At least with cancer I knew what I was dealing with," Perata said. Whatever the case, Perata said treatment ended this week and the prognosis is good. ...

On August 16, the American Cancer Society held a Bark for Life event in Libertyville, Illinois. The Bark for Life event is a group dog walk promoting cancer ...

One of the earliest chemotherapy drugs appears to work against a genetic fault that can trigger bowel and other cancers, UK researchers say. ...

PARIS — Scientists in Israel have devised a portable breath tester that detects lung cancer with 86 percent accuracy, according to a study released Sunday. ...

Michael J. Cima led a team that created an implantable device that may one day track cancer growth in humans. By ANNE EISENBERG DOCTORS doing a needle ...

Senator Edward Kennedy was instrumental in promoting the idea of a “war on cancer,” before President Nixon made the medical challenge a public health ...

Ms. Linney will play a suburban wife and mother who learns she has cancer; Showtime said her character would be “forced to face reality yet also find the ...

By GINA KOLATA and LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN Like almost no one else, Senator Edward M. Kennedy embodied the frustrations of the nation's 40-year war on cancer. ...