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Cancer Symbol?
Ever since they first appeared in this country, some hundred years ago, professional baseball games have been a quintessential opportunity for millions of American fathers to bond with their children. On June 16th, in commemoration of Fathers Day, Major League Baseball altered one of the games most storied traditionsthe seventh-inning stretchas a public service to these same fathers. To raise awareness for prostate cancer, fans in baseball stadiums across the country sang Take Me Out...
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A Quilt as a Recovery Symbol
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October 27th: The Pink Ribbon
October 27: The pink ribbon has long been the symbol of breast cancer awareness. Some love it, wear it, display it, and identify with it. Others... Read more »
October 28th: Knock Out Breast Cancer
October 28: Two sisters who watched their mother die of cancer honored her last wish for something promising to flow from her journey when they... Read more »
Farrah Fawcett dies from cancer at age 62
Farrah Fawcett, best known for her role on the series Charlie's Angels and as a national sex symbol in the 1970s, has succumbed to cancer at age 62.... Read more »
Facing Forward: Ways You Can Make a Difference in Cancer
Source: National Cancer Institute
*Acknowledgments The National Cancer Institute thanks the many cancer survivors, advocates and health care professionals who assisted with the... Read more »
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