Andy WilliamsSinger Andy Williams announced last week that he has bladder cancer, is undergoing treatment, but plans to return to performing in 2012. "You may have read or heard that I have bladder cancer. It's true and I'm currently undergoing treatment to deal with it," Williams said in his statement. The singer also told fans at a concert in Branson, Missouri, Saturday night, a reporter who attended the concert told CNN on Sunday. "But that is no longer a death sentence. People with cancer are getting through this thing," Williams said, according to Tyler Franke with the Branson Tri-Lakes News. "They're kicking it, and they're winning more and more every year. And I'm going to be one of them." Williams, 83, shared the news during his Christmas Show at the Moon River Theater, which he founded in 1992, according to the theater's website. "Moon River" was one of Williams' most popular songs.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/06/showbiz/andy-williams-cancer/?hpt=hp_t2&imw=Y
Donna-Lee and Alexandra Lista
Donna-Lee Lista was having issues with a disc in her neck in 2006 and went for an MRI. "I went to an early morning appointment one day," the Montgomeryville woman said. "The machine had to be rebooted and they took shots of my neck and a little farther down and they saw something (in her lung) that did not look right." Her orthopedist suggested that she go for a CT scan, but reassured her that since she didn't smoke it was unlikely to be lung cancer. However, "they found a tumor," she said. "I was fortunate. There were no symptoms. I was caught early enough that it was operable. I proceeded very quickly." In February 2006, doctors removed the upper lobe of Lista's lung. She underwent chemotherapy and celebrated five years of survival this past May. Today, Lista is very active speaking and raising money for research into lung cancer treatments and education. Her daughter, Alexandra, 16, has joined the cause too. Alexandra, a junior who plays lacrosse for Mount St. Joseph Academy in Pennsylvania, started Laxers vs. Lung Cancer, a charity that sells hair ties and t-shirts to raise money to fight lung cancer. She decided she wanted to raise money for lung cancer after noticing that event after event at her school was devoted to fighting breast cancer. "It's a really big hit with the girls in the school and the other lacrosse teams," she said. "It's such a great cause." Since "it's happening to more and more people who haven't smoked, I've sort of made it my mission," Donna-Lee Lista says of her advocating for more funding for the lung cancer research. "I don't think anyone deserves this disease. There is such a stigma, it's hard to get funding." She's hopeful because some of the research into treatments and finding cancer-related genes is bearing fruit. "We are starting to make lung cancer not as taboo," Lista said. "Anybody can get lung cancer who has a set of lungs. That is the bottom line."
http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/mom-daughter-fight-lung-cancer/3943f4b743234602be1a426a4a36ce2f
Donna-Lee Lista was having issues with a disc in her neck in 2006 and went for an MRI. "I went to an early morning appointment one day," the Montgomeryville woman said. "The machine had to be rebooted and they took shots of my neck and a little farther down and they saw something (in her lung) that did not look right." Her orthopedist suggested that she go for a CT scan, but reassured her that since she didn't smoke it was unlikely to be lung cancer. However, "they found a tumor," she said. "I was fortunate. There were no symptoms. I was caught early enough that it was operable. I proceeded very quickly." In February 2006, doctors removed the upper lobe of Lista's lung. She underwent chemotherapy and celebrated five years of survival this past May. Today, Lista is very active speaking and raising money for research into lung cancer treatments and education. Her daughter, Alexandra, 16, has joined the cause too. Alexandra, a junior who plays lacrosse for Mount St. Joseph Academy in Pennsylvania, started Laxers vs. Lung Cancer, a charity that sells hair ties and t-shirts to raise money to fight lung cancer. She decided she wanted to raise money for lung cancer after noticing that event after event at her school was devoted to fighting breast cancer. "It's a really big hit with the girls in the school and the other lacrosse teams," she said. "It's such a great cause." Since "it's happening to more and more people who haven't smoked, I've sort of made it my mission," Donna-Lee Lista says of her advocating for more funding for the lung cancer research. "I don't think anyone deserves this disease. There is such a stigma, it's hard to get funding." She's hopeful because some of the research into treatments and finding cancer-related genes is bearing fruit. "We are starting to make lung cancer not as taboo," Lista said. "Anybody can get lung cancer who has a set of lungs. That is the bottom line."
