because Breast Cancer Cancer Children Come Death Dying Early Found Had Incredibly Just Me Meaningful Mothers Person Prevent Say Small Small Children Unnecessary You

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Did you know that there was a study in 1961 that found that 90 percent of physicians wouldn't tell you if you were diagnosed with cancer?

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Cancer Diagnosed Did Found Know Percent Physicians Study Tell Were You

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When I had my cancer, the chemotherapy took my hair away. So then I decided I would just keep it short, and this is my signature now. The great thing about it is that I am a bit of a chameleon, so you can put a wig on me and I look totally different.

~Anthony Warlow

Topics: About Am Away Bit Cancer Chameleon Chemotherapy Decided Different Great Great Thing Had Hair Just Keep Look Me Now Put Short Signature Then Thing Took Totally Wig Would You I Am

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Like every aspect of cancer I've weathered thus far, today's experience was not at all demoralizing, expensive or humiliating. No, it was just plain fun.

~April Winchell

Topics: Aspect Cancer Demoralizing Every Expensive Experience Far Fun Humiliating Just Like Plain Thus Today Weathered

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My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it.

~Arabella Weir

Topics: Best Best Friend Cancer Died Father Five Friend Friends Got Had Least Mother Other Stepmother Surrogate Survived Terminal

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Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.

~Arlen Specter

Topics: Aspect Behind Believe Cancer Could Cured Deadly Disease Diseases Far Funding Had Heart Heart Disease Killer Number Sufficient Tragic

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If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.

~Arlen Specter

Topics: Alive Cancer Cured Had Including Jack Lives Many Mine Nixon President Prolonged Pursued Research Saved Strains Think Today War Would I Think

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