At what age did Terry Fox get cancer?

Answer 1

On November 12, 1976, as Fox was driving home to Port Coquitlam, he became distracted by nearby bridge construction, and crashed into the back of a pickup truck. While his car was left undriveable, Fox emerged with only a sore right knee. He again felt pain in December, but chose to ignore it until the end of Basketball season.[9] By March 1977, the pain had intensified and he finally went to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of cancer that often starts near the knees.[2] Fox believed his car accident weakened his knee and left it vulnerable to the disease, though his doctors argued there was no connection.[10] He was told that his leg had to be amputated, he would require chemotherapy treatment, and that recent medical advances meant he had a 50 percent chance of survival. Fox learned that two years before the figure would have been only 15 percent; the improvement in survival rates impressed on him the value of cancer research.[11]

Answer 2

Terry Fox was diagonsed with osteosarcoma, a malignant type of bone cancer, in 1977 when he was 19 years old.

Answer 3

He got it when he was 19 years old, in 1977.

Answer 4

I don't think he ever had lung cancer... someone can improve it if I'm wrong but I know 4 sure he had bone and leg cancer

Answer 5

18 years old

Answer 6

2009 on his jurney from cost to cost

Answer 7

June 81971