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On Friday, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, took to social media to thank everyone for their support and to offer an update on how her treatment has been going since she first announced she had cancer back in March of this year In addition, she noted that she hoped "to join a few public engagements over[...]

After weeks of rumors and speculation surrounding her health, safety & well-being (as well as a lot of social media conspiracy-theorizing), Kate Middleton (Catherine Middleton), Princess of Wales, revealed via video on Friday that she has been diagnosed with cancer and that it was in the "early stages" of treatment "In January, I underwent major[...]

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has announced the official launch of its Jimmy Fund Let's Game "Quest 2 Defy Cancer" fundraising initiative today If you haven't heard of this effort before, this is a dedicated campaign that will be running all throughout September as they will aim to raise awareness around the organization's pediatric cancer research[...]

He revealed to Ladies Home Journal in 2009 that he created a charity to support other charities that aid those afflicted with the cancer but didn't want to attach his celebrity Reeves' younger sister Kim was diagnosed with leukemia in 1991 and was battling for the better part of 10 years before it entered remission[...]

Two days ago he used the web cartoon to talk about his diagnosis of stage three colorectal cancer, or specifically about how he wouldn't use the cartoon to do that While doing exactly that. Ty Templeton Creates Cartoon To Talk About His Cancer Diagnosis The full cartoon and blog piece by Ty Templeton can be read here[...]

The world was saddened to learn on Sunday morning that beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80 News of Trebek's passing was announced via the long-running game show's Twitter account with the following statement: "Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home[...]

In 2009, Jones was diagnosed with a rare, chronic blood cancer called polycythemia vera (PV), which transformed into myelofibrosis (MF) Both PV and MF are part of a closely related group of progressive blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). In "A Rare Reality: My MPN Story," JG Jones draws on his journey living with[...]

One year after long-time Jeopardy host and pop culture icon Alex Trebek took to the game show's YouTube channel to announce that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, we are getting an update on his health – directly from the source. Taking to the show's social media accounts on Wednesday, Trebek opened up[...]

Or in this case, the lack of one. Because the person who'd seen me naked… who'd seen me cry and laugh and rage… who'd seen me at my very best and my damn near worst? That very same person couldn't do the one thing she'd been able to do every other time in the past. Look me in[...]

And while I have happily contributed, and help share such efforts, it often raises questions, what if this person wasn't a much-loved comic book creator? What if they couldn't pick up a pen? What if they were dicks and no one wanted to raise money for them? These thoughts flood back, reading about 55-year-old Robert Letscher[...]

Long-time Jeopardy host and pop culture icon Alex Trebek took to the game show's YouTube channel to announce that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer Sources close to Trebek say he will begin chemotherapy treatments immediately, and will attept to finish out the remainder of the game show's season. Having hosted the popular[...]

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Walsh revealed that Louis-Dreyfus has completed chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer and has been participating in table reads for the upcoming season At the time, Walsh expected production on season 7 to begin by the end of the summer, with new episodes airing in 2019: "Veep is on hiatus, we'll start filming in August and[...]

https://t.co/KSaNOxzQPQ — Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) June 23, 2018 ● Kim and Yetide Badaki found some "new god/old god" common ground during a photo shoot to raise funds to fight cancer, with Kim rockin' a lumberjack look and showing everyone that she's more than okay with it… https://twitter.com/kahyunkim257/status/1009814658465828864 Why do I love this so much?!😆🙏🏿👩🏿‍🚒❤️ #AmericanGods #oldgodnewgod #love https://t.co/AQfSJEnwXa — Yetide[...]

But when we lose a member of our TWD "fan family," that loss cuts wider and deeper across every one of us — and that loss is particularly heavy this week with news that Lisa Williams, TWD superfan and regular at conventions and other show-related events, passed away on Tuesday after battling cancer. Williams won a fan[...]

News emerged that the stomach pains which impacted him at 2016's Dragon Con wound up to be pancreatic cancer Never wanting to be a burden to anyone, he kept his condition close to the chest until very near to the end.       In the year since his passing, friends and fans have held a number of gatherings[...]

