Stand Up To Cancer

[turtlehobopirate]

About an hour ago, there was an hour show called Stand Up To Cancer. It was one hour long and had no commercials. There were many extremely famous people in it, taking donation calls, performing (including Billie Joe Armstrong), and speaking of their own experiences. In my opinion, it was very powerful.
Here's the website: http://su2c.standup2cancer.org/

Film ,TV and Sports stars scheduled to appear on the September 10th show include:
Aaron Yoo
Abigail Breslin
Adam Sandler
Alison Sweeney
Alyson Hannigan
Anne Heche
Apolo Anton Ohno
Aubrey Plaza
Bill Hader
Cheryl Hines
Christina Applegate
Cindy Crawford
Dave Annable
David Archuleta
David Boreanaz
Denzel Washington
Derek Fisher
Diane Lane
Diane Sawyer
Donald Faison
Dorothy Hamill
Dr. Ana Maria Polo
Dr. Jon Lapook
Dr. Mehmet Oz
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Edwards
Eric Stonestreet
Ethan Zohn
Fran Drescher
Gabrielle Union
George Clooney
Gwyneth Paltrow
Jim Parsons
Jon Heder
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kathy Bates
Katie Couric
Ken Jeong
Kristen Bell
Lisa Niemi
Mandy Moore
Marcia Strassman
Marg Helgenberger
Marissa Winokur
Marlee Matlin
Matt Passmore
Maura Tierney
Michael C. Hall
Michael O’Malley
Minka Kelly
Olivia Munn
Randy Jackson
Rashida Jones
Ray Liotta
Renée Zellweger
Rob Lowe
Robin Roberts
Ryan Seacrest
Sally Field
Sam Trammell
Seth MacFarlane
Sofia Vassilieva
Thomas Jane
Tony Hawk
Vanessa Hudgens
Zachary Levi

Musical guests scheduled to perform on the September 10th show include:
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
Neil Diamond
Jakob Dylan
The Edge
Delta Goodrem
Herbie Hancock
Kris Kristofferson
Lady Antebellum
Fitz and The Tantrums
Leona Lewis
Orianthi
Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart
Natasha Bedingfield
Queen Latifah
Martina McBride
Aaron Neville
Dave Stewart
Stevie Wonder

[Billy41]

So many people get cancer nowadays. It's become like an usual thing to me. I don't get the feeling shows like these are in any way helpfull. Goodthing they try though..but I dunno it always looks like a big commercial to me.

[Shelley41]

My grandma died of cancer in June.
Getting cancer is almost a normal thing these days indeed. I'm glad people still fight for it in shows like this.

[Janet]

Cancer is probably my worst fear, I've seen it take a lot of people dear to me, some as young as 23, especially the past 3-4 years. I admire the people dedicated on stopping it, but it's weird how humans can do almost everything yet they're helpless when it comes to this disease.

[Emil]

Both my grandmas died of it, my aunt got it but got cured. Well, life goes on.

[SumGeek]

I actually watched it last night. I heard about it on the radio a few weeks ago.
I meant to watch it for the first run but I forgot about it until someone reminded me so I watched it a couple hours afterwards. It was very informative and the telethon hasn't been aired since 2008. My favourite performance was Billie Joe Armstrong singing Wake Me Up When September Ends. Mainly because it holds a personal meaning for him because his Dad died of Cancer when he was just 9 years old. Almost all of my grandparents have passed away from this disease, some I didn't even get a chance to meet.

[sumfan4]

My grandma survived breast cancer. She's a fighter. Damn, that was about 10 years ago already, I didn't even know she had it til years later.

[patenttiftw]

Might be pretty odd to say this here, but my dad was diagnosed cancer last spring and he's going to the surgery tomorrow. Have to admit,kinda scared of it hows it gonna go.

[Billy41]

Might be pretty odd to say this here, but my dad was diagnosed cancer last spring and he's going to the surgery tomorrow. Have to admit,kinda scared of it hows it gonna go.

I wish you and you're family the best of luck! I really hope you're father'll get well!

[Druska]

Might be pretty odd to say this here, but my dad was diagnosed cancer last spring and he's going to the surgery tomorrow. Have to admit,kinda scared of it hows it gonna go.

good luck man,my cousin went to he surgery a week ago, though she still needs chemotherapy

[Laxman 41]

I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, cancer of the lymph nodes, a little over 2 years ago. I had a 9 pound tumor in my chest and surgery was out of the question so I went through the chemo and radiation therapy and am now still in remission :) And cancer isn't a normal/usual thing, there are reasons why the U.S. has such a high cancer rate opposed to alot of far east countries, alot of it comes down to diet. I wish the best of luck to all of you who have been affected in some way.

[Jake-41]

I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, cancer of the lymph nodes, a little over 2 years ago. I had a 9 pound tumor in my chest and surgery was out of the question so I went through the chemo and radiation therapy and am now still in remission :) And cancer isn't a normal/usual thing, there are reasons why the U.S. has such a high cancer rate opposed to alot of far east countries, alot of it comes down to diet. I wish the best of luck to all of you who have been affected in some way.

That's, that's terrible.. I wish you the best,

[Laxman 41]

I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, cancer of the lymph nodes, a little over 2 years ago. I had a 9 pound tumor in my chest and surgery was out of the question so I went through the chemo and radiation therapy and am now still in remission :) And cancer isn't a normal/usual thing, there are reasons why the U.S. has such a high cancer rate opposed to alot of far east countries, alot of it comes down to diet. I wish the best of luck to all of you who have been affected in some way.

That's, that's terrible.. I wish you the best,

Thanks man. But my heart goes out to those who are worse off. Luckily my cancer was only in stage 2b, I know of people who had progressed to stage 4 which is when the cancer gets to the bone marrow. It is very tough to treat at this stage because it requires a bone marrow transplant. I think these tv specials really put into perspective how so many people can be affected, and it also gives the world a better understanding and more awareness. Like Lance Armstrong, his charities have raised so much for cures and new medicines to combat against cancer.