The vice president of public policy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure who backed the breast cancer charity's move to strip Planned Parenthood of funding resigned

Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood. The dramatic retreat followed a three-day furor that

Erivedge is intended to treat locally advanced cancer for patients who are not candidates for surgery or radiation, and for patients whose cancer has spread

Leading Texas veterinarians are mobilizing to enlist pets in the testing of experimental cancer therapies, a potential benefit to not just dogs and cats but

The Food and Drug Administration approved the company's drug Inlyta as a secondary option for patients with renal cell carcinoma that hasn't responded to

Wyoming ranks low among states for breast cancer screenings for women 40 and over.

According to new data, researchers have found a large number of colon and lung cancer patients did not give up smoking, even though they knew it was not good

Gov. Andrew Cuomo would close a loophole that allows loose tobacco to sell for less than cigarettes in an enforcement effort applauded by anti-smoking

Metal tissue holders contaminated with low levels of radioactive material may have been distributed to Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in more than 20 states

For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often

Environmental investigators plan to test soil, air and water samples at dump and manufacturing sites just south of Lake Erie where at least 35 children have

Scientists followed 76,000 men for 10 to 13 years and found annual screening for prostate cancer led to more diagnoses but didn't result in less deaths from

"Our data on cancer causation and cancer prevention tells us that we could have done a lot better," said Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the

The two studies found that adding Avastin to chemotherapy treatment can stall the growth of cancer by almost four months. However, it is still unclear if it

This year, more than 500,000 Americans will die of cancer. Obviously, this is a war not won, and it is appropriate to ask: What have we gotten from this