Credit: NBCUniversal/Broadway Video Entertainment I came up with the idea of the F*** It! List almost eight years ago, when I was going through some particularly rough treatment for cancer For some reason, The Playbook of Awkward Attempts to Make You Feel Better seems to have a section in there that recommends your friends and family[...]

Less than two months after Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus revealed publicly that she was battling breast cancer comes word that production on the HBO series' seventh and final season has been put on hold while the actress undergoes cancer treatment. Veep executive producer Frank Rich confirmed that filming was temporarily on hold during an interview Wednesday on SiriusXM[...]

Chris Geere (You're the Worst), Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) and Tom Riley (DaVinci's Demons) star, with Sam Bain (Peep Show) writing and Steve Bendelack (Friday Night Dinner) directing the series. Ill Behaviour introduces us to Joel (Geere), inspired to use any methods (conventional or otherwise) to save his friend Charlie (Riley), who announces that he[...]

Pumpkins In SNL Halloween Special Instead of spotlighting an article we missed, we're changing things up a bit this week in light of Julia Louis-Dreyfus's very personal announcement to remind everyone that cancer is an evil that does not discriminate But the fight goes on and here's where you can donate to keep the battle raging[...]

Less than two weeks after she took home her record sixth Emmy for her role as former VP-turned-president Selina Meyer on HBO's Veep, series star Julia Louis-Dreyfus took to Twitter to reveal that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer: Just when you thought… pic.twitter.com/SbtYChwiEj — Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) September 28, 2017 "1 in 8 women get breast cancer[...]

Marsha, wife of the legendary comic book writer and artist Darwyn Cooke's, writes, under the title "F-ck Cancer" It is with tremendous sadness that we announce Darwyn is now receiving palliative care following a bout with aggressive cancer His brother Dennis and I, along with our families appreciate the outpouring of support we have received[...]

Oh and shes got cancer *sigh* #thor — Gezkill (@Gezkill) May 12, 2015 Lol, #Thor is revealed to have been Jane Foster…remember what I said about it being a total disappointment? — Devante Gordon (@Lycanvenom) May 12, 2015 And the Female Thor is no other than *drumroll*…. JANE FOSTER! dude she got bald — Mrs Alpha (@HunterNixHunter) May[...]

Creators: Federico Avella, Caritza Berlioz, Chris Colquitt, Matthew Crehan, Megan Crehan, Keith Edmunds, John Freeman, Stephen Groves, Austin Hamblin, Emily Lambert, Iain Laurie, Jessica Mungia, Chris Nicholson, Orion Petitclerc, Jon Slater, Michael Westcott. Close Date: 18th April 2015. Publish Date: November 2015 Celebration of Life: A Cancer Anthology, celebrates the lives of those affected by cancer, telling the[...]

All that is now left to say of the Kree Captain, by way of a eulogy is to paraphrase George Harrison, "Mar-Vell is a dead man…miss him…miss him." ********** We wanted to reprint this article now, especially given that we recently learned that two other comicbook superheroes are stricken with cancer; Joe Martino's The Mighty Titan, and[...]

As it turns out, the entire event was (at best) a great tale that was told and (at worse) a calculated marketing event designed to separate rubes from their money. Still, it set a tone, and it got other creators to wondering, what would happen if a hero died? For writer/artist Joe Martino (who was diagnosed[...]

Dr Manolis V writes; The internet’s most opinionated (and Greek) comics column! This week: decrypting Hickman’s secret handshake code, surviving the

Earlier this year, Marvel teamed up with Komen For The Cure, an organisation that promotes the awareness of cancer – how to check for it, how to treat it A series of ads saw Tony Stark testing himself for breast cancer, and a series of variant covers featured the Komen brand. It seems it didn't stop[...]

Marvel has spoken with Fox Nation on their upcoming variant cover programme to suport the Susan G Koman For The Cure charity, aiming to prevent breast cancer The charity is also working with WWE, in a similar move away from traditional female-focused areas of entertainment. Marvel EIC Axel Alonso is quoted a saying "Everyone's got a[...]

Archie Comics continues to give more of a real life take on modern society for a young audience than it may have done so in the past, and in the process making the likes of DC and Marvel look like old fuddy duddies. In the new Life With archie, which has explored a number of these[...]