Cancer

The spots can be mistaken for a pimple, scar, sore or a patch of dry, irritated skin.

President Joe Biden spoke on First Lady Jill Biden’s recovery after having surgery to remove two cancerous lesions near her eyes on Wednesday, saying there is a “0-1% chance of ever returning any cancer, so thank God she’s doing really well.”

Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that’s a “serious but curable form of cancer” and he is beginning several months of treatment.

Merck and Moderna plan to begin the next phase of the study in 2023 and expand its use against additional kinds of tumors.

A new study is reassuring for women who are taking hormone-blocking pills after a breast cancer diagnosis and want to become pregnant.

After successfully testing it on employees, Point32Health wants to bring more people into the program.

I used to say, ‘Gratitude is my religion,’” Beth White said Thanksgiving morning as the hobbyist pilot prepared for a flight from the Franklin County State Airport in Highgate.

A woman from Vermont’s Franklin County is pledging to live every day as if it is Thanksgiving, expressing deep gratitude to be alive and channeling that energy into uplifting youth through a new nonprofit. “I used to say, ‘Gratitude is my religion,’” Beth White said Thanksgiving morning as the hobbyist pilot prepared for a flight from the Franklin County...

In celebration of “Movember”, cancer survivor and Boston Movember Foundation Ambassador Mike Irgens talks about the importance of the Movember movement in raising awareness for mental health and cancer.

Many of us know someone who either has cancer or has had it. Knowing what to say to them can make all the difference. Author and cancer survivor Sarah Mcdonald shares five things you don’t want to say to someone with cancer.

R&B singer Mary J. Blige has joined first lady Jill Biden to promote cancer prevention.

Is cancer spreading at a New Jersey high school? A mother is demanding answers after she said she conducted her own tests at the school her children attend — and believes cancer-causing toxins and materials were found.

‘If you care about Black women’s health, you have to care about our hair,’ said professor Wendy Greene, a leading voice in the movement against Black hair discrimination

A 20-year-old Long Island native and minor league pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies has died after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the team’s head of player development announced Thursday. Corey Phelan, of Greenlawn, was an undrafted free agent out of Harborfields High School who signed with the squad in 2020. He gave up just one run while pitching nine...

Windsurfer Michael Cramer was on track to compete for Team USA at the Olympics before a cancer diagnosis at 19 derailed his career. That discovery was only the first chapter of Cramer’s story.

First responders put on a parade for a three-year-old recovering from cancer treatment in Oakland County, Michigan.

Twenty four brave women will step into the ring for their first amateur boxing match at MGM Music Hall at Fenway to help raise awareness and knock out cancer.

An Ontario community wanted to give Alexandros Hurdakis and his family an epic celebration to remember.

On Air Force 1 Monday, President Joe Biden showed some love to a heroic Boston boy dealing with an issue close to the president’s heart. Biden put on a Mighty Quinn wristband, paying tribute to Quinn Waters of Weymouth, the 6-year-old battling brain cancer for a second time. The boy has become beloved in the Boston area. When in isolation…

President Joe Biden was in Boston Monday calling for Americans to come together in a push to find a cure for cancers, hoping a divided country can unify around a cause to save lives and improve the quality of life for patients and families. The Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative that Biden created is aimed at ensuring the ingredients that pharmaceutical…