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News Articles: cancer

Britain's King Charles III attends an Advent Service at Westminster Abbey, in London, on Wednesday. On Friday, the monarch said early diagnosis and treatment will allow doctors to reduce his cancer treatment in the new year.

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King Charles III says early diagnosis allows his cancer treatment to be reduced

The monarch revealed the positive outlook in a recorded message broadcast on British television as part of a campaign to promote screening, which increases the likelihood of successful treatment.

December 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Tatiana Schlossberg is pictured at her book signing in 2019 in Richmond, Calif. Schlossberg says she has a rare form of cancer.

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  • Health

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of JFK, says she has a rare terminal cancer

In an essay in The New Yorker, Tatiana Schlossberg says she has acute myeloid leukemia. She also criticized her relative, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

November 23, 2025
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  • Michael Levitt
A cloud of smog hovers above Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 14, 2025. Air pollution from diesel generators and smokey tailpipes are among the reasons that cancer is surging in Lebanon.

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  • Global Health

This nation has the fastest rising rate of cancer cases -- and deaths -- in the world

According to a new report, cancer rates are skyrocketing in this tiny country. What's causing this to happen? And what steps can be taken to turn the tide?

October 23, 2025
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  • Ari Daniel
Clockwise from upper left: Katie Martin, Lexy Mealing, John Manna and Mary Catherine Johnson. They differ on politics, but they all came to Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress to support aid for people with the deadly disease.

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  • Health

'Cancer doesn't care': Patients pushed past divisive politics to lobby Congress

Hundreds of volunteer advocates put partisan differences aside and pressed Congress to help people with cancer. The advocacy came just before the stalemate that has shut down the federal government.

October 21, 2025
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  • Noam Levey
Researchers are exploring the behavior of "death fold" proteins in the hopes of understanding why some cells die too soon and why others don't die soon enough.

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  • Science

'Death fold' proteins can make cells self-destruct. Scientists want to control them

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death decisions.

October 16, 2025
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  • Jon Hamilton
"We used to call each other ... 'my person,'" Gilbert (right) says of Elias.

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  • Author Interviews

Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about sex, drugs and codependency in a new memoir

The Eat, Pray, Love author discusses her love affair with her best friend, which she says was life-changing but also marked by addiction and heartbreak. Gilbert's memoir is All the Way to the River.

September 22, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
Benjamin Stein-Lobovits, 39, with his dog, Cow, at home in Oakland, Calif., on a recent Sunday. "Cow has been a major healing companion for me," says Stein-Lobovits, who has inoperable brain cancer. "Just cuddling with him makes me feel better."

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  • Health

Help is growing for the heavy emotional toll cancer takes on young men

Coping with cancer and its aftermath isn't easy for anyone. But men tend to isolate more, seek less support and, alarmingly, die earlier than women. Young survivors are working to change that.

August 13, 2025
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  • Yuki Noguchi
FILE - Garth Lagerwey, then-general manager of the Seattle Sounders soccer team, gestures during training, May 3, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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  • Sports

Atlanta United president/CEO Garth Lagerwey undergoing cancer treatment and taking leave of absence

Atlanta United president and chief executive officer Garth Lagerwey is undergoing cancer treatment and taking an indefinite leave of absence. United officials say "the prognosis of a complete recovery is encouraging."

July 10, 2025
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  • Associated Press

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  • Health

Protection from sun's cancer-causing UV rays requires more than sunscreen, dermatologists say

On this Fourth of July holiday, dermatologists are reminding folks that everyone's skin — regardless of melanin, or pigment — can develop skin cancer from exposure to the sun.

July 04, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A man and a boy shave a woman's head

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  • Health

Research suggests breast cancer screening should begin for women at age 25

Research shows women under the age of 50 have an 80% higher risk of developing cancer compared to men of the same age.

June 04, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A man smokes a cigarette outside a brasserie, in front of a sticker on a window reading: "Smoking is forbidden."

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  • Europe

French health ministry extends smoking ban

France to ban smoking at beaches, parks and outside schools from July 1st to protect children.

May 30, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Former President Joe Biden speaks at Joint Base Andrews.

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  • News

Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer

Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office.

May 18, 2025
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  • Luke Garrett
Michelle Williams plays Molly, a woman with terminal cancer, in the new series <em>Dying for Sex.</em>

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  • Television

Michelle Williams' biggest takeaway from 'Dying for Sex': Pleasure belongs to you

Williams' FX/Hulu series follows a woman with terminal cancer who decides to pursue her own sexual pleasure. She says the show is about sex, friendship and "being scared and brave at the same time."

May 06, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
Alexis Agnew (right) and her husband, Zach Agnew.

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  • Arts & Life

Worried that she might have cancer, a young woman is comforted by a kind stranger

After getting some irregular test results, Alexis Agnew left her doctor's appointment in tears. On her way out of the office, a receptionist stopped Alexis and comforted her while she cried.

April 28, 2025
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  • Autumn Barnes
People who exercised the equivalent of about an hour of walking a day, six days a week saw the most benefit.

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  • Your Health

Colon cancer survivors who exercise regularly live longer

Colon cancer is on the rise in younger people in the U.S. New research shows regular exercise can help survivors live longer — in some cases even longer than people who didn't have cancer.

April 07, 2025
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  • Maria Godoy
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