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Why it's difficult to diagnose liver cancer

You know how important your digestive system is to your life, but you might not think about its importance in your normal day to day.

Can snacking at night put you at risk for skin cancer?

Eating when we should be sleeping could disrupt our skin's ability to protect itself from the sun's harmful rays, researchers now say.

‘I needed to be next to my patient’: The cancer doctor who braved Harvey to reach his hospital

Dr. Adi Diab walked roughly three miles, wading through stretches shin-deep waters, to help his team conduct an experimental treatment.

Houston police officer battling cancer braves floodwaters to rescue residents

A Houston police officer battling stage 4 metastatic colon cancer has helped to rescue hundreds from the floodwaters left behind by historic storm Harvey.

Zika virus may be effective against brain cancer, researchers claim

While the Zika virus is known to cause birth defects and abnormalities in unborn children, researchers now believe it could be used as an effective way to kill off cancer cells in the brain.

7-year-old with terminal cancer wants to swim with mermaids

A 7-year-old girl who has been battling cancer since she was 3 has a list of things she would like to see and do as she enters hospice care.

Widower shares photo of late wife in wedding dress she never wore

A man whose wife died of cancer two weeks before their Feb.

This last-resort test saved 2 women from cancer

Genomic testing pointed these two cancer survivors towards effective treatment.

Connecting the dots between HPV and oral cancer

Nobody likes the sound of an infection dubbed the human papillomavirus (or HPV).

Middle-age women can choose Pap smear or HPV test for cancer screening

Middle-aged women can choose which test to undergo for cervical cancer screening, according to a draft recommendation from an influential group backed by the U.S. government.