RalphWaldo Emerson said, ?It is one of the most beautiful compensationsof this life that no man can sincerely try to help another withouthelping himself.?

Ibelieve we should give the word ??another definition. A definition that entails the spreading ofgoodness through helping others. A contagious effect in knowing thatour hands, our hearts, and our words give momentum and encouragementto someone who is physically, emotionally, and mentally sufferingwith a disease ? a disease that knows no boundaries and sees nopain.

Cancer.ext.comis dedicated to furthering the rights of individuals plagued withcancerous diseases. We are gathering people online to support a15-part petition that will redirect legislation to focus on anddefinitively address the needs of cancer patients and cancerresearch. Continuous and constant research is imperative. Fundingis vital. Initiatives in research are essential. Patient care,family involvement, available medical assurances, treatment, andinsurances are paramount.

are always an integral part of and an enormous resource in ourendeavours to provide the most relevant information; the newest andmost decisive avenues of treatment; the best means of reaching out toand into communities to educate and enlighten people about theall-too-many types of cancer; and how best to work with, to comfort,and to help patients and their families cope, battle with and striveto overcome the afflictions inherent within cancer stricken families.

Itis our government, our congress, which must listen to and take toheart the overwhelming need for a cancer patients? bill of rights. It is our government, our congress that needs to write and passlegislation that will ensure those rights.

Itis you, your community, your friends, who as volunteers quietly yetdemandingly stand with us and aspire to have an abiding cancerpatient bill of rights written, passed, and implemented. You asvolunteers are the individuals who give of yourselves to others inneed, and you are indispensable.

Joinus at - for as a volunteer, and in the words of Mahatma Gandhi, ?the bestway to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.?