Dr.: Va. teen cancer patient improving
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A Virginia teenage cancer patient appears to be improving less than a month after he won a court fight to forgo chemotherapy and seek alternative treatments, his doctor said Friday.
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WASHINGTON Senator John Kerry says his doctors have told him he&#39;s cured after a bout with prostate cancer almost two years ago.
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Cancer is less common in adolescents and young adults than in older people. But in some ways it is more alarming.
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By ERICKA MELLON,  mellone@knews.com  Sitting in an auditorium full of adults, Jay Barnes, a 13-year- old South-Doyle Middle School student with emotional troubles, raised his hand and asked a question only he could ask.
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An autistic teen who was lost for four days in the West Virginia wilderness was released from a hospital Friday, a day after his rescue from the rugged, foliage-filled terrain.
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New findings suggest a benefit in consulting a team of specialists after a breast cancer diagnosis.
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Parents who lost a son to cancer have built a website using their own funds to help other patients make sense of complicated treatment information. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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A technique for determining whether cancer has spread could save many patients from surgery.
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Scientists say the effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be quickly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient&#39;s blood.
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Three and a half months after Travis Marcusâ rapidly failing heart brought him near death at Arkansas Childrenâs Hospital, the 14-year-old walked out the hospitalâs front door Thursday with his new donor heart.
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How the diagnosis of a serious heart condition turned a jock into a beauty queen.
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When a person is told he has an aggressive form of cancer, he might seek a second opinion if the doctor responds by telling him to drink plenty of fluids, take two aspirin, get a good night sleep and call the office in the morning.
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A blood test has been developed which counts cancer cells in the advanced breast cancer patientâs blood stream and tells whether the treatment is successful.
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The New York LifeLab is one of several groups that have sprung up to address the unique needs of young adults who have survived cancer.
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Young adults with cancer can now seek support from a new U.S. online Web portal, the site's developers said Monday.
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Pediatricians may think they know whether a teenage patient is using alcohol or drugs and to what extent, but a new study finds doctors greatly misjudge the problem.
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WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Doctors said Tuesday they successfully treated a teenager with a usually fatal case of rabies by using a novel combination of drugs.