Pamela Matus (R) holds locks of her hair as stylist Marcelo Avatte (L) writes down the characteristics, for the making of a natural hair wig for a girl undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, in Vina del Mar, August 8, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Marcela Reyes makes a natural hair wig to be donated to a girl undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, in Santiago, August 22, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken August 22, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Hair stylist Marcelo Avatte (L) dries the hair of Pamela Matus before she allows him to cut it as a donation for the making of a natural hair wig for a girl undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, in Vina del Mar, August 8, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Pamela Matus holds a bag of her hair that was cut by stylist Marcelo Avatte which she is donating to make a natural hair wig for a girl undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, in Vina del Mar, August 8, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Alexandra Munoz, 5, who lost her hair due to chemotherapy for a brain tumor, poses with the natural hair wig she received as donation from hair stylist Marcelo Avatte in the cancer ward of the Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital in Santiago, October 30, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Natural hair wigs made by stylist Marcelo Avatte using donated hair, sit on mannequins waiting to be delivered to girls undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, at Avatte's salon in Vina del Mar, August 8, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Hair stylist Marcelo Avatte cuts the hair of Pamela Matus who is donating it to make a natural hair wig for a girl undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, in Vina del Mar, August 8, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Alexandra Munoz, 5, who lost her hair due to chemotherapy for a brain tumor, poses in the cancer ward of the Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital in Santiago, October 30, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Alexandra Munoz, 5, who lost her hair due to chemotherapy to treat a malignant brain tumor, climbs stairs in the cancer ward of the Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital in Santiago October 20, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Isidora Serrano, 14, who lost her hair due to chemotherapy to treat her bone cancer, reacts upon hearing from her doctor the positive results of a blood test during her daily treatment in the cancer ward of the Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital in Santiago, October 20, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Alexandra Munoz, 5, who lost her hair due to chemotherapy to treat a malignant brain tumor, undergoes a session of treatment with the help of a nurse in the cancer ward of the Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital in Santiago, October 20, 2014.The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Oncologist Katherine Kopp (C) speaks with her patients Alexandra Munoz (L), 5, and Isidora Serrano, 14, who lost their hair due to chemotherapy to treat their cancers, in the cancer ward of the Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital in Santiago, October 20, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and says he was motivated to begin the project by the pain he felt when his own son lost his hair during chemotherapy. Picture taken October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (CHILE - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

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Ruth Ford (C) and Randy Ford (L), mother and brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, leave Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto September 17, 2014. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a very rare and aggressive type of cancerous tumor in his abdomen, his doctor said on Wednesday, adding he would start chemotherapy treatment within days. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Ruth Ford (front) and Randy Ford, mother and brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, leave Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto September 17, 2014. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a very rare and aggressive type of cancerous tumor in his abdomen, his doctor said on Wednesday, adding he would start chemotherapy treatment within days. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Ruth Ford (R) and Randy Ford, mother and brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, leave Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto September 17, 2014. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a very rare and aggressive type of cancerous tumor in his abdomen, his doctor said on Wednesday, adding he would start chemotherapy treatment within days. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Ruth Ford (R) and Randy Ford, mother and brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, leave Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto September 17, 2014. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a very rare and aggressive type of cancerous tumor in his abdomen, his doctor said on Wednesday, adding he would start chemotherapy treatment within days. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Ruth Ford (R) and Randy Ford, mother and brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, leave Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto September 17, 2014. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a very rare and aggressive type of cancerous tumor in his abdomen, his doctor said on Wednesday, adding he would start chemotherapy treatment within days. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Ruth Ford (R) and Randy Ford, mother and brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, leave Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto September 17, 2014. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a very rare and aggressive type of cancerous tumor in his abdomen, his doctor said on Wednesday, adding he would start chemotherapy treatment within days. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Ruth Ford (L) and Randy Ford, mother and brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, leave Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto September 17, 2014. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a very rare and aggressive type of cancerous tumor in his abdomen, his doctor said on Wednesday, adding he would start chemotherapy treatment within days. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Dr. Zane Cohen (middle) of Mount Sinai Hospital leaves after speaking to media about the condition of Toronto mayor Rob Ford during a news conference in Toronto September 17, 2014. Dr. Cohen said tests showed the mayor has a malignant liposarcoma tumour, and said he will begin chemotherapy treatment for his cancer shortly. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital speaks to media about the condition of Toronto mayor Rob Ford during a news conference in Toronto September 17, 2014. Dr. Cohen said tests showed the mayor has a malignant liposarcoma tumour, and said he will begin chemotherapy treatment for his cancer shortly. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital speaks to media about the condition of Toronto mayor Rob Ford during a news conference in Toronto September 17, 2014. Dr. Cohen said tests showed the mayor has a malignant liposarcoma tumour, and said he will begin chemotherapy treatment for his cancer shortly. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital speaks to media about the condition of Toronto mayor Rob Ford during a news conference in Toronto September 17, 2014. Dr. Cohen said tests showed the mayor has a malignant liposarcoma tumour, and said he will begin chemotherapy treatment for his cancer shortly. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital speaks to media about the condition of Toronto mayor Rob Ford during a news conference in Toronto September 17, 2014. Dr. Cohen said tests showed the mayor has a malignant liposarcoma tumour, and said he will begin chemotherapy treatment for his cancer shortly. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital speaks to media about the condition of Toronto mayor Rob Ford during a news conference in Toronto September 17, 2014. Dr. Cohen said tests showed the mayor has a malignant liposarcoma tumour, and said he will begin chemotherapy treatment for his cancer shortly. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

