1.   Betsy knew that one day, the cancer might take her.

2.   Her breasts are gone, but cancer did not take her life.

3.   In addition, cancer usually takes decades to develop, but the increased incidence found in the study was temporary.

4.   In the years since, Ms. Lyttle also nursed her father through a brain tumor, then buried him last summer when prostate cancer took his life.

5.   It is generally agreed that cancer takes a long time to develop.

6.   Most breast cancer takes years to develop.

7.   Once the cancer takes hold, it spreads to other parts of your body.

8.   Prostate cancer usually takes years to grow and spread, if it ever does.

9.   Some doctors argue that because tamoxifen is so effective, delaying it can allow more cancer to take hold.

10.   The cancer now took a back seat in my head.