The World Health Organization projects that this year cancer will become the world's leading cause of death. Why has it skyrocketed to now surpass heart disease as number one?
Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will...
According to the National Cancer Institute, there are over 12 million cancer survivors in the U.S. That number is expected to grow as the population ages and treatments improve.
Pioneers of the medical entrepreneurship movement are taking bigger risks on researchers, asking them to focus their energies on the initiatives that have the largest potential impact.
My mother, Margot, was my best friend and my greatest role model. I lost her over 20 years ago to ovarian cancer. For 18 months, I watched her struggle to try and defeat this horrible disease.
Just like on The Flintstones, when we married men get together, we often complain and groan about the mother-in-law, if for nothing else, than it's a ...
My mother embraces the fears that come with any cancer diagnosis by turning the power of fear against its source. As we all joked when she was first diagnosed, "Cancer f***ed with the wrong person."
Seeing my mother die, experiencing the stages of cancer that drained her of life, made me come face to face with my own mortality. And so I knew I needed to continue experiencing life for everything that it was.
When he found out his life would be cut short by pancreatic cancer, Randy Pausch inspired the world with his 'Last Lecture,' sending a message to live...
Target cancer therapies have given us new hope, but we will not realize the potential of the most promising new cancer research until we begin funding cancer research at levels equivalent to the epidemic again.
CHICAGO — Doctors reported gains against nearly every form of cancer at a conference that ended this week. Yet when Will Thomas heard about an a...
Lemonade stands have popped up across America as a tool to raise money for causes. Nine-year-old Emily Lopez uses local lemonade stands to collect mon...
You know your body better than anyone else. If your intuition screams that something is not right, you need to be louder than any expert. You are the final expert on your own health.
Do we Americans even think a cure for cancer is possible in our lifetimes, in this new century? Or have we resigned ourselves to the idea that cancer will be a constant in our lives, just like Thanksgiving and the Super Bowl?
Of all the events I'm honored to be a part of, I'm most grateful to be involved with the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Spring Ball. For me, it's personal.
In 2007, Sarah James was a successful, energetic 26-year-old, living and working in England -- until doctors discovered she had a brain tumor and need...
Firefighters at the Arcadia, Calif. Fire Department have a special place in their heart for children battling with cancer. The firefighters regularly ...
Chemicals linked to breast cancer should be better regulated and testing to find the most likely culprits is where we have to begin.
The Cancer Association of South Africa--the largest nongovernmental agency in the health sector--is setting its sights on a vitally important tactic--making prevention the cure for cancer.
STORRS, Conn. — Geno Auriemma plans to auction off the neck ties he wears during the rest of UConn's games this season. The school says money r...
This week has been a celebration of Jimmy Valvano's life. ESPN has been promoting the Jimmy V Foundation and its cancer research initiatives. In the past 16 years, the foundation has raised $90 million.
On the heels of LIVESTRONG Day 2009,held on October 2, comedian Drew Carey has publicly pledged via Twitter to raise his donation to Lance Armstrong's...
Breast cancer has touched the lives of nearly all of us in some way and we all need to take an active role in educating others and supporting advances in research.
Life sciences will be our country's most important sunrise industry over the next several decades. Because of this sunrise, tens of millions of baby boomers can expect to live longer and live better.
Celebs tend to get a bad rap when their philanthropic gestures make headlines. However, can't using Twitter and online tools for social good be looked at as the modern day marathon?
