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View Larger ImageAgriculture Minister Chuck Strahl says of his cancer, "It's usually very aggressive.

So far, so good."Fred Chartrand, Canadian PressEmail to a friendPrinter friendlyFont: ****But as specialists looked on intently, the MP for Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon offered a more philosophical message."My unfortunate experience in the cancer-fighting industry is that what patients are also looking for from you ...

is some hope," he said.Strahl said it was comforting to know specialists were working to beat the cancer, which has been found in only a few hundred Canadians."[Patients] don't need you to cry at their bedside," Strahl said, speaking to an audience that included Deb, his wife of 32 years.

"They don't need you to hold their hands and walk through things moment by moment.

But what they do need is some sense of hope.

They need a sense that somebody cares about this enough to research this."Read more...