Preview: Spotlight Cancer: Action & Awareness
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Channel: Katie Couric · 2013 · Entertainment
As a well-known cancer advocate, Katie has helped raise awareness about this disease that affects one in every two men and one in every three women, and helped raise millions of dollars for cancer research. On this episode, she dedicates her entire show to talking about cancer in an hour that is hopeful, inspiring, and full of useful information about how to prevent cancer before it's too late. Katie will share her own journey with the disease, that claimed the lives of her husband and sister, plus you'll hear the personal stories of actresses Maura Tierney, Blythe Danner, Fran Drescher, and Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller. Plus: the debut of Hollywood icon Meryl Streep's new public service announcement about colorectal cancer prevention.
