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'I want a baby': Erin Andrews says she is hoping to get pregnant as she celebrates being cancer-free for one year and reveals she can still conceive because of early testing and treatment

13/03/18 15:13

Erin Andrews stopped by Good Morning America on Tuesday for a sit-down interview with her friend and Fox Sports colleague Michael Strahan. The popular sportscaster and Dancing With the Stars host was there to celebrate being one-year cancer free, and urge woman to get tested early and often. Andrews, 39, also revealed that she and her hockey-playing husband Jarret Stoll are starting to think about starting a family of their own, and that she will be able to get pregnant despite being diagnosed with cervical cancer in September 2016. This is because of her decision to get tested early explained Andrews, which allowed her to be treated early and avoid having to undergo a hysterectomy....read

Bedridden woman with terminal cancer is being denied a marriage license so she can marry the father of their four children because she can't go fill it out in person

13/03/18 15:07

Aubri Gillilan and Andrew Hendrickson, of Atlanta, were denied a marriage license because Gillilan could not be there in person to fill out the forms. She has a form of cancer that leaves her bedridden.

Noel Edmonds is confronted by fellow cancer survivor Victoria Derbyshire over his controversial remarks about 'negativity' causing the disease in 'incredibly uncomfortable' interview

13/03/18 14:41

Viewers at home said their terse exchange on Tuesday's Victoria Derbyshire Show, punctuated by long silences, was a 'car crash' and 'incredibly uncomfortable' to watch.

Could £400-per-year drug cocktail be the key to beating one of the most-deadly cancers? Henry was given 14 months to live now his cancer is stable thanks to his four everyday medicines

13/03/18 14:11

Henry Searle was just 19 when he was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2015. His oncology team only expected him to live for 14 months - but, three years on, he's now completely healthy. This is his story.

From being told it was all in her head to a false stomach ulcer diagnosis: How 24-year-old woman endured three months of torture before doctors FINALLY realised she had cancer

13/03/18 11:48

A Queensland woman riddled with cancer has described the three months of torture she was forced to endure before doctors finally came to the right diagnosis.

How the size of your salary determines your risk of being diagnosed with cancer: New study reveals disease hotspots - so are YOU in danger because of your lifestyle?

13/03/18 11:48

Data collected by the Cancer Institute New South Wales projected 46,000 people, who were all differently influenced by wealth, ethnicity and lifestyle factors, would be diagnosed.

The adorable dogs that could save millions of men by SNIFFING OUT prostate cancer

13/03/18 00:34

Prostate cancer now kills more men than breast cancer does women - but there's a huge gender health gap. Here, medical detection dogs could prove a game-changer for all involved.

Will YOU get skin cancer? This interactive tool can calculate your risk of developing deadly melanoma in the next 3.5 years

12/03/18 22:59

Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the UK. Figures suggest it kills nearly 2,500 people across the home nations each year.

'They thought I was going to die that weekend': Woman, 24, suffering from agonising mystery pain for months on end recalls the horrific moment doctors discovered her body was 'riddled' with cancer

12/03/18 22:44

When Georgia McLennan was in pain for months she knew something was wrong but there was no way the Gold Coast resident could predict the harrowing diagnosis she would soon receive.

Blow for key lung cancer drug trial as pharmaceuticals giant Astrazeneca delays news of results

12/03/18 22:21

Astrazeneca has pushed back the release of results for a key lung cancer drug trial.

Mother-of-three, 36, is diagnosed with rectal cancer weeks after her doctor said she was too young and blamed her bleeding on her low fiber diet

12/03/18 22:12

Annie Schreiber, of Indiana, thought she had hemorrhoids after spotting blood in her stool in July. Diagnosed with cancer, she was told she needed a colostomy bag, but then found another option.

'Not a dry eye in the house!' Terminally ill woman is married on top of a mountain in her 'dream' wedding, planned in just one week by her dedicated family and friends

12/03/18 21:49

Jane Ty, a church pastor loving in Calgary, was diagnosed with aggressive cancer last summer after finding a lump in her abdomen.

Breast cancer breakthrough: Experts uncover a 'treasure trove' of 110 new genes that raise the risk of the deadly disease in major new investigation

12/03/18 18:27

Institute of Cancer Research in London researchers, who were heavily involved in the BRCA discovery, hope the new findings will provide a huge range of new targets for drug development.

