cancer foundation. someone said if they ever cure it, they'll name the cure the milken cure. john mcenroe, seven-time grand slam tennis champion. he's ambassador to stand up to cancer, john's father by the way, had prostate cancer. >> that's right. >> larry: and christopher rose, a leader in his field, radiation oncologist and director of the center for radiation therapy in beverly hills. dr. rose, i'll start with you, if you'll briefly tell us, what is prostate cancer? >> well, prostate cancer is a malignancy, an uncontrolled growth of the gland which creates secretions in which the sperm are transported out of the male. >> larry: it can only happen in men. >> that's correct. >> larry: it occurs inside the gland. >> that's where it starts. >> larry: and grows slowly, right? >> it tends to be slow-growing disease in most people. >> larry: so, what is the biggest fear of it, then? >> well, the problem is that it can cause local problems. it can cause obstruction, which makes it is hard to urinate. but, w

and it's not just prostate cancer. it's all cancers today.ying of cancer, and hopefully we'll eliminate all cancer by 2016. >> larry: there's one aspect of this we haven't mentioned. watchful waiting. that's don't do anything. >> no, it isn't don't do anything. it's watch it very carefully. i like the term "active surveillance." so, there are some patients in whom the disease is not likely to cause disability, and we really don't have time to go in to what those characteristics are, but if you fit into that group, there's nothing inappropriate about taking your time time to make the decision and seeing where the psa goes and having repeated biopsies. >> larry: is it a myth you die with it not of it. >> we need to know who is going to die with it rather than of it. >> larry: if you tested every male over 75, over 50% would have prostate cancer? >> a significant number would. the trick is to know who would have lethal cancers. right now we don't know that and because we don't know which are the lethal cancers and which aren't, if the psa is ris

and many causes of cancer, not just one cause of cancer. >> sure but there's a common pathway. >> rose: and a common pathway is... >> mutations that change the behavior of genes that are important in normal life so they distort the abilities of our cells to grow and to die, to do the things they normally do. >> rose: for the record, what is it that you did with protooncaegeans-- am i saying that right? >> it's the form of a gene before it undergoes a mutation that makes it cancerous. >> rose: tell me what you think this country needs in terms of health care reform. >> there are several things. there's no doubt the-- the social reformener me says we have to cover everyone. i mean, we are the most advanced economy. we're a democracy. it is painful to me to know that nearly 50 million people in this country don't have a way to cover their health care costs, except to go to an emergency room, which is a terrible way to be taken care of. and yet, in this process of creating access to health care for everyone-- which i think is fundamentally important-- that moment has to be seized now becau

in part, that's because brain cancers contain so many different types of cancer cells. >> while one cellay be susceptible to chemotherapy and another susceptible to radiation, there may be a third cell that's susceptible to neither of those therapies. >> reporter: but now, after decades of frustration, doctors like lisa deangelis are seeing signs of more progress. >> i'm more optimistic than i've been in the past 25 years treating patients with this disease. >> reporter: researchers are attacking cancer on several different fronts. fiber optic lasers. while surgery is the preferred first treatment, tumors often grow back, and often in areas difficult, if not impossible, to reach. now, a fiber optic laser probe, first reported on "world news" and approved just four months ago can get to many of those tumors, killing them by cooking them, safer. experimental vaccines now in clinical trials. the vaines help the body's immune system, target and attack cancer cells in the brain. >> in our studies to date with our vaccine it appears that patients are surviving at least twice as long as you wou

report more than 80% of cone lon cancer tumors produce an enzyme called cox 2 which triggers the cancer cells to grow. the theory is that aspirin blocks cox 2, preventing the cancer from spreading. today tom is finishing his last round of chemotherapy and is feeling strong. he's excited by the possibility that something found in most medicine cabinets might be able to help him and other patients fighting colon cancer. >> if aspirin will help, i'm going to be the first one on board for that. >> reporter: this study looked at patients whose cancer had not yet spread, so future research will likely try to determine if aspirin can help people with more advanced or metastatic disease, and clearly this will heighten interest in treating other forms of counties as well. >> couric: well, what about the side effects of taking aspirin regularly? that may be cause for concern on the flip side, right? >> absolutely. and aspirin is known to be able to cause anything from stomach ulcers to increased risk of bleeding, and it also not known how it mate interact with other medications that colon cancer

