Lisa Ray, ActressIn 2009, at the age of 37, the actress was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an arere cancer of the white blood cells. “I was tired of being tired all the time. I’d bloat up to three times my normal size. It’s like putting on a wetsuit, excepy it’s kind of permanent, until you stop talking the steroids, “the actress said about her. To help deal with cancer, Lisa began writing her famous blog, Yellow Diaries, where she shared moments of her treatment and spread awareness. Thanks to a combination of chemotherapy, steroids, stem cell treatment and a positive attitude, she was declared cancer-free in January 2010. Lisa’s set to marry fiancé Jason Dehn this October.Yuvraj Singh, Cricketer

The nation was shocked when 30-year old Yuvraj had to face the biggest test of his life- a cancerous tumour, detected in his left lung. He had to undergo chemotherapy. The cricketer, who took inspiration from Armstrong, said recently, “it’s nice to be back, having normal meals. I feel like a normal human being. I now know what it means to breathe normally. God just pushed me a little bit towards himself and gave me a second chance. I don’t take my health for granted anymore.” On 18^th march 2012, he was discharged from the hospital after completing the final cycle of chemotherapy. He launched YouWeCan, a foundation to fight cancer, and is all set to be a part of the Twenty20 cricket squad against New Zealand.

Lance Armstrong, cyclist

In October 1996, at the age of 25, Lance Armstrong was detected with testicular cancer, with a tumour that had metastasized to his brain and lungs. He had only a 40 per cent chance of survival. “I tried to stay positive, and there were days, when I thought ‘God, this may not work out. I’m gonna die!’ but I tried to get of those thoughts just as about winning. I played games with the cancer….mentally.” he beat cancer and won an extraordinary seven successive Tour de France since 1999. his trimph has been portrayed in his biography, it’s not about the bike: My Journey Back to Life.

Sheryl Crow, Folk-Rock Singer

When the nine-time Grammy Award winner was told she had brest cancer at the height of her sinding career, she was devastated. “It was a realy personal blow, because I was newly out of a relationship and then diagnosed with cancer. This great friend told me one of the gateways to awakening is to allow yourself to experience your emotions. My attitude was to grieve when I felt like grieving, be afraid when I felt like being afraid, and an angry when I felt like being angry.” Diagnosed if February 2009, she was in remission by April of that year.