Mother-of-two reveals how she mistook her ovarian cancer for the menopause - but refused to let the terminal illness stop her organising her own WEDDING

12/03/18 15:35

EXCLUSIVE: Linda Tierney, 59, from West Lothian, was given as little as 10 months to live after her cancer spread to her bowel and liver, after mistaking her symptoms for the menopause.

Sacramento Kings in mourning as part-owner dies aged 35 after a seven-month battle with stomach cancer

12/03/18 14:30

Ali Youssefi, a Sacramento Kings partner and a well known local developer, died on Saturday aged 35 following a seven month battle with stomach cancer.

'The hardest of Mother's Days': Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas tells how he and tearful son, eight, are facing up to life without the boy's mother in heart-rending blog

11/03/18 10:32

Gemma died in November, three days after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. In a heartbreaking post today, Thomas said his eight-year-old son, Ethan, had pleaded: 'I want Mummy'.

'We all had to kind of carry each other': Three ex-Michigan football players devastated as their children are diagnosed with brain cancer

09/03/18 19:24

Three children were diagnosed with cancer between 2012 and 2014. Their fathers all all played football for the University of Michigan in the 1990s.

Men facing cancer epidemic because they are FOUR TIMES more likely to get HPV from oral sex than women due to their weaker immune systems, scientist claims

09/03/18 19:24

Dr Ashish Deshmukh, from the University of Florida, stated infected men struggle to rid their bodies of the cancer-causing human papillomavirus, causing them to harbour the pathogen.

Watching more than four hours of TV a day raises the risk of men developing bowel cancer by 35 percent

09/03/18 17:13

The scientists, from the University of Oxford, Imperial College London and the UN International Agency for Research on Cancer, found the strongest link was among sedentary men.

'Kind, patient, compassionate, loving and a wonderful mum': Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas posts International Women's Day tribute to wife who died of leukaemia

09/03/18 17:06

Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas has paid tribute to his 'kind, passionate and loving' late wife after International Women’s Day.

'I hope this makes you smile': Ed Sheeran sends touching video message to mother, 39, diagnosed with terminal cancer after seeing videos of her son singing his songs

08/03/18 21:16

Ed Sheeran has reached out to a Kelly Dimmock with a touching video message, after reading the mother-of-two had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Patriots QB Tom Brady gets his head shaved along with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker for cancer charity

08/03/18 18:23

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had his head shaved along with Massachusetts governor Charlie Barker to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston on Thursday

The racial bias of breast cancer screening: Current age range is too late for a THIRD of black, Asian and Hispanic women, study warns

08/03/18 17:55

A study by Massachusetts General Hospital found current breast cancer guidelines can lead to underscreening, delayed diagnosis and therefore more aggressive cancers in non-white women.

Kind factory workers donated 3,300 hours of overtime to colleague so he could care for his leukaemia-stricken son, 3, after the boy's mother died

08/03/18 17:36

All 650 of Andreas Graf's colleagues at a factory in central Germany covered his shifts so he could take more than a year off to look after his son Julius as he battled the deadly blood cancer.

Half of people wrongly think stress causes cancer: Same proportion are unaware processed meat increases risk of the disease

08/03/18 16:45

A World Cancer Research Fund poll has laid bare the widespread ignorance about the causes of cancer - campaigners believe more public awareness could improve diets and save lives..

'I'm hatching something so ambitious she would gasp': Samuel Johnson hints at big plans to honour his beloved sister Connie's 'legacy' six months after her death from breast cancer

08/03/18 16:08

The actor, 40, said he has taken Connie's list and is 'shooting way higher', in an emotional Facebook post dedicated to her on Wednesday.

Vitamin D could cut the risk of cancer by 20 per cent: Britons are urged to take supplements over the winter to make up for a lack of sunlight

08/03/18 12:42

Middle-aged men and women with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are 20 per cent less likely to get cancer, research has suggested, with one-third of Britons currently deficient in the vitamin.

FDA approves first ever mail-order test for breast cancer 'Jolie gene'

07/03/18 19:53

The FDA cleared mail-order DNA testing firm 23andMe to offer the first-ever at-home tests for cancer-associated BRCA