That little pink ribbon seems to pop up everywhere these days. Support for women with breast cancer is greater than ever before, with sports teams, organizations, and foundations all promoting ...

CHARLESTON, SC -- Just two months ago, Whitney Cox was tackling a new journey of motherhood, having just given birth to her second child. Now the 27-year-old is tackling a different journey: a fight ...

Cancer is an illness that envelops not only the lives of patients fighting to survive, but also the routines, energy and emotion of their families and caregivers. The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is ...

Following the posting of my blog on the conference held by the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network, I received the following note from its president. I read on your blog that you were surprised to find ...

Blogging provides a therapeutic outlet for cancer patients to process emotions and share experiences with a wider audience. The author emphasizes the importance of balancing personal disclosure with ...

All cancers begin in a single organ or tissue, such as the lungs or skin. When these cancers are confined in their original organ or tissue, they are generally more treatable. But a cancer that ...

On the day that Leroy Sievers died last month after a highly public bout with cancer, more than 1,000 people posted comments on his "My Cancer" blog on National Public Radio's Web site. That's a lot ...

When Nevaeh Williams was just 8, she was diagnosed with an extremely rare cancer. Doctors were unsure if she’d ever be cancer-free, but the treatment worked and she enjoyed two years playing softball, ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease and breast health. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States ...

As a psychologist, my daily world is one awash in language about emotion. Labeling and describing how we feel emotionally can be a challenging task. Part of what I help people do is translate their ...