Two-thirds of the terminal-cancer patients in the Coping with Cancer study reported having had no discussion with their doctors about their goals for end-of-life care, despite being, on average, just four months from death.
Fellow Scottish author, Ian Rankin, said the news of Banks' terminal cancer was "just awful".
Wilko Johnson, former guitarist with 1970s British rock band Dr Feelgood, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas.
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Despite having terminal cancer, the 60-year-old travelled to the High Court, London, in December to hear the quashing of the accidental death verdicts for the 96 fans who died.
She was 56 when she took the decision and was suffering from terminal cancer.
Just to complicate the issue, the wife learns that she has terminal cancer.
The Libyan, who has terminal prostate cancer, was released by Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill in August last year on compassionate grounds.
She said the prison service asked the parole board for the prisoner's early release after his cancer was diagnosed as terminal last week, but the appeal was still being processed at the time of his death.
Weizman said the prison service asked the parole board for the prisoner's early release after his cancer was diagnosed as terminal last week, but the appeal was still being processed at the time of his death.
Two years ago, my younger sister Ruthie, a teacher in the local school, was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Fundraiser Jayne Tomlinson, from Leeds who has terminal cancer, was among the 600 taking part in the Peoples' Race with her daughters Rebecca and Suzanne.
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Thompson, who took over the running of the club in 2002, is suffering from terminal cancer.
Megrahi dropped his appeal against his conviction shortly before being freed from a Scottish prison in August 2009, on the grounds that he was suffering from terminal prostate cancer and had three months to live.
Mr Hague also said the appearance of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on Libyan TV, nearly two years after he was released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, was "a further reminder that a great mistake was made".
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Scottish authorities at the time cited their impression that al-Megrahi, diagnosed with terminal cancer, had only three months or so to live.
The smoker in question, Richard Boeken, may be suffering from terminal cancer.
He was convicted in 2001 but was released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds in 2009, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Anne Williams had hoped Dominic Grieve would be able to bring the inquest forward, after he vowed to help on learning she had terminal cancer.
With Twitter, even swifter, and no less shocking when the news came today that one of its best known writers, Iain Banks has terminal cancer.
Second, a retired deputy United States Marshal, diagnosed with terminal cancer, swore as he was dying that he witnessed one of the prosecutors threatening Helena Stoeckley at the time of the trial.
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Last week, Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill decided to free Megrahi on compassionate grounds-this terrorist has terminal cancer-and his return to Libya was viewed on both sides of the pond as a shameful indulgence in liberal jurisprudence.
Here is yet another role that steers him toward indignity (Uxbal has terminal cancer), but Bardem never milks it, preferring to attend to troubles outside the dying man and to count those blessings that he will leave behind.
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