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A new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers.

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Cancer rates have generally declined among men in the US early this century before leveling out, yet they appear to be ...

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A Maryland woman said she was horrified to learn that the crematorium she picked to handle her father’s remains was cited for ...

For many people, due to late diagnosis and commencement of treatment, cancer detection is a death sentence. A recently published population-based survey shows that stomach cancers and ovarian cancer ...

This is the heart-wrenching moment a bride given less than six months to live after losing her leg to cancer made it down the aisle to marry her partner - during one of their two weddings.