Dr. Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai Hospital speaks to media about the condition of Toronto mayor Rob Ford during a news conference in Toronto September 17, 2014. Dr. Cohen said tests showed the mayor has a malignant liposarcoma tumour, and said he will begin chemotherapy treatment for his cancer shortly. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, looks out of a laboratory room while getting tested for his fifth round of chemotherapy at the Shanghai Children's Hospital in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, crosses the street with his mother after getting tested for his fifth round of chemotherapy at the Shanghai Children's Hospital in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, waits for his mother after getting tested for his fifth round of chemotherapy at the Shanghai Children's Hospital in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, holds up a bowl of food at his temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth round of chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 28, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Yan Hongyu smiles at her son, four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth round of chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 28, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, interacts with a children's TV show at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, plays with his mother Yan Hongyu at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Fou-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, rests on a bed with his parents at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, rests on a bed with his parents at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, rests on a bed with his parents at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, has his IV implant changed by a nurse while getting tested for his fifth round of chemotherapy at the Shanghai Children's Hospital in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, plays with toys while getting tested for his fifth round of chemotherapy at the Shanghai Children's Hospital in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, has no appetite to eat the food offered by his mother Yan Hongyu at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth round of chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 28, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, interacts with a children's TV show at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, plays on a bed with his father at their temporary apartment while waiting for his fifth chemotherapy in Shanghai, May 29, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, sits on a bench while his mother pays his medical bills after getting tested for his fifth round of chemotherapy at Shanghai Children's Hospital May 2, 2013. China has massively ramped up spending on health care, but many millions of people still cannot afford even basic health care, and health insurance schemes run by the government have only patchy coverage. Picture taken May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright (L), 88, sits at the wedding reception after marrying his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Photos of the bride and groom lie on the cake table after former Marine Jack Wright, 88, married his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright, 88, (L, seated), joins a toast after marrying his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright, 88, marries his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright (R), 88, puts a ring on the finger of his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, as he marries her in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Shirlene King, 57, walks into the radiation oncology department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles to marry her boyfriend of 30 years, former Marine Jack Wright, 88, May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright, 88, (R) chats to friends, before marrying his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright (R), 88, marries his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright, 88, (2nd R) starts crying as he is photographed with his friends before marrying his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright, 88, looks at his wedding cake after marrying his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright (R), 88, marries his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright (R), 88, marries his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright (R), 88, chats to his friend Bob Feldman, before marrying his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Former Marine Jack Wright (R), 88, waits with VA hospital staff to marry his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King (not pictured), 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles May 7, 2013. Wright is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II. He decided to marry King in the oncology radiation department after undergoing chemotherapy radiation for his head and neck cancer there. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

A woman sits with her grandson, who is waiting for his chemotherapy session, at the paediatric cancer ward of the Hospital Escuela on World Cancer Day in Tegucigalpa February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera (HONDURAS - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) 

Journalists and supporters of Spanish football club Barcelona wait outside ahead of a news conference, after the club announced coach Tito Vilanova's saliva glandular cancer had reappeared, at Ciutat Esportiva in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona December 19, 2012. La Liga leaders Barcelona have been rocked by news coach Vilanova is to have surgery on his saliva glands on Thursday, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy over the following six weeks. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino(SPAIN - Tags: SPORT SOCCER MEDIA)