'Honey, Mommy has cancer'
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Not every mother would allow her hair to be cut by her 4-year-old daughter, but Cindy Hurst thought it was a perfect idea; the chemo was going to take it anyway. Hurst is among hundreds of thousands of parents in the United States looking for a way to help their children understand that Mommy or Daddy has cancer.
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My friend talks rapidly on the phone. Her husband has just been diagnosed with a rare skin cancer. It is a second marriage for both, a good marriage. But suddenly they've started to bicker. This is not like them. The change is scary. What is happening here?
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Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of the Democratic running mate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer hours after her husband conceded defeat in the US elections, the party said yesterday.
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THE day after her husband, vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, and Mr John Kerry conceded defeat in the US presidential election, she revealed she had breast cancer.
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Singer Marianne Faithfull, a household name in the 1960s, is diagnosed with breast cancer.
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That young mother with breast  cancer on &quot;Grey&#39;s Anatomy&quot; may do more than just drive the  storyline: She may also be teaching you something.
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A terminal leukemia patient must  have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to  do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive.  Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.
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Marian C. Bennett found more than cancer when she discovered a lump in her breast five years ago. She found a cause she thought was worth fighting for.
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A heartbroken mother says she will continue to try to solve the riddle of her son's death in Thailand.
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A woman who cradled her dying daughter and later died herself has become the subject of a medical investigation.
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The research focused on women like Linda Aponte who are stressed because they care for chronically sick children. Her daughter Lana was diagnosed with leukemia at age 4. &quot;I thought to myself, &#39;This is impossible.
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A British woman with terminal cancer who became one the country&#39;s leading fundraisers said in an interview to be broadcast Monday that this summer could be the last she spends with her family.
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A mother claims the death of her husband at the hands of their son could have been avoided with the right care.
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More young women are learning early that they are genetically prone to breast cancer, setting off a new type of family drama.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The ailing mother of a man accused of escaping from a prison van and trekking hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to see her died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.  Christopher Daniel Gay, 33, escaped from a prisoner transport van Jan.
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Picture a parent anxiously checking a sick child's thermometer or hauling the kids to the doctor's office and the image that usually comes to mind is of mom.
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Beverly Sills, the opera diva who won over fans worldwide with her sparkling voice and charming personality and became a powerhouse in the New York arts world, is gravely ill with cancer, The Associated Press has learned.