. >> gastric cancer is still one tough cancer to treat. a well known drug used in breast cancer treatment dealing with stomach cancer is this morning's women's doctor. >> having uncharacter riftic stomach aches, and as a breast cancer survivor, she pushed for more information. >> she had stomach cancer. >> he says the symptoms of stomach cancer are so vague. >> patients may have abdomen natural discomfort. they may present with low blood count. they may start having indigestion. >> which many patients may ignore for too long. >> and now, treatment for breast cancer is showing promise for stomach cancer. >> we found a similar reseptemberor in stomach cancer cells similar to is he septemberors in stomach cancer cell -- receptor in stomach cancer cells. >> two weeks after her surgery she's doing well. >> i thank my lucky stars every day. >> donny hamilton. wbal-tv 11 news. >> now, i have to ask you, we're talking about using a breast cancer -- a drug that was used for breast cancer. i know at one point in time this could only be used dependin

suffered cancer as a young boy. lost his leg to cancer. his dr. also is a lung cancer survivor. so the family has dealt with this issue. ted kennedy then assembled that panel, decided to have aggressive treatment. he went to duke medical center, had surgery and then continued with a course of radiation and chemotherapy. i cover the senate for nbc and the last time i saw him was in february when he came for a vote. i had an opportunity to speak to him then. we had a nice conversation and he had the classic ted kennedy smile, the warmth. he looked very good at that time, although there was some, of course, declining health. and there were many senators who i've talked to even in recent days who hoped he would be able to return for a vote on health care should that come to pass in the fall. that was an important marker for him. he called it the cause of his life to try to see some form of health care in the senate. he's been missed greatly by many in the legislative process. if ted kennedy were present, perhaps the conversation about health care woul

and most people with this stage of cancer die of their cancer. most people... >> karen had been sick for several months before she finally got the diagnosis. even though, you know, in the back of my mind i felt like i knew what was going on, you still can't be prepared for it when it's someone this close to you as... as your wife. >> that looks pretty good. >> the hardest thing was being diagnosed. i had a cancer specialist and he knew something was wrong, but he just didn't want to follow through with more costly tests. had i had insurance, i really believe it would have been diagnosed a lot earlier. it probably would have not been in stage three. if we had some kind of medical system where everybody could get in there and be tested, they could stop some of this heartache. they could stop a whole lot of it. >> we were doing a lot better financially until the cancer hit and all the doctor bills started coming. i've racked up some pretty good size bills, and i have no idea what the hospital bill will be. and that's twice a day. i take 14 pills a d

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in other cases, cancer patients are not getting the treatment. according to the plan, some say it would be based on medicare, but some say it is a broken system that needs fixing, not imitating. >> this is special -- >> reporter: dr. jay read thinks they made it too political. >> people come in, not wanting to understand about the health care reform. they want to find a way where the democrats can pass it or the republicans block it. >> reporter: president obama repeats the story of his mother who died of cancer. >> i will never forget watching my mother on her hospital bed dealing with cancer, trying to argue with -- health insurance companies even though she had been paying her premiums. saying that her cancer was a pre existing condition even though it wasn't diagnosed when she first got her insurance. >> reporter: but many health care experiencists say the reimbursement situation is not being addressed. >> it is a shame to have to equate this to dollars. it shouldn't be. this should be another way for it to be done. >> this is a crisis now, a

