| Cancer news and events from around the country
By Melissa Weber
Actor Robert De Niro was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer
in October and is expected to recover fully. At 60, the two-time
Academy Award winner has starred in everything from Raging Bull
and The Godfather to Meet the Parents and Analyze
This.
The 2003 U.S. Open Tennis Championships marked the return of Corina
Morariu. Diagnosed at 23 with acute promyelocytic leukemia, Morariu’s
return to tennis was capped by a new cancer research fundraiser
called The Fight to Ace Cancer. For every ace Morariu served, Hoffman-La
Roche promised to donate $1,000 to Friends of Cancer Research.
Although she did not serve any aces at the U.S. Open, Roche still
donated an undisclosed amount to the organization. Once ranked
the No. 1 women’s doubles player, Morariu won the 1999 Wimbledon
doubles title with Lindsay Davenport and the Australian Open mixed
doubles title with Ellis Ferreira in 2001.
 The worlds of fashion and celebrity came together for a good cause
Oct. 27 for the Louis Vuitton United Cancer Front Gala. Salma Hayek,
Renée Zellweger, and Jennifer Connelly hosted the inaugural
event, which benefited The United Cancer Front (UCF). Each actress
worked with Louis Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs to design
a charm for the store’s recently launched white-gold charm
bracelet. The charms are being sold exclusively at Louis Vuitton
stores worldwide, with 20% going to UCF.
Austin, Texas, may be home to cycling champion Lance Armstrong,
but a group of students at the University of Texas at Austin plan
to show they can hold their own. In summer 2004, Texas 4K for Cancer
will take a group of UT students on a two-month, 4,000-mile cycling
ride from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska. Texas students are following
the model of Hopkins 4K for Cancer, which, for the past two summers,
has involved about 50 students from Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore. The Hopkins group’s trek takes them from Baltimore
to San Francisco, and they have raised more than $100,000 for cancer
research through the American Cancer Society.
The stylish The Price is Right announcer Rod Roddy—famous
for his cheerful “Come on down!”—died Oct. 27
at age 66. Roddy, who suffered from colon and breast cancer, had
been with the game show for 17 years.
Calendar
Your Health &
Cancer Expo 2004
1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition
March 24, 2004
Uniondale, New York
For more information, visit www.1in9.org.
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