text: <unk>  are those individuals with<unk>  of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for<unk> hip (NCCS) pioneered the definition of<unk> as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with<unk>  is a<unk>   This expansive definition of "survivor" includes people who are dying from untreatable<unk> .  NCCS later expanded the definition of<unk> even further to include family, friends and caregivers who are affected by the diagnosis in any way.
  The National<unk>  Institute's Office of<unk> hip uses a variant of this expanded definition, which is sometimes ridiculed for the potential to abuse its inclusiveness:  "I got<unk> , and the government now says every person in my whole neighborhood is a so-called<unk> "  Oddly,<unk>  is the only disease in which friends and neighbors are officially encouraged to use language with the potential to misidentify themselves as having personally been diagnosed with the disease instead of being a voluntary caregiver.  This is essentially unknown among people with similarly devastating diseases, such as AIDS, Alzheimer's, or heart disease.
  Many<unk>  describe the process of living with and beating<unk>  as a life-changing experience.[citation needed] It is not uncommon for this experience to bring about a personal epiphany, which the person uses as motivation to meet goals of great personal importance, such as climbing a mountain or reconciling with an estranged family member.
  Lance Armstrong, cyclist, winner of the Tour de France
  David M. Bailey, singer/songwriter
  Sheryl Crow, Grammy-winning singer
  Cot Deal, major league baseball player and coach
  Barbara Delinsky, writer
  Hacksaw Jim Duggan, professional wrestler
  Melissa Etheridge, Grammy-winning singer
  Farrah Fawcett, actress (Charlie's Angels)
  Peggy Fleming, Olympic gold-medal winning figure skater
  Andrés Galarraga, major league baseball player
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg, second woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
  Tom Green, comedian
  Scott Hamilton, Olympic gold-medal winning figure skater
  Mario Lemieux, professional hockey player and part-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins
  Mike Lowell, major league baseball player
  Tucker L. Melancon, United States Judge, Western District of Louisiana, 5th Circuit
  Andrew McMahon, vocalist, pianist and songwriter for Something Corporate
  Kylie Minogue, popstar and actress
  Olivia Newton-John, actress
  Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
  Sharon Osbourne, TV Personality
  Arnold Palmer, professional golfer, winner of 92 professional titles
  Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
  Seven Summits, motivational speaker
  Sean Swarner, mountain climber, two-time<unk>  climbed Everest and the Seven Summits
option_0: Cancer survivors
option_1: Cancer previvor
option_2: Cancer patient
option_3: Young adult 
option_4: HIV AIDS surgery
option_5: Pediatrics
option_6: Cardiac diseases in AIDS surgery
option_7: Hypertension in adolescents