they knew he had cancer.arts, they weren't ready for it. >> when you talk to people who were very, very close to ted kennedy, the thing they're so grateful for is that he gave them an opportunity to say good-bye to him. and he gave them an opportunity to honor him. there was -- there was a joyous event at the kennedy center not too long ago in honor of ted kennedy. an it was full of show tunes -- the things that ted kennedy loves to sing. you know, one thing we haven't talked about this morning is what a joyous man he was. for his birthday, rep credibilitily, his wife vicki gave lessons because he loved to sing and so there was this event for ted kennedy and everyone was singing show tunes and folks from broadway came to washington just to honor him. people were grateful that he let them say good-bye. >> well, you can prepare yourself all you want for the eventuality and resign yourself but still, when it happens the shock is difficult to measure. gloria, thanks so much for that. >> sure. >> stick with us. we

in 70% of women with cancers. who are the women that would benefit from this vaccine. >> this is a vaccine that targets patients who have breast cancers that are a particular gene called the hertonu gene. we are doing this with the walter reed army medical center. we have put several people on that trial this year. and it is a really good trial for women because we're hoping this will prevent recurrence of positive breast cancer they tend to be one type that recur and can be obnoxious for a long period of time. with are working on that and excited about it. >> i like that word obnoxious and that's what cancer is obnoxious. how would you raise the money. >> last year we raised 37,000 from the auction. it was great. and we have used it to -- for programs for transportation to get people to their radiation that can't get to the radiation. we have a driver, joe. an we have -- we use it for a variety of other programs. we do have a lot of charity care and we use it partly for the charity care as well. >> the game is ab

the american cancer society predicts that nearly 50,000 americans will die from colon cancer this year. previous research has shown that those who take aspirin regularly have a lower risk of colon cancer. a new study adds to this research, showing that routine aspirin use may also extend the life of those already diagnosed. researchers followed over a thousand patients for ten years after they were diagnosed. and found that those who started taking aspirin soon after their diagnosis were 47% less likely to die from the disease than nonusers. these findings suggest that the anti-inflammatory effects of aspirin may have a preventative effect on colon cancer, that increases the patient's chance of survival. because long-term use of aspirin can cause ulcers and stomach bleeding, further research is needed before it can be applied to colon cancer patients. >>> for years we know that breast-feeding is good for the baby's health. now new research shows it's good for mom's health too. breast-feeding moms transfer antibodies to their babies, helping to build strong immune systems. nursing may r

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death. >> reporter: the study looked at more than 1,200 people with colon cancer. people who aspirin had a 30% lower risk of dying from colon cancer in 11 years after diagnosis. the aspirin benefit was primarily seen in patients with tumors that expressed an enzyme. >> a high percentage of colon cancer patients express this enzyme. >> reporter: this doctor says based on the latest research he would suggest aspirin therapy to colon cancer patients. something cindy is very open to. >> i would definitely be proactive in taking that. >> reporter: it's a simple painless step that could add years to her life. cbs news, los angeles. >> straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather. in sports, the tigers and the red sox battle over balls at fenway park. imodium multi-symptom relief combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there. imodium. get back out there. you've gotta wash this whole room! are you kidding? wash it?! let's wash it with febreze! whoa! [ sniffs ] [ male announcer ] for all the things that you can't

you have cancer. >> i have prostate cancer. sean: you've been very public about it.o on the air and almost from day one, you were making jokes about it. and do you have a different perspective based on the fact that you're now battling this yourself? >> completely different, because -- well, i don't know about completely different. i knew what these kids thought, that they were being defined by their disease. because, as i explained to them, bad stuff happens to everybody. nobody goes through life undefeated, nobody. sean: nobody. i agree. >> but cancer has a certain stigma to it. and so if you allow people, which i refuse to do, to -- i mean, you can't change the way people think, but you don't have to allow it to change the way you think. sean: let me ask you a question. because you know we discussed and the whole country discussed your firing way back when. we covered it a lot on your show. i debated al sharpton at the time and we had a knock down battle over the issue of things that he had said in the past. here you have this ranch that you literally -- you perso

