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Friday evening's Stand Up to Cancer show on Channel 4, presented by celebrities including Davina McCall, Adam Hills and Clare Balding, will urge people not to be frightened of getting cancer checks.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2025

But, he said, there was no time to be frightened.

From BBC May 31, 2024

“People shouldn’t be frightened away from treatment because of this,” Dr. John Krystal told me.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2023

Patients may be frightened during the hallucinations, Whinkin says.

From National Geographic Nov. 16, 2023

All the time, in my mind, I was telling myself that I must not be frightened.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep




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