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Among 40 states reporting screening information, Florida ranked last in the percentage of high-risk populations getting screened for lung cancer, the State of Lung Cancer Report shows.

Cancer chemotherapy often means serious hair loss, but many patients may be spared that as the result of a new device that looks a little like a World War II aviator's cap.

When Brian Kernohan complained to his doctor of merciless headaches two summers ago, he expected to get a prescription for a sinus infection, not a…

The U.S. cancer death rate dropped more than 2% between 2016 and 2017, the biggest single-year drop ever, according to the American Cancer Society. Better treatment for lung cancer is a factor.

The shortage of a crucial drug that fights childhood cancers has left both families and hospitals in a desperate search for treatment.In July, Teva…

The first human clinical trial is underway at Moffitt Cancer Center with what researchers are calling a "cancer vaccine."Health News Florida's Daylina…

The first human clinical trial is underway at Moffitt Cancer Center with what researchers are calling a "cancer vaccine."Health News Florida's Daylina…

Florida is not doing enough to prevent cancer or care for those who get it, according to a new report from the advocacy arm of the American Cancer…

After getting unanimous approval Tuesday in the Senate, a proposal that would provide increased benefits to firefighters diagnosed with cancer is ready...

Negative experiences with health care have caused some minority patients, particularly African American men, to distrust the medical system.Experts say…

A jury's $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said Monsanto's Roundup left him dying of cancer will bolster thousands of pending...

More than 45 fire departments throughout the state have received decontamination kits that firefighters can use to clean cancer-causing substances off...