He died in 2001 after having lived several years with a cancer diagnosis.
"People are living much longer after a cancer diagnosis than they once did."
A cancer diagnosis is never easy, but it can bring people together.
Have you had any of the following symptoms since your cancer diagnosis or treatment?
Researchers are starting to ask what life is like after a cancer diagnosis.
The cancer diagnosis did nothing to slow the band down.
And so, finally, it did - although not quite in the fashion I had expected but with a diagnosis of cancer.
For many, a diagnosis of cancer is a complete shock.
There were barely 12 months between diagnosis of cancer and his death in July 1960.
In most cases, treatment will begin before a definite diagnosis of cancer is made.