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The date, the stamp has raised $75 million for cancer research
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The date, the stamp has raised $75 million for cancer research
oday, thanks to breakthroughs in cancer research, more and more people are becoming cancer survivors rather than cancer victims. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 12 million cancer survivors in the U.S. today. Every dollar we can raise through these stamps to fight breast cancer will help save lives."
Cancer is a group of many related diseases that begin in cells, the body's basic unit of life. Normally, cells grow and divide to produce more cells only when the body needs them.
A state senator wants to ban recycled tires used in the artificial turf at schools and playgrounds because there may be a link to cancer. That has people asking what this ban would mean for local schools that already have the turf and the businesses that produce it.
A Southern California woman who authorities say faked terminal cancer to get money has been referred to a special court for people with mental illness.
Diem Brown has lost a long battle with cancer. The reality star and advocate for cancer survivors died Friday in a New York hospital, according to E! Network correspondent Alicia Quarles. She was 32.
Max O'Rourke spent most of Sunday in surgery and is still recovering.
The study, involving 200,000 California women treated for cancer in one breast, confirmed what doctors and scientists suspected—removing both breasts does not always mean a better end result.
The co-owner of a Northern California slaughterhouse accused of processing cows with cancer while U.S. livestock inspectors took lunch breaks has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge.
Word dripped down this week that Jim Kelly's cancer is gone. But what does that mean? Is it gone today only to make its interminable, terminal march back to his enervated frame? Or is it really gone, as in he won?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher turned ESPN television analyst, said Wednesday his cancer is in remission.
When Ed and Christina Rodriguez married 32 years ago, they thought this was their happily ever after. But, in 2012, their fairy tale took a turn.
It's a relatively common medical procedure, but now the FDA is discouraging it, saying it could spread an undetected, deadly form of cancer. Unfortunately some, including a Sacramento woman, have already lost their lives.
On Sunday, April 27, the River District, in partnership with The Party Concierge united more than 20 businesses in the district to PINK the Boulevard.
At just 4-years-old, Zoey Vasquez has a form of kidney cancer and just started chemotherapy at the UC Davis Medical Center.
Kevin Sharp, a country music singer who recorded multiple chart-topping songs and survived a well-publicized battle with cancer, has died. He was 43.
The UC Davis Medical Center has the first lab in the country to find stem cells in an adult bladder.
The former CBS13 intern has one hope: Putting pressure on a big drug company to let her try the drug that may be able to save her life.
A beloved Lathrop school janitor diagnosed with brain cancer is no longer able to work. So some of the students wanted to show how much he impacted their lives.
An Elk Grove mother of three was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago and now she's cancer free. She says found therapy in an unlikely place.
In the fall, Friday night means high school football. And at one Vacaville school, last night's game was about touch downs and a touching tribute.
An Auburn woman fighting cancer is looking for a clinical trial that could help save her life, but she says the government shutdown is shutting down her chances of finding one.
A 12-year-old boy celebrated life at Freedom Park Sunday after a diagnosis one year ago stopped his family in their tracks.
The heat didn't keep a landscaping crew from an important project in Roseville.
