To the victims, survivors, their family, and friends:
I most recently lost my uncle to cancer. Gerard was diagnosed and within the year he was gone (July 08). He was the middle child of six (my fathers younger brother)He left behind a loving wife (kathy) and two beautiful, successful, smart college age girls (mallory, finishing up law school at ASU and cassidy med school at Duke).  He was one of the most caring, funny, family oriented men I knew. I certainly miss him and love him. In 2000 I lost my grandmother Mary to stomach cancer (she was my life).  Four years after that I lost her husband Bill (my grandpa), also a victim.   To those who are dealing/fighting with this horrible creature; I can relate.  Do not give up, and enjoy every moment.  
My uncle always said after he was diagnosed; "not to quote Tim Mcgraw", but 'live like you were dying'.  Take every moment and cherish it.  Make sure you spread their word, and never forget them. Talk about them as if they were beside you, "twas heaven here with them."

My name is Race Taylor from 95.5 FM WPLJ New York, and I am thrilled to be your new MC for the 2009 EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women. I participate to show support for the three women in my family that are cancer survivors. Their stories of strength and courage inspire me everyday, as do the stories of my many PLJ listeners. To the more than 1.5 million who hear me every week from 3-7pm, I will spread the important message of early detection, treatment, funding and support. I believe whole heartedly that one day, thanks to events like the EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women, cancer will indeed be a thing of the past. Please join me in the fight against women's cancers on Saturday May, 2nd.

I am a uterine cancer survivor who was mistreated and misdiagnosed for two years by eight doctors before finally getting a proper diagnosis. I swear I got in the stirrups more times than Roy Rogers! A radical hysterectomy was a bitter pill for me to swallow, but I turned my pain into purpose by becoming a women's health advocate so that what happened to me didn't happen to anyone else. As the President and Visionary of The Cancer Schmancer Movement I see whole families destroyed because of the profound loss of their mother, sister or daughter due to late stage diagnosis of women's cancers. We must educate ourselves on the early warning signs of cancer and the tests that could save our lives, transform from patients into medical consumers and take control of our bodies! I feel I got famous, I got cancer and I lived to talk about it. Sometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages. I walk because I want to see a day where no woman loses her life due to late stage diagnosis of cancer. I walk in the EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women to say "Cancer Schmancer" because cancer is NOT the boss of me!

Daly admits he didn't give much thought to breast cancer before his mom's diagnosis in 1998. "What does a 25-year-old guy care about breast cancer, other than we love breasts? You get educated very fast," he says. The talk show host, now 31, learned quickly after his mother, Pattie Daly Caruso, underwent a lumpectomy, followed by a single mastectomy. Daly, who at 5 lost his father to bladder cancer, flew to be at her side. "He's strong, funny and wonderful," says Pattie, now 60, who has remained cancer-free. "Every time I see her," says Daly, "is an opportunity to celebrate life."

When Redgrave learned about her cancer in December 2002, she was most worried about Annabel, the youngest of her three children. "I didn't want her to be scared for me," says Redgrave, 61. But Annabel, 23, a photography student, devised her own plan for dealing with her fear: She would stick close and photograph her mother through every phase of her treatment—the mastectomy, the chemo, the hair loss. "We totally traded places," Redgrave says. "I was in pieces; she stayed calm." The photos also proved a solace. "I would look at her pictures and see the beauty," says Redgrave. "I would feel less bad about myself."

Redgrave, who declined reconstructive surgery, was fearless and sunbathed nude in Croatia. "It was the first time I felt okay about my scar and revealing my loss," she says. In September the pair published Journal: A Mother and Daughter's Recovery from Breast Cancer, with photos by Annabel, text by Redgrave. While Redgrave hopes others draw strength from the book, for herself, "having your family stick by you was the key to my beating this thing. I was less afraid because I wasn't alone."