The Michigan hospice center where a man with just days to live is being cared for helped grant his last…
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Family’s ‘Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day’ meant to honor pediatric cancer patients goes viral
A Minnesota family says they are overwhelmed by the amount of people participating in “Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day”…
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Retired pastor credits recovery from 6 brain tumors to his faith in God
In 1981, Scott Erdman was studying to become a pastor when he was diagnosed with melanoma. Six brain tumors and…
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Connecticut teen must complete cancer treatment in hospital, judge says
A judge says a 17-year-old Connecticut girl forced to undergo chemotherapy must remain in the hospital until she finishes treatment…
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Leukemia Drug Pulled From Market Sparks New Interest
A new study of leukemia drug Mylotarg, pulled from the U.S. market last year due to safety concerns, found it…
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Cancer deaths rise to 8.2 million, breast cancer sharply up
The global death toll from cancer rose to 8.2 million in 2012 with sharp rises in breast cancer as the…
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Texas baby slowly improving following emergency brain surgery, family says
Little Savannah Snodgrass — a 7-month-old Texas girl who was stricken with a life-threatening brain tumor — remains hospitalized at…
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Teenager helps scientists study her own rare disease
First the teenager survived a rare cancer. Then she wanted to study it, spurring a study that helped scientists find…
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Artificial bone marrow could be used to treat leukemia
For decades, doctors have been treating leukemia patients by transplanting stem cells from people with healthy bone marrow. But even…
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3-year-old cancer patient sworn in as America’s youngest sheriff
On Thursday, 3-year-old cancer patient Wyatt Schmaltz was sworn in as the nation’s youngest special sheriff deputy from his hospital…
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