CHICAGO (CBS) --A California doctor who was battling advanced-stage lung cancer is now cancer-free, after surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital completed the first-ever lung and liver transplant ...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in California, behind only heart disease. This year alone, the state will tally an estimated 189,000 new cancer cases and close to 61,000 deaths. Yet while ...

Cases of prostate cancer are on the rise in California, according to new research. A study by UC San Francisco (UCSF) included nearly 388,000 men who had prostate cancer between 2004 and 2021. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SACRAMENTO -- An estimated one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, killing on average 42,000 women a year ...

Breast cancer is both the most common and second-deadliest form of cancer for women in California: Statewide nearly 200,000 women are living with the disease, and this year 4,200 of them will die of ...

Bailey is a former breast cancer surgeon and board chair of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners. In 2017, at the age of 42, Susan Whitehead was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer after ...

Authors highlight key aspects of the California Cancer Care Equity Act, including its focus on Medi-Cal beneficiaries, the requirement for managed care plans to contract with specialized cancer ...

Several factors contribute to cancer rates, from personal habits and genetics to air pollution or groundwater quality in a given area. People experiencing social, economic, or environmental ...

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SACRAMENTO -- An estimated one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, killing on average 42,000 women a year in the United States. What if there was a vaccine that would ...