2009, Number 2
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MEDICC Review 2009; 11 (2)
Taking to the streets: The Terry Fox Run for cuban Cancer research
Gorry C
Language: English
References: 7
Page: 40-43
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“Even if I don’t finish, we need others to continue. It’s got to keep
going without me,” said Terry Fox as he ran across Canada.
Little did the young athlete know that nearly 30 years after uttering
these determined words, the world would continue, unflaggingly,
to run, walk, cycle, and skate to raise money for cancer research.
Ultimately, Terry didn’t finish, forced to abandon his “Marathon of
Hope” when the cancer that took most of his right leg spread to
his lungs. But the heroic amputee had already run a marathon a
day—over 3,300 miles—and reached his goal of collecting a dollar
for every Canadian to fight cancer. That initial CAD$24 million
has ballooned to more than $400 million and keeps on growing
thanks to the Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research. First held in
1991, the Run is the world’s largest single-day cancer research
fundraiser. And the single largest participant country in that event
is Cuba.
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Ministry of Public Health (CU). Proyecciones de la salud pública en Cuba para el 2015. Havana: Editorial Ciencias Médicas; 2006. p. 32-40.
The Terry Fox Research Institute [homepage on the Internet]. British Columbia: The Terry Fox Foundation; 2008 [cited 2009 March 12]. Available from: www.tfri.ca/terryfox/.
The Terry Fox Foundation. Terry’s facts [homepage on the Internet]. British Columbia: The Terry Fox Foundation; 2008 [cited 2009 March 12]. Available from: www.terryfoxrun.org/english/ about%20terry%20fox/facts/default.asp?s=1.
Gorry C. Cuban Cancer Drug Headed for US Clinical Trials. Cuba Health Reports [serial on the Internet]; 2006 Nov 6 [cited 2009 March 12]. Available from: www.medicc.org/cubahealthreports/ chr-article.php?&a=1021.
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