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A 7-year-old Long Island girl was released from a New York hospital Tuesday, more than a month after surgeons removed six of her vital organs to tackle a life-threatening tumor.

Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the United States today: one in seven women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. It's fairly universal, says Dr. Jess Ting of Mount Sinai hospital.

A British reality TV star who is dying of cervical cancer got married Sunday in full glare of the cameras — a wedding extravaganza auctioned off to the highest media bidder to pay for the education of her young sons.

Marijuana use could increase the risk of testicular cancer, according to a study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center out this week. If a man has smoked marijuana on a weekly basis or has been exposed to hashish for...

Times editor Dana Jennings offers simple advice about recovering from prostate cancer surgery.

Hall of Famer and longtime North Carolina State women's basketball coach Kay Yow has died after a decades-long fight against breast cancer. She was 66.

A representative for the actress says her husband, stockbroker Tom Mahoney, has been diagnosed with cancer and is responding well to treatment.

NCAA prez Myles Brand is being treated for pancreatic cancer, and he says the long-term prognosis is "not good."

Apple founder and Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is considering a liver transplant, according to a report by Bloomberg News on Friday.

Apple chief Steve Jobs is taking leave until the end of June, saying his health issues were more complex than he thought.