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11-13-2012, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
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Originally Posted by momeNt
He did a lot to promote awareness for cancer. Few knew it existed before him.
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Originally Posted by Greenman
My sarcasm meter must need calibration. It looks like you're suggesting cancer wasn't well known before Lance Armstrong?
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Exactly. It's not like a new disease nobody knows of.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer
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The earliest written record regarding cancer is from 3000 BC in the Egyptian Edwin Smith Papyrus and describes cancer of the breast.[105] Cancer however has existed for all of human history.[105] Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC) described several kinds of cancer, referring to them with the Greek word carcinos (crab or crayfish).[105] This name comes from the appearance of the cut surface of a solid malignant tumour, with "the veins stretched on all sides as the animal the crab has its feet, whence it derives its name".[106] The Greek, Celsus (ca. 25 BC – 50 AD) translated carcinos into the Latin cancer, also meaning crab and recommended surgery as treatment.[105] Galen (2nd century AD) disagreed with the use of surgery and recommended purgatives instead.[105] These recommendations largely stood for 1000 years.[105]
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11-13-2012, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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did you guys know it was mostly created to line his pockets. They don't even donate to cancer research.
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11-13-2012, 08:46 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Originally Posted by Veliko
Because that 'charity' was formed on the back of all his bullshit. All of it's promoting and fundraising was made under fraudulent circumstances, and it's main purpose was to serve as a promotional vehicle for Lance.
The fact that it is a cancer charity is irrelevant.
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The financial fraud at Livestrong is still under the mainstream media radar at the moment.
Livestrong has financial improprities and it spent as much on lawsuits than on cancer programs and even then the programs aren't actual scientific research. Like you said the whole Livestrong scam was just promoting Lance. People would have done better to donate to other worthy cancer causes instead of a Lance Armstrong promotional org.
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11-13-2012, 08:57 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Where I want.
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When will people leave Lance alone? I am so sick of all these doping scandals. MOST ATHLETES DOPE at some point in their lives. Get over it. They can't even give his wins to someone else BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL DOPING. Derp.
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11-13-2012, 09:56 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Originally Posted by Pr0d1gy
When will people leave Lance alone? I am so sick of all these doping scandals. MOST ATHLETES DOPE at some point in their lives. Get over it. They can't even give his wins to someone else BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL DOPING. Derp.
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Leave Britney alone!!!
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11-13-2012, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Originally Posted by Pr0d1gy
When will people leave Lance alone? I am so sick of all these doping scandals. MOST ATHLETES DOPE at some point in their lives. Get over it. They can't even give his wins to someone else BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL DOPING. Derp.
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Hey Lance, how's it going? I didn't realise you had an Anandtech login.
What SSD do you have?
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