Ebert: Cancer Returns, Taking 'leave Of Presence'

Roger Ebert

Film critic Roger Ebert says he has cancer again and is scaling back his movie reviews while undergoing radiation.

Sections:  movies   news   
RELATED ARTICLES
  • Cancer Physicians Attack High Drug Costs
    More than 100 cancer specialists have banded together to persuade pharmaceutical companies to bring prices down, suggesting that the high prices for medicine needed to keep someone alive is profiteering. More
  • Patients’ Genes Seen as Future of Cancer Care
    Major academic medical centers in New York and around the country are spending and recruiting heavily in what has become an arms race within the war on cancer. The investments are based on the belief that the medical establishment is moving toward the routine sequencing of every patient’s genome in the quest for “precision medicine,” a course for prevention and treatment based on the special, even unique characteristics of the patient’s genes. More
  • Roger Ebert's last movie review was a thumbs-up
    Fittingly, Roger Ebert's last movie review was of a film he thoroughly enjoyed. The esteemed critic died Thursday at age 70, and his longtime employer, the Chicago Sun-Times published his final review in Sunday's paper. More
  • Even after melanoma, some people keep on using tanning beds
    You would think that people who were diagnosed with melanoma -- the most deadly form of skin cancer -- would be meticulously careful about using sunscreen, avoiding tanning salons and generally protecting their skin. More
  • Family, fans gather at Chicago funeral for Roger Ebert
    Roger Ebert was rarely at a loss for words, even when cancer robbed him of his voice. And neither were fans and admirers who gathered at Holy Name Cathedral this morning in rainy Chicago to pay their respects to the prodigious film critic, 70, who died on Thursday after losing his life to the disease he once conquered. More
BING NEWS:
  • Flames Coach Mabedi recalls old guns, Mbulu, Njaliwa ahead of Senegal clash
    LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi National Football Team head coach Patrick Mabedi has recalled the old guns into a 20-member squad for the forthcoming TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) ...
    10/4/2024 - 2:20 pm | View Link
  • I'm a new mom and a recent cancer survivor. I have to make space for both the joy and the fear.
    I'm a first-time mom and recently learned I was cancer-free. I worry about recurrence, but I also want to enjoy life with my child.
    10/3/2024 - 10:21 pm | View Link
  • Cancer clinic volunteer finishes treatment with the team she works with
    MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — The staff at M Health Fairview St. Johns Hospital relies on volunteers to keep patients company through chemotherapy. They greet patients, grab them things to eat, and ensure they ...
    10/3/2024 - 1:44 pm | View Link
  • Exclusive Boris Johnson interview: Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump was president
    In the first interview ahead of his new memoir, the former PM discusses Russia, Britain’s ‘tiptoe’ back to the EU and if he’d return to No10 ...
    10/3/2024 - 9:00 am | View Link
  • McKewon: A pregame drill, 4th down play and Matt Rhule’s vision for flaws-and-all Nebraska
    Nebraska football still has too many ghosts to shoo, but Matt Rhule's pregame drill proves he gets one thing about Big Ten football that his predecessors didn't, writes Sam McKewon.
    09/29/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
  • More

 

Comment On This Story

Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

More Movies News