Quotes About Cancer

the cancer was in my lymph nodes and my doctor was afraid it had already spread.

Well, truth is often hard to hear, but truth is freeing. And regarding cancer, the truth is this: money—rather than what's best for the patient—rules. And that's the truth.

Two of the five women had a recurrence of cancer. That's a pretty high percentage. And who was to say cancer wouldn't return in one or more of the other three? It started to become clear to us that the medical industry had created a cancer conveyor belt.

The FDA constantly approves drugs—not necessarily because they're helpful to the patient but because they bring in money and profits to the huge pharmaceutical industry. True, some of the drugs extend the life of cancer patients—but none of them cure cancer.

The medical industry doesn't want to cure cancer. The industry would lose too much money, too many jobs, and too much power.

having trouble believing it's more difficult for the cancer industry to find a cure for cancer than it was for science to find a way to go to the moon. But why would the industry want to find a cure when it's so lucrative not to?

Everyone in the business of cancer, from the doctors and nurses to the salespeople in the shops, seems to know just how to handle me. Do they go through some special training to make everything seem pleasant and natural?

Having another Christian woman who was dealing with cancer, one I could talk to, had been a real help.

these drugs were initially derived from the nitrogen mustard gas experiments during World War I and World War II. These poisons—and that's exactly what they are—kill all fast-growing cells. Well, since cancer cells are fast growing, some genius decided to try these chemicals on cancer.

How sadness and shame are more than feelings; they're an illness, a terrible cancer that spins through the world taking lives in a hidden cyclical way that might never end.

She didn't tell him about the cancer. She didn't want to tell anyone about it. It seemed to make everything worse.

Some patients choose not to pursue treatment out of a sense of denial about the tumor. They may think, "Maybe they're wrong. Why take these risks associated with treatment? I don't want to put my family through this and my insurance won't cover it.