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. >>> and many breast cancer patients aren't learning as much as they should after the cancer is removedhere's howard. a very warm morning out here. in the 70s in most areas. i'm going to tell you what you need to know about the heat and how much longer the heat will be around when 9 news now this morning returns. >>> every year 200,000 women find out they have breast cancer but they are not often told how to cope with the aftermath. in order to beat their disease, some women will lose one or two breasts but that is not where the treatment ends but one doctor insists they deserve more. when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, victoria said she went from being relieved to perplexed. her cancer was caught early and curable. still she learned it would cost her dearly. >> i couldn't reconcile the notion that the only thing they had for my tiny, slow-growing breast cancer was to cut my whole breast off. >> reporter: it may have been the best for the disease but not for her career. as an entertainer she spent her life in the pilot and left to wonder why winning the battle against breast canc

the innovations that elizabeth wants for breast cancer and i want for breast cancer in america will be short-circuited and the new kinds of innovation and medicines will be put in the back burner. there will be certainly a reduction of reimbursements and the private health insurance companies that would more likely have to be retracted and reduced. 90% of the people like their health insurance and that's going to be changed because when you put the government in and have a public plan in the government, you are going to have a shifting and even obama says, you know, that we are going to allow people to have their same health insurance. up can't with the public plan because it is going to be a shift. and if you want comprehensive health care, public plan is going to be tantamount to having a partisan democratic plan that i think is going to fail. >> elizabeth, why is the current operation so deficient? >> well, i -- i would like -- i want to answer that. i would also like to respond. i think that what -- tommy is saying that the -- governor is saying is that -- >> tommy. >> thank you, t

the editor of aarp the magazine is here with the news about prostate cancer.t is pretty widespread. how big of a problem is this? >> it is very common. in fact, one in every six men will get it in his lifetime. and there are 2 million survivors and counting. it is very, very widespread. >> now, obviously it is very difficult to go through the process of getting diagnosed, emotionally that is difficult but it is also agonizing to decide how you will go ahead with treatment. why is that? >> because there are various treatments that have the same cure levels. so part of what you have to decide is what you are most comfortable with and there's also, for some people with slow- growing cancer the option of not doing anything at all and waiting and watching it carefully and they are up to the parents to decide. >> or not treating it at all is an option i would think people take often. >> particular my if it is a tiny cancer or if you have less than ten years of life expectancy because you are old or have other health conditions. >> what are the indication that's may

say my dad and grandfather came down with cancer. would my dad get priority care because he is younger and can contribute longer to society? [ applause ] >> good question. in today's system, there are different degraciouses of care as a result as to what healthcare care you can be in. there are different coverage levels. there will be and not be any dediscrimination as to access to care. >> while those 400 plus were shouting inside, 500 more were outside the college theater. no violence, just loud talking. >> i think everybody should have healthcare. however we pay for it, i don't think we should ever have a situation where somebody says, i'm sick, i need care and i don't have the money. i think that is absolutely immoral. >> my father and mother raised me that you better get a job, you better get an education. it's a tough world. nobody is going to pay your rent. no one is going to buy you a car. you better be buying it yourself. >> senator cardin calls the level of interest in this healthcare debate remarkable. >> the debate over h

diabetes and cancer.y've heard that biomedical research offers hope, that it could control, maybe even cure, their disease. senator barbara mikulski understands the importance of innovative biomedical research, for patients, their families, and our economy here in maryland. call senator mikulski today. tell her, thanks for protecting the promise of biomedical research and the maryland jobs it provides. it's not just the future, it's life. this is another. new total blueberry pomegranate cereal gives you 100% of the daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. plus the bold new taste of blueberries and pomegranate with crispy whole grain flakes and crunchy oat clusters. total, a truly delicious way to get vitamins and minerals. how are you getting 100%? visit totalcereal.com and get a free sample. >>> 5:08. good morning. thank you for joining us. >> let's look at the weather for today. >> one more day, a little more heat, a little more humidity and a few more kids back to school but we'll feel like l

