(WB) Virginia state Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria) on Dec. 21 launched his campaign for lieutenant governor.

All women face certain health risks including heart disease and cancer. However, LBT women, as well as women who have sex with women, have some specific health concerns and are at a higher risk for cancer than other women. And mMany LBT women don’t know it.

(CNN) Brenda Lee Marquez McCool had already fought the battle of her life -- twice.

Last week Norm Kent underwent brain surgery to remove a benign, but aggressive, tumor, that was growing.

Well, it’s time for my monthly cancer chronicles, a week early because I am going stir crazy in my house.

1. The Commish and Cobb: So my cancer chronicles open with a humorous story of Doctor Lessen, my oncologist, telling me I need to hydrate more.

It’s time for your righteous raconteur’s journey into meaningless rants and revelations that may light up your life, give you a little laughter, or your parakeet cage a tabloid bed.

FINAL NOTICE: So the cancer patient said “screw it all,” and went on a short hunting expedition to Africa.

First, for the past nine months I have tried to keep my spirits up. But the truth is that it has not been easy.

I do not know how many people write columns hours before they go for brain surgery but with dictation I am going to try. 

People ask me about getting cancer a second time. It is just not the kind of “déjà vu” you ever want to have.

52 UK rugby players stripped off all their clothes for a calendar shoot to bring awareness to the epidemic of testicular cancer. A total of six teams participated in the charity event that will raise funds for Great Britain’s Balls to Cancer.

Norm Kent, the co-founder and publisher of SFGN, has begun receiving weekly chemotherapy treatments at the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Care Center after being diagnosed with cancer this past week.

SFGN Publisher Norm Kent underwent successful pancreatic cancer surgery Monday, April 25, at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.