I'm sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer.

On January 27 2007 Wallace won the Gilda Radner Courage Award from Roswell Park Cancer Institute for helping educate Americans about the importance of early cancer detection and inspiring others through her 20 years as a breast cancer survivor. Early life
Marcia Wallace was born and raised in Creston Iowa the oldest of three children of Arthur "Poke" Wallace and wife Joann. She was also on special celebrity episodes of the Ray Combs version of Family Feud and the Jim Perry version of Card Sharks.

She is perhaps best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show and as the voice of Edna Krabappel on the animated series The Simpsons for which Marcia Wallace won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992. Marcia Karen Wallace (born November 1 1942) is an American character actress comedienne and game show panelist primarily known for her roles in television situation comedies.