Cancer World Records
Cancer Challenges
24 Records
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Most People To Symbolically "End Cancer"
During The University of Texas’ 40 Acres Fest,501 people symbolically “ended cancer.” Each participant was given a card that said “cancer” and asked to finish the sentence, symbolically “ending cancer.” The feat was led by the Texas 4000 bicycle team.
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Longest "Boo" Directed Toward Cancer
Andrew Hutchins let out a “boo” directed towards cancer that lasted non-stop for 45.64 seconds.
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Melissa Owens embarked upon a personal goal to break a hugging record. She gave out 600 hugs during a flash mob at Portlandrsquo;s Pioneer Courthouse Square[].
Owensrsquo; hugging record was the fifth URDB record to be set by supporters of the OHSU AYA program at the Knight Cancer Institute[].
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Most Cigarettes Ripped In Half
Art Hoffman ripped 22 cigarettes in half.
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Most Comments On A Cancer-Related Blog Post In 24 Hours
Selena Inouye posted ablog poston OhMyAchesAndPains about cancer that received received 101 comments in 24 hours.
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Most Positive Messages Tweeted To Someone Fighting Cancer In 24 Hours
Twitter users around the world sent a total of 224 tweets to Bena Roberts in a 24-hour period, wishing her good thoughts in her battle against cancer. Roberts, who is fighting breast cancer, had no idea the tweets were coming.
The record was kicked off during a speech by URDB president Dan Rollman at the 2011 Next Conference in Berlin, Germany.
See all tweets sent to @BenaRoberts here.
Read Bena’s blog post about the record here.
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Most Words Spelled Using The Letters In “LIVESTRONG” In One Tweet
Adam Brasher spelled 55 words using the letters found in the word “LIVESTRONG” and put them in a single tweet.
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Largest Cancer Awareness Message
10,000 fans at a college football game between the Texas Longhorns andOklahoma Sooners held up Livestrong placards showing their support in the battle against cancer.
The record was set at the Cotton Bowlin Dallas, Texas on October 2, 2010.
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Longest Standing Ovation For Cancer Survivors
The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute faculty and staff and AYA External Advisory Committee members stood and cheered without interruption in honor of the cancer survivors for one minute and 19.01 seconds.
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Longest Time Using Only Social Media To Communicate
Clark Harris has used social media as his only form of communication for the past 100 days. He’s setting the record to raise awareness and money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, in memory of his mother.
Read more about his experiment and donatehere.
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Most People To "Boo" Cancer At Once
346 people at theCanadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s Run For The Cure[]event “booed” cancer at once.
The feat was set during World Record Weekon K-Rock 89.3.
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Fastest Time For Young Adult Cancer Survivors And Their Supporters To Pull An Airplane 15 Feet
Members of the Young Adult Oncology Group pulled a plane 15 feet in 5.19 seconds. They performed this feat to raise money for cancer research.
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Longest Drumming Marathon To Raise Money For Cancer Research
Steven Gaul played the drums for 121 hours (7,260 minutes). Gaul set this record to raise money for cancer research.
Read more about the event here.
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Most People Exercising At Once To Raise Breast Cancer Awareness
Mel Sampson and 514 other people participated in the CIBC Run for the Cure[]. They exercised to raise breast cancer awareness.
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Most Balloons Used To Create "Pink Boobs"
In Celebration of Australia’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 95 sets of balloons were put together to represent as “pink boobs.” The feat was set by the Chicks In Pink charity in coordination with Racecourse Road[].
Texas 4000 
Andrew Hutchins 
Melissa Owens 
Art Hoffman 
Selena Inouye 
Next Conference 2011 Attendees 
Moses Brasher 
University of Texas 
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute 
Clark Harris 
Mel Sampson 
Young Adult Oncology Group 
Steven Gaul 
Chicks In Pink