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- Letter for lung cancer. Three months after Susan Wojcicki's death from lung cancer at age 56, the former YouTube CEO has shared a final message. YouTube posted on its blog this morning a letter written by Wojcicki in the weeks before her death.
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and Wojcicki wanted to share what she learned about lung cancer—including that it is the No. 1 cause of cancer death in women and the second most common type of cancer in women. Lung cancer is underfunded compared to other cancers, Wojciki wrote, adding that she planned to use her time and resources fighting for cures for cancer and lung cancer.
Wojcicki also shared a bit about her own experience. "At the end of 2022, I was diagnosed with lung cancer," she wrote. "I had almost no symptoms and was running a few miles a day at the time. I had never smoked so I was totally shocked with this diagnosis." She wrote that she nearly immediately decided to resign as CEO of YouTube, but continued to serve on the boards of Salesforce, Planet Labs, and Waymo, while spending her time focusing on her health, her family, and cancer research, donating millions of dollars to the cause.
She ended her letter with this message: "Having cancer hasn’t been easy. As a person I have changed a lot, and probably the most important lesson I have learned is just to focus and enjoy the present," she wrote. "Life is unpredictable for everyone, with many unknowns, but there is a lot of beauty in everyday life. My goals going forward are to enjoy the present as much as possible and fight for better understanding and cures for this disease."
Read her full letter here.
Emma Hinchliffe
emma.hinchliffe@fortune.com
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