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Even John Wayne didn’t use the term after his lung cancer surgery, instead calling it “the Big C.” Perhaps he did that be cause our ability to diagnose and treat cancer a generation ago was more lim ited, so the diagnosis carried with it a more ominous outlook. Well, things have changed. Advances in medical science have dramatically im proved our ability to diagnose a number of cancers at earlier stages, when treat ment is more effective. And because early diagnosis is still the best way to successfully intervene, nu merous organizations have embarked upon campaigns to increase public awareness. Today, survival rates for f those with cancer have im-1 1 proved enough that the pen dulum has swung. Folks w’ho once were expected to suffer in silence now’ find strength in facing their illness in a full frontal assault. Family mem bers and friends have joined the fight, as well, volunteer ing in events such as walks, fun runs, telethons and all sorts of fundraisers. The shift in how r far we’ve come with public awareness about cancer has even moved to the funny pages. A patient of mine, Tom Batiuk, author and “Funky Winkerbean” cartoonist, has written a book called L iso’s Story: The Other Shoe, w’hieh chronicles the heroic struggle of a woman with breast cancer. He uses the comic strip to illustrate the triumph and struggles that cancer brings to in dividuals and their families and friends. Speaking about what inspired him to 12 USA WEEKEND ■ Oct. 26-28, 2007 Health By DR. TEDD MITCHELL write the book, Batiuk said: “The first part of Lisa’s Story was based on the ex periences of friends and relatives who had been touched by cancer. When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003,1 realized what a huge gulf exists between empathy and personal experience and that I had only skimmed the surface of a cancer story in the first telling. This led to the second half of Lisa’s Story, which I hope will be a cautionary tale about the importance of early diagnosis.” As a cancer survivor, the author has a keen sense of its implications for a family. His book is also a remarkable il- "THERE HE TOO (VtANWOFIA ! SURRENDER.' A new book by cartoonist and cancer survivor Tom Batiuk uses a comic strip to talk about empathy, experience and early diagnosis. lustration of how much we’ve changed our approach to the problem. We have turned the comer in our dis course about cancer. Addressing it in a forthright manner helps people under stand that having “the Big C” no longer means giving up. John Wayne certainly would be proud. O Contributing Editor Tedd Mitchell, M.D., president and medical director of Dallas’ Cooper Clinic, writes Healths mart every week. Smart NeVBRII TOM BATIUK