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Gilda's Disease (Hardcover)
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Gilda's Disease (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R577
Discovery Miles 5 770
You Save R186 (24%)
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Gilda Radner died of ovarian cancer on May 20, 1989. When the New
York Times published "Research Links Diet and Infertility Factors
to Ovarian Cancer," by medical writer Larry Altman, on July 25,
1989, Gilda's husband, Gene Wilder, wrote the author to ask some
pointed questions. Altman urged him to contact Dr. M. Steven Piver
at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York.
Wilder and Piver met via telephone and immediately recognized their
shared common desire. From that time, they have worked together to
communicate to the general public what is known about ovarian
cancer. When Dr. Piver decided to write Gilda's Disease, he asked
Wilder to help him by sharing what he had learned during Gilda's
struggle so that others might benefit from their ordeal. Wilder and
Piver have worked diligently to ensure that the material provided
here is accessible and informative without being too scary. The
result is a book that offers both medical and personal insights
into ovarian cancer.
All royalties will benefit two organizations honoring Gilda's
memory: "Gilda's Club," a free, nonresidential support community
located in New York City for people with cancer, their families,
and friends; and "The Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer
Registry" in Buffalo, New York, which tracks women with a family
history of ovarian cancer and advises them of their risk for
developing the disease and methods of prevention.
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