Nearly 1,600 cancer patients in Northern Ireland turned to Macmillan Cancer Support for hardship grants in 2009.

DEAD SEA, Jordan ? Breast cancer continues to rise in Iraq, and scientists have established the Iraqi National Cancer Research Program to better understand the underlying molecular and environmental causes in an effort to curb the incidence of cancer."Breast cancer is the most common type of malignancy recorded in the cancer registries of almost all countries within the Eastern Mediterranean ...

The U.S. is making gains on at least one war front, the "War on Cancer," according to a new analysis of cancer death statistics.

Young Canadians with cancer say they're falling through the cracks of a health care system designed for older patients.

A Northside church will hold an event to help prevent cancer. Dr. Dipen C. Maun, a colorectal cancer surgeon with Kendrick Regional Center for Colon and Rectal Care will discuss symptoms, risk factors, screening tests, diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.

Taking hormone replacement pills for years raises the risk of lung cancer. But the pills' risk is compared with smoking cigarettes.

HONOLULU ? A Nobel prize winner and internationally renowned cancer expert is visiting the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii.

Starz's epic drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand halted production after star Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with cancer.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine is leading a study of patients newly-diagnosed with prostate cancer to determine if providing them with multimedia materials can help them make more informed treatment decisions.

The discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the population, Australian scientists said Wednesday.