Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes

Like with every form of cancer, early detection is what it is all about. I urge everyone to learn the facts about this condition. It can be prevented with testing, and it can be beaten if caught early!

We have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place.

Our purpose in this project is to begin to turn that fear of cancer, actually America's greatest fear, into a future, not only free of fear, but full of hope.

Early detection [of prostate cancer] saved my life.

Ninety percent of cancers are curable in stage one. We spend billions of dollars and over 40 years searching for a cure, and we're not really that close. So why aren't we teaching people the only cure we have now? Early detection is one sh**ty year, versus the rest of your life.

You have to pay attention to who you are. You need to know your family history as well as you can. It is important for young women to have preventive care. If you catch any women's cancers early it's the difference between life and death. Do you really want to leave your kids without a mother?

We all live in fear of cancer, but to be told you have skin cancer was terrifying.

On the male side of my family, cancer has been very insidious, and so I'm just attempting to live a lifestyle that doesn't follow in their footsteps.

Some growths can be detected early, making for increased accuracy in diagnosis. Some can be cured and others controlled.

My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.

Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

I always sort of thought, 'I'm probably going to get breast cancer. There's a really good chance.'

It was early detection that saved my voice - and I imagine, my life.

Cancer Doesn’t Care How Busy You Are. Make an appointment!

So many people could save a life if they just go and have a colonoscopy, but you've got to do something about that.

Ever since my colorectal cancer in 1999, I have been followed by the N.I.H. That was very lucky for me because they detected my pancreatic cancer at a very early stage.

I've been really diligent about going and getting screenings and mammograms, and so when I got the scare I said, 'Thank God that I went!' You can't blow it off. It's very important.

Due to my genetic predisposition to certain cancers and having experienced the travails of my mom and grandmother in their battles against this awful disease, I wanted to use my platform to raise awareness and funds for crucial research for these below-the-belt cancers.

My mom was actually diagnosed with breast cancer when I was five.

One big part of Movember is raising awareness for men's health. A lot of people gotten involved found out members of their extended families had had prostate cancer.

The first step is really getting our generation to talk to our parents about cancer. Because our research has shown that parents are much more likely to get that diagnostic test or stay on top of their risk profile if it comes from a child.

I always thought I would die of cancer because my mom and my dad both died of cancer. My dad died of osteocancer, and my mom died of colon cancer.

People just don't know that you can have colon cancer and be completely asymptomatic and healthy.

People should be afraid of the cancer, not the mammogram.