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Twelve-year-old Aspen Kelly has a special request for her upcoming birthday: postcards. Since she can't travel, Aspen made a request for postcards from all over the country and around the world — and her expectations were far surpassed. Even a famous actor sent Aspen a special card for her birthday.
A new clinical trial for metastastic breast cancer patients combines four different targeted drugs to try to stop cancer cells from growing and spreading.
Teachers, staff members, administrators and even lunchroom workers who pay into the Florida retirement system transferred 75 sick days to Goodman.
A dying man has chosen to forgive an alleged pickpocket who spoiled his "trip of a lifetime" in a letter that's receiving global attention.
A new report found glyphosate, a weed-killing chemical that some health authorities link to cancer, in a number of popular breakfast foods and cereals marketed to children.
You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure... your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analyzing genetic test data may one day help identify people at high risk of a youthful heart attack in time to help.
A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company's popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease.
With each leap and landing, each twist and turn, 10-year old Ava Blaser tells an amazing story: her own.
The federal government confirms some people in the St. Louis area may have a higher risk of getting cancer, if they grew up in areas contaminated by radioactive waste decades ago.
A jury in St. Louis has awarded nearly $4.7 billion in damages to a group of women who said Johnson & Johnson talc products caused them to develop ovarian cancer. But the company is still battling thousands of cases involving its baby powder.
A judge has ruled that hundreds of lawsuits claiming "Roundup" weed killer causes cancer can proceed to the next phase in court.
PayPal apparently doesn't believe that death is a good enough reason for their customers to not pay their bills.
As CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports Chris Kudla, a father of two and Riverside Police Officer, was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer late last year.
A mother in New York delayed her cancer treatment until her baby could be born and then found out the infant's heart stopped multiple times.
A landmark study out of Chicago found most women in the early stages of the disease can safely skip chemotherapy.
A groundbreaking study has concluded that most women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer can avoid going through chemotherapy.
"The impact is tremendous. Most women in this situation don't need treatment beyond surgery and hormone therapy."
A new type of blood screening is being called the "holy grail of cancer research" by scientists who say the test can detect the disease before tumors even form in the body.
A new medial report out this week revealed that the country's overall cancer death rate has fallen.
There were also special tributes for cancer survivors.
A mother's dying wish was fulfilled when she got to see her son graduate high school from her hospital bed.
Grace Lombardo battled with breast cancer and now she's showing the world just how she reclaimed her body and her confidence.
Even though research is limited, activists charge too much of the carcinogen acrylamide is produced in the roasting process.
For many people, bacon is likened to a gift from above. However, the popular breakfast food, delicious as it may be, has been linked to causing various types of cancer.
A mother and daughter are battling cancer together.
