Cancer Treatment

Actress and activist Marlo Thomas is proud that this year St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Thanks and Giving campaign celebrates its 20th anniversary and passes the fundraising milestone of $1 billion to support the hospital’s efforts to provide free medical care to children with cancer.

For Breast Cancer Awareness month, Martina Navratilova urges women to be diligent about preventive care and cancer screenings after battling two forms of cancer at the same time earlier this year.

At the People’s Choice Country Awards, Country Icon Recipient Toby Keith detailed the ups and downs of his cancer journey.

“Parrotheads” and casual fans of Caribbean living mourned the death of “Margaritaville” singer Jimmy Buffett over the weekend, who died at the age of 76 after a years-long battle with a rare and aggressive form of skin cancer on Friday.

YouTube announced a new policy for combatting medical misinformation on the video-sharing platform.

Maria Menounos is reflecting on the many health and personal challenges she’s overcome while giving followers a peek into her life as a new mom to daughter Athena.

Targets for these experimental treatments include breast and lung cancer, with gains reported this year for deadly skin cancer melanoma and pancreatic cancer.

The FDA has given Qilu Pharmaceutical permission to ship cisplatin to the U.S. to ease a national cancer drug shortage.

The list of cancer treatment drugs in short supply continues to grow to include a number of well-known treatments that are struggling to keep up in the face of supply chain issues.

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.”

New technology is making it possible for doctors in the DMV to diagnose a patient with lung cancer and treat them by surgically removing the tumor, all in the same day.

President Joe Biden is urging Americans to come together for a new “national purpose” — his administration’s effort to end cancer “as we know it.” At the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Biden on Monday channeled JFK’s famed moonshot speech 60 years ago, likening the space race to his own effort. Biden hopes to move the U.S. closer...

Actress and activist Jane Fonda revealed Friday that she has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “This is a very treatable cancer… so I feel very lucky.”

The two-time Oscar winner says she’s started chemotherapy, but won’t let that treatment slow her activism.

Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs.

A small NYC-led cancer trial has achieved a result reportedly never before seen – the total remission of cancer in all of its patients. To be sure, the trial — led by doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering and backed by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline — has only completed treatment of 12 patients, with a specific cancer in its early stages and…

The annual “Buzz Off” event supporting pediatric cancer treatments took place in the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Hundreds of of people were joined by special guest New England Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon for the 13th Annual Buzz Off event to buzz their heads for pediatric cancer and raise funds for the charity, One Mission. The annual Buzz…