Young adult cancer patients have a new weapon against the insidious disease waging war on their bodies: Humor!
For a look at what they call "cancertainment," see this week's Newsweek Magazine.
Here's an excerpt from A Malignant Melanoma Walks into a Bar...:
About 70,000 people between the ages of 18 and 40 are diagnosed with cancer every year, representing about 6 percent of all new cancer cases. About 10,000 young adults die from cancer annually, more than from any other disease. This is not the best statistic to stumble on when you are looking online for hope, as I did in September 2006 after my doctor told me he found a growth in my colon. There I was—nonsmoker, athlete, young—diagnosed with colon cancer, the disease that more commonly afflicts overweight, elderly men. And all I could think was: how inconvenient. I was a travel writer and had just scheduled trips to Rome and Cologne for the following week. Bummer. I would have to reschedule those flights.
Read the entire story at http://www.newsweek.com/id/209319
For a look at what they call "cancertainment," see this week's Newsweek Magazine.
Here's an excerpt from A Malignant Melanoma Walks into a Bar...:
About 70,000 people between the ages of 18 and 40 are diagnosed with cancer every year, representing about 6 percent of all new cancer cases. About 10,000 young adults die from cancer annually, more than from any other disease. This is not the best statistic to stumble on when you are looking online for hope, as I did in September 2006 after my doctor told me he found a growth in my colon. There I was—nonsmoker, athlete, young—diagnosed with colon cancer, the disease that more commonly afflicts overweight, elderly men. And all I could think was: how inconvenient. I was a travel writer and had just scheduled trips to Rome and Cologne for the following week. Bummer. I would have to reschedule those flights.
Read the entire story at http://www.newsweek.com/id/209319