to continue routine cervical cancer screenings. i chose to get my daughter vaccinated because i want her to be one less woman affected by cervical cancer. one less. gardasil. ask your daughter's doctor about gardasil. >>> 18 years after a navy fighter pilot michael scott speicher was shot down in the first hours of the persian gulf war, his remains are finally home. speicher's casket was flown yesterday to the jacksonville naval air station in florida and taken to the base chapel. speicher's f-18 jet went down in iraq in 1991, but the crash site and his grave were found only last month. a funeral is planned today in jacksonville. >>> also today, a private funeral is set in hyannis, massachusetts, for eunice kennedy shriver, who died tuesday at age 88. as christina hager of our boston station wbz reports, the kennedys celebrated shriver's life yesterday at a public wake on cape cod. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> reporter: it is storytelling time at eunice kennedy shriver's church, and in the tradition of the irish wake, a

>> i really do want to thank this president for highlighting cancer, for the cause of cancer. you know, we're the -- susan g. komen is the leader in the breast cancer movement in the united states and moving much more globally. and as we lead so, does the united states go. and i want to thank the president for his emphasis on this disease. it's the leading killer of people, larger than malaria, tb, and aids. and we've got to face it in this world. it's not even part of the millennium development goals at the u.n. so how can other countries deal with it? but people look to us in america to lead way. that's why we're very interested in seeing that whatever reform happens it results in better care, better diagnosis, and better results for patients. >> speaking of the reward, you were named the first ever ambassador for cancer control to the world health organization. what does that mean? >> well, it means it's u.n. centered. w.h.o. is part of the u.n. and basically, i'm going to be advocating those things. stronger cancer registries. tlaemt treatment. pail yative care. in so many

his son, edward, jr., lost a leg to cancer and his first wife joan faced alcoholism. when john kennedy, jr., died in a plane crash, it was once again ted who spoke at yet another kennedy funeral. through it all, his passion for politics sustained him. kennedy, the hard line liberal withstood a republican revolution and won the respect of republican presidents. >> he is a fabulous united states senator when he's against you, it's tough. when he's with you, it is a great experience. (laughter) >> couric: when it appeared the democrats might once again win the white house, kennedy wouldn't let history happen without him. last summer, against doctor's orders, he flew cross country to make this dramatic endorsement in denver. >> i have come here tonight to rise to our best ideals and to elect barack obama president of the united states. >> couric: he braved subfreezing temperatures to see barack obama sworn in as the nation's 44th president, but reportedly overcome by the cold and exhausted from excitement, kennedy suffered a seizure a at the inaugural luncheon. a hush fel

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all of us have been touched by cancer, including my family. we can all be thankful that what began as a hobby became a life's work for janet. the gland in the eye and the lilt in the voice are familiar -- the blind in the eye in the lilt in the voice -- the clinton theglint in the eye are familiar to us all. nelson mandela preached against apartheid. later, when a free south africa if needed a heart big enough to forgive its sense, desmond tutu was called to serve once more. the tribune of the downtrodden and voice of the depressed, he possesses that sense of generosity, that spirit of unity, that essence of humanity that was known simply as [unintelligible] 35 years ago, a young economics professor in bangladesh was struck by the disconnect between the theories that he was teaching in class and the realities of the famine outside. he left the classroom for a village, discovering that $27 would free many from debt. offering himself as a guarantor, he paid off their debts and founded a bank that has dispersed over a billion dollars, lifting mil

my cancer was caught very early. i had choices in my treatment, and i chose an option that would give me a cure, pretty much, but if it were delayed by months, the cancer could have advanced and i may not have had as many choices in my treatment and i would have been fighting for my life. andrew: did the government, heather, even take into account the interference with the intimacy of the communication between a woman and her physician, the interference by a government bureaucrat, or a set of government protocols, something that is totally alien to the american interests of medicine and alien to the relationship of a woman to her physician? >> well, one of the things that was of concern after it passed in the stimulus bill, provisions that talked about the consulting power that the government would have regarding a consultation with the doctor about what treatment means to take. that sounded a little bit orwellian to us. if you know something about medicine, especially talking to doctors, where they have been trying

