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Everyone has cancer cells in their body. But not everyone gets cancer. This means that we also have natural defenses in our body that can help slow down the disease, and fight the process of tumor development. It is up to us to nourish these natural defenses. Dr. Servan-Schreiber addresses the steps you can take to give your body a fighting chance. Learn about which foods fight cancer; cancer-promoting foods and contaminants that should be avoided;...
2) Ikiru
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A young Japanese businessman dying of cancer wants to give something back to society before his death, so he decides to build a playground for children.
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Suburban mom Cathy Jamison's cancer is in remission, and Cathy is considering drastic life changes, such as assuming a secret identity and adopting a baby. Cathy's husband, Paul, survives his heart attack and becomes a motivational speaker with the help of a sketchy mentor. Andrea embraces her African heritage, while Cathy's son, Adam, finds religion.
8) Miracle dogs
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A poignant and funny story of a nine year old English springer spaniel who loses her front leg to cancer.
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A group of friends travels to the beach to encourage Jason, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. The journey is rooted in nostalgia and desire for a meaningful farewell, although the friends avoid the subject of Jason's illness. Sometime later, as Mark and Karen plan to have a child, the beach trip lingers as a haunting memory in their new phase of life.
11) 50/50
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Inspired by personal experiences, an original story about friendship, love, survival, and finding humor in unlikely places. Two best friends' lives change when one of them is diagnosed with cancer.
13) Wit
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English professor Vivian Bearing reflects on life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
15) The good breast
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"Through the intimate stories of four breast cancer patients and their surgeons, The Good Breast explores the cultural and emotional roots of the loss of the breast. Unprecedented OR footage presents medicine as a ritual, and the mastectomy as a modern form of breast sacrifice."--IMDb.
16) Daisy Winters
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Precocious eleven-year-old Daisy has a deeply loving but unconventional relationship with her mother. When that bond is harshly broken Daisy begins a journey learning how to embrace life in courageous, resourceful ways. Life moves in mysterious ways.
18) Redemption
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Menachem, a former frontman for a rock band, is now religious, and a father to a six year old. When his daughter is diagnosed with cancer, he must find a creative solution to fund the expensive treatments.
19) The healer
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A young man discovers suddenly to have the gift of healing. Trying to understand it and the new reality that it offers, a teenage girl with terminal cancer unexpectedly will show him the way.
20) The doctor
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"Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems ... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions"--IMDb website.
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