Doctors in British Columbia tested a program giving women an opportunity to get Pap tests without appointments. It was so successful, they’re expanding it.

To boost recruiting and improve awareness, government officials in the United Kingdom plan to routinely inform all NHS cancer patients about clinical trials.

Two young parents with a terminally-ill child turn to Facebook to find an organ donor. They’re not only finding support, they’re raising a lot of awareness.

Two top medical institutions team up to help breast cancer survivors and their daughters get healthier. See what it takes to participate in the free program.

18 institutions across Europe are teaming up to create pocket-size, energy-efficient lasers. The 4-year project could make cancer care more accessible.

If you’re looking for fast, free and reliable cancer information in Spanish, the Lance Armstrong Foundation has launched a new web site that’ll give it to you.

The World Health Organization estimates tobacco use kills 1 adult every 6 seconds. Saturday’s World No Tobacco Day hopes to reverse that deadly trend.

Researchers at a leading children’s hospital hold a new kind of science fair — one where professionals compete and the public is invited to watch.

A whimsical castle and some fun gifts help a US cancer center get sick children over their fear of radiation sessions used to treat their disease.

A University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study suggests firefighters may face an increased risk of developing transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), a cancer of the bladder.
Firefighters are regularly exposed to smoke and chemical fumes known to be carcinogenic. The body absorbs carcinogens and transfers them to the blood, where they are filtered by the [...]