are there early symptoms for this kind of cancer?ll, you know, sometimes people might have headaches, but sometimes those headaches can be vague. if the headaches occur, they're usually worse in the morning, after someone's been lying flat all night, when they sit up or stand up, the headaches usually get a little better. but, again, a lot of people have headaches and don't have brain tumors. a seizure is often the first sign that someone has a tumor. it's because as that tumor's starting to grow, it causes little electrical bursts throughout the brain and it's that seizure that's the first thing. i remember back in may of last year when that happened, i said, you know, a new seizure in an adult like this, you have to get scans to rule out a tumor. >> sanjay, appreciate it. dr. sanjay gupta tonight from dublin. >>> more on the life of ted kennedy ahead, including a look at the tragedies and scandals he couldn't escape throughout his life. >>> first, erica hill joins us with the 360 bulletin. >> anderson, one of iraq's top shiite lead

she has a triple-breast cancer -- she has triple negative breast cancer. patients have fewer treatment options. >> unfortunately, it is very frustrating and a scary because it is a higher grade, faster growing cancer. >> many respond well to chemotherapy, but she has already had an occurrence. the cancer is more likely to spread to other organs. >> the only way we are going to get new and better drugs is to go on a clinical trial. >> this doctor says a new class of drugs currently being tested may offer women new hope. >> to help prevent these cancers from coming back, this is our goal. >> i have learned to cancer that without all of us working together, we are not going to find the answer. we all have to be a part of it. >> she has such a spirit, she is not going to give up. i love her for it. she is very strong. that is my lady. >> i have nephews, nieces, and a lot of work to do. i want to be around for a million years. >> doctors say the earlier the breast cancer is detected, the better your chances of overcoming the disease. adding yoga to your weight-

. >> i lost my father and my brother to cancer and my mother and i just am i breast cancer survivor ofars and i just -- i feel so good today. i mean in this year after going through all that, i just feel strong and ready. >> reporter: unlike other races the money they raise, more than 2.5 million today alone, is not going toward cancer research. rather it is going directly to cancer patients. with the midday sun blazing down on them, swimmer after swimmer stroked away with the thought of who they were helping in mind. the organizers used gps to keep the swimmers on course from port jefferson harbor all the way to captain's cove seaport in connecticut. jan thinks she had a little extra help. >> i was starting to run into some jellyfish and i was -- i told you about my brother that died of cancer. i asked him to keep the jellyfish away from me and he did. >> reporter: while she d

cancer has spread.e times that leads to a side effect, where the arm swells. for decades, doctors have told women with the condition not to lift weights because it makes the situation worse. so now a canadian study finds out not only does it not make it worse it makes the swelling go down. >>> the other study out today also had to do with lymph nodes, crucial term and crucial part of the body where breast cancer is concerned. >> indeed. the important point here is i talk to many specialists who long time about whether if or e. there is a few cancer cells in the lymph nodes it changes the outcome. it makes it a little more dangerous but not enough to to affect that crucial decision of whether a woman gets chemotherapy and/or hormones to reduce risk of recurrence. with stories like this and all matters medical, always best to consult for personal physician. >> of course. >> robert bazell. thank you for being with us tonight. ntinue. ahead, tonight, as we are there real reasons to think the economy may be