http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/mom-daughter-fight-lung-cancer/3943f4b743234602be1a426a4a36ce2f
The Finalists of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology
Saturday in Pasadena, a sharp group of local high school students, competed in the Super Bowl of science, vying for thousands of dollars in prize money and recognition for their research. David Cheng of Calabasas, Manoj Kanagaraj of Chino Hills, Daniel Chiou of Hacienda Heights and Barry Chen of Walnut were four of the 15 teenagers who spent the day at CalTech, getting peppered by professors about their work. The four young men along with Victoria Petrova of Torrance -- who will present her work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology next week -- were regional finalists in the annual Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. "Our future is in safe hands," said Tom McCausland, chairman of the Siemens Foundation, after watching the presentations. "We're kind of showing the best of the U.S. educational system, and what young people can do." Shortly before 9 p.m., organizers announced the winners. Angela Zhang, a senior at Monte Vista High School in Cupertino, won the individual category and a $3,000 college scholarship for her biochemistry project designed to eradicate cancer stem cells through a controlled delivery of the drug salinomycin. This year, a record 2,436 students entered nationwide, submitting more than 1,500 projects. Regardless of the outcome Saturday, Kanagaraj's summer studying breast cancer stretched his already considerable ambitions. "I really do want to cure cancer," he said.
Saturday in Pasadena, a sharp group of local high school students, competed in the Super Bowl of science, vying for thousands of dollars in prize money and recognition for their research. David Cheng of Calabasas, Manoj Kanagaraj of Chino Hills, Daniel Chiou of Hacienda Heights and Barry Chen of Walnut were four of the 15 teenagers who spent the day at CalTech, getting peppered by professors about their work. The four young men along with Victoria Petrova of Torrance -- who will present her work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology next week -- were regional finalists in the annual Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. "Our future is in safe hands," said Tom McCausland, chairman of the Siemens Foundation, after watching the presentations. "We're kind of showing the best of the U.S. educational system, and what young people can do." Shortly before 9 p.m., organizers announced the winners. Angela Zhang, a senior at Monte Vista High School in Cupertino, won the individual category and a $3,000 college scholarship for her biochemistry project designed to eradicate cancer stem cells through a controlled delivery of the drug salinomycin. This year, a record 2,436 students entered nationwide, submitting more than 1,500 projects. Regardless of the outcome Saturday, Kanagaraj's summer studying breast cancer stretched his already considerable ambitions. "I really do want to cure cancer," he said.
Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier, a small but tough, underrated heavyweight boxer from Philadelphia and one of the sport's fiercest competitors, died Monday night from liver cancer. He was 67. Frazier was diagnosed with cancer in late September, said his personal and business manager, Leslie Wolff. He had made several personal appearances since then. Frazier was best known for his ongoing battle in the ring to top his boxing competitor Muhammad Ali. Though there was lingering animosity between Frazier and opponent Ali for more than 40 years, their names became synonymous with each other. Ali and Frazier. Frazier and Ali. It was almost as if you couldn't say one without the other, said boxing historian Bert Randolph Sugar, who covered their amazing trilogy of fights in the 1970s. Ali, now 69, said upon hearing the news that Frazier was terminally ill, "The news about Joe is hard to believe and even harder to accept. ... Joe is a fighter and a champion, and I am praying he is fighting now." Upon hearing of Frazier's death Monday night, Ali said in a statement, "The world has lost a great champion. I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration. My sympathies go out to his family and loved ones."
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/story/2011-11-06/joe-frazier-dead-liver-cancer/51118056/1
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