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Nurse diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer after spitting up blood now cancer-free thanks to innovative technology

A nurse who went to the doctor for symptoms of fatigue in 2013 said she realized it was probably something more than vitamin D deficiency when she started coughing up blood.

Nurse had no idea she had stage 4 esophageal cancer until she was coughing up blood

What to know about esophageal cancer

Man gets 61-pound tumor removed in 33-hour marathon surgery

Surgeons remove man's 61-pound neck tumor in marathon operation

Woman who died of cancer at 35 wrote about her life in her obituary: 'Damn it was good!'

A 35-year-old woman who died of cancer earlier this month spent the last moments of her life living it up, and it's all detailed in her obituary — which she wrote.

Mom spots daughter's eye cancer after noticing odd glimmer in photo

An Oregon mother’s careful attention to detail may have saved her then-2-year-old daughter’s life after she noticed an odd glimmer in her child’s eye in while looking at a photograph.

Toddler diagnosed with rare, aggressive tumor after mom noticed massive swelling in stomach

Cleo Keenan has a tumor causing her stomach to swell like a balloon

Toddler diagnosed with rare, aggressive tumor after mom noticed massive swelling in stomach

Cleo Keenan has a tumor in her abdomen which caused her stomach to swell up like a balloon.

Dr. Marc Siegel: Sniffing out cancer before it’s too late

A new study says that dogs are now showing promise in sniffing out cancer.

Lung cancer awareness advocates push lawmakers for action

Lung cancer patient Christine Manniel and American Lung Association's Deb Brown on the need for Washington to act.

Dogs sniff out lung cancer from blood samples with 97 percent accuracy, study claims

A new study has found that beagles can be trained to detect lung cancer from human blood samples with 97 percent accuracy.