the patient white cells are mixed with fragments of brain cancer cells. the hope is it teaches the immune system to recognize and kill the cancer. this year the f.d.a. approved a new drug for brain cancer, avastin, which may cut off a tumor's blood supply and is smog some initial promise. >> after a number of treatments of avastin, the tumor disappears, and we've never seen that with anything before. >> reporter: the next frontier-- customizing treatment based on a sample of the patient's cancer. >> individualized or personalized medicine learns what's unique about the patient's tumor and try to take advantage of it selectively. >> reporter: susan rohan is doing well after taking avastin and relying on something less scientific-- inner resolve. >> i was glad it happened to me and not my family, that i would survive this. >> reporter: that's a mother's reaction. >> and they're not going to get rid of me. >> reporter: for all patients with brain cancer, senator kennedy's death underscores the urgent need for more federal funding of basic cancer research whi

and that caused a cancer cluster in our department. i'm part of that cluster. >> reporter: many of his fellow firefighters have died from cancer. >> i have had unfortunately lost a lot of good friends in that cluster. guys who died way too young. >> reporter: so when he found out about a program at the severna park health and wellness center designed to eliminate toxins from your body, he gave it a shot. >> i started coughing up this mucus. it was very sticky. tasted like creosote. >> they often feel like gosh, their energy goes way up. they feel a lot better about themselves. >> reporter: brian gallagher brought the detox program to maryland. it's design affidavit one in new york city for rescue workers exposed to toxins after 9/11. the intensive three to four- week program combines exercise, diet, and a sauna where participants sweat out their toxins. >> the sauna is used as a mechanism for creating sweat that allows the toxins to be released from the body. >> i started feeling all this energy. i was sleeping all night. and for the f

tate cancer. -- prostate cancer.e survival rate, five-year survival rates in the united states as this graph shows taken from studies done by con concord, the five-year survival rate in the united states is 91.9 percent. in britain, by contrast, it's 50 percent. dramatically lower. the amendment i have put before you focuses on breast cancer. we have a saying in the shadegg family, anytime or any day on which neither a member of the family nor anyone we love is diagnosed with cancer is a good day. i think cancer is the disease about which americans are most concerned, and i'm pleased to have support on this amendment from my colleagues, mrs. myrick of north carolina, and mrs. blackburn of tennessee. this chart shows that breast cancer survival rates in the united states, again, are significantly better than in canada or in europe or in england, and i would hope we would want to preserve that. and so what the amendment simply says is that once a year the government accountability office would conduct an annual study c

barbara wag next, a 64-year-old cancer patient, learned in 2008 that her lung cancer which had been inremission had returned and would probably take her life. the doctor prescribed a drug which could prolong her life. wagner was divorced and living in low-income housing. there was no way she could afford the cost of the metcation, $4,000 a month. she turned to the state for help. why? back in 2004, the state adopted a public option very similar to that being proposed today. barbra knew it would pay for her chemo and health care but it was different this time around. >> that hope shattered with this letter from the oregon health plan telling her we are unable to approve the cancer treatment. it will pay for comfort care, better known as assisted suicide. >> wagner said it was horrible. 12 years ago oregon passed a law, the only one of its kind here in the u.s., called the death with anything -- dignity act which allows those who are terminaly ill to end their lives with lethal medication. apparently it's a lot cheap orr -- cheaper for people to die than stay alive. the cost of the letha

anal cancer, which say cancer that people were embarrassed to talk about.he got so many letters from women in particular saying, thank you for talking about this. i don't feel ashamed. i have the kind of cancer that farrah fawcett has. >> you're honest about with what you struggled with. how you talked about this. how you talk to someone who has cancer. >> well, i think anyone who is friends with or a parent of or a loved one, or may have anyone struggling with a terminal disease, whether it be cancer or anyone else. i think you go through a whole emotional roller coaster yourself. and there's a lot of uncertainty. there were times that i was terrified. i was frightened. i was uncertain. i didn't know if i was doing the right thing and saying the right thing. and yet, you have to be strong for that person. i mean, farrah was very strong and very determined and had incredible courage. and she kind of brought out my courage. and i found in her strength that i never knew i had. i used to faint at the sight of an a hang nail. i found this incredible strength wi

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