July 14, 2007 by Elizabeth Willoughby
On June 21, Fran Drescher, star of television series The Nanny and author of Cancer Schmancer, announced the national launch of the Cancer Schmancer Movement. This day also marked her own anniversary of seven years of wellness. A survivor of uterine cancer due to early detection, Drescher’s goal is to realize a world where “no woman will die from cancer as a result of late stage diagnosis.” She wants “to ensure that all women’s cancers are diagnosed in Stage 1, when they are most curable.”
To help her get the word out, she has asked Angelina Jolie, whose mother died from cancer, for her support. Drescher said, “Ever since her mom died, she has been a great supporter of the foundation. She really reached out, which is wonderful.”
The non-profit organization will encourage women to take responsibility for their own health by paying attention to their bodies, developing better partnerships with doctors and getting the female voice recognized by legislators through the power of votes.
“I feel I got famous, I got cancer and I lived to talk about it so it’s given me a sense of purpose to my life that I didn’t have before. And I think what I’m doing is important and very necessary.”
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I think it's wonderful that Fran Drescher has teamed up with Angie Jolie on the Cancer Schmancer Movement.
I read Cancer Schmancer and was so moved by Frans story. How is her dog Esther? I know she misses Chester as I miss my Joshua and Treasure bird in heaven.
Ihave a similar story and would love to share my published book with Fran Drescher. I hope and pray she will contact me so I can meet her and or have an address to send a copy of my book called God Gave Me Another Day, Cancer Survivor.
Please send me a direct email address or have Fran contact me.
Thanks!
Barbara Kimbley
9 months ago