He was diagnosed with cancer. She learned that she has cancer. Eating certain foods may help reduce the risk of cancer. Advanced cancers are more difficult to treat. I'm a Taurus, but my best friend is a Cancer.

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Admission will be $5 and proceeds will go to cancer research, Harkins said. Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, "See Chadwick Boseman movies for $5 at Harkins Theatres this weekend. Here's what's showing," 4 Sep. 2020

The organization’s slogan, Join The YES Movement, has increased awareness and raised money for cancer research and has contributed to religious organizations. Alex Kushel, sun-sentinel.com, "YES Basketball Academy returns to action with youth clinic," 4 Sep. 2020

Santa Rosa didn’t realize the water had been contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical benzene until about one month later, when a resident in one of the few surviving Fountaingrove homes detected a foul odor and taste. J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, "Boulder Creek water problems highlight growing California wildfire threat," 4 Sep. 2020

Fans can buy single-game cutouts for the Lions' Crucial Catch game, which benefits cancer research and usually takes place in October, and the Salute to Service game, which usually happens in November, for $50. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, "You can't go to a Detroit Lions game at Ford Field, but your cardboard cutout can," 2 Sep. 2020

Trump’s election, Biden hired Simon to run the Biden Cancer Initiative, the cancer-research nonprofit that folded once Biden declared his candidacy last year. Lev Facher, STAT, "Ramped-up testing and daily briefings: Inside Biden’s plan to take over a tumultuous Covid-19 response," 20 Aug. 2020

Any money donated to her CaringBridge site will go to Sen's favorite charities that support cancer research and protection of the environment. Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, "Texas Man Charged with the Murder of Scientist Killed During Morning Run," 19 Aug. 2020

Sen was born in India but came to the United States to continue her cancer research at the University of Texas at Dallas and at the University of Birmingham in Alabama. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, "Texas man faces capital murder charge after cancer researcher slain on morning jog," 18 Aug. 2020

There’s a part where one of them tries to make her case by bringing up Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose living cells were harvested and used in generations of cancer research without the permission of, or notification of, her family. al, "‘Project Power:’ Netflix fills some of the summer blockbuster void," 14 Aug. 2020

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