Cancer Loss Quotes

I've lost seven friends to smoking-related lung cancer. Each death was a long, agonizing experience.

My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn't know what to do. I'd never been so desperate in my life.

I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.'

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

I know so many people who have battled breast cancer and they didn't all make it.

That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.

I lost my aunt to breast cancer.

I would never call myself a cancer survivor because I think it devalues those who do not survive. There's this whole mythology that people bravely battle their cancer and then they become survivors. Well, the ones who don't survive may be just as brave, you know, just as courageous, wonderful people.