"No risk factors have been identified" [for brain cancer]. This is not true! What about cell-phone use? Would readers kindly educate the Cancer Council of Victoria which made this statement about environmental risk factors?
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Partnership... Carrie Bickmore's husband Greg Lange died of brain cancer in 2010. Photo: News Corp Australia. Source: News Limited |
Logies 2015: What you need to know about brain cancer after Carrie Bickmore’s speech
news.com.au, 5 May 2015
IN her beanie-clad Gold Logie acceptance speech, Carrie Bickmore spoke about brain cancer — the illness that claimed the life of her husband.
“Everyone thinks it’s this rare form of cancer, it is not,” The Project co-host said onstage, clutching her gold statute.
“It kills more people under 40 (than any other cancer) — and that’s a lot of you in this room.
“It kills more kids than any other disease.”
Cancer Council Victoria chief executive Todd Harper described Bickmore’s words as “incredibly significant”.
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news.com.au, 5 May 2015
IN her beanie-clad Gold Logie acceptance speech, Carrie Bickmore spoke about brain cancer — the illness that claimed the life of her husband.
“Everyone thinks it’s this rare form of cancer, it is not,” The Project co-host said onstage, clutching her gold statute.
“It kills more people under 40 (than any other cancer) — and that’s a lot of you in this room.
“It kills more kids than any other disease.”
Cancer Council Victoria chief executive Todd Harper described Bickmore’s words as “incredibly significant”.