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Pittsburgh cancer crusader Charissa Hamilton-Gribenas faces the disease head-on with a candid and helpful resource for an oft-neglected demographic.

Five new genetic clues to why some women have a family history of breast cancer are identified by UK researchers.

The treatment is the first to use a so-called cancer vaccine that trains the body’s immune system to fight the disease.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice "deplorable."

According to his friend and producer Solar, it was the love of the fans that helped keep rapper Guru going.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease was detected early, and the prognosis is said to be excellent.

Jaime Escalante, the math teacher portrayed in "Stand and Deliver," died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, according to Sony Films.

Some experts say the world is on the cusp of a "golden age" of genomics, when a look at the DNA code will reveal your risk of cancer, diabetes or heart disease, and predict which drugs will work for you.

Research links too much folic acid — a staple in multivitamins, as well as cereal and bread — to colon, lung and prostate cancers.

For some women, having a breast removed once they have been diagnosed with cancer doesn't always mean they'll live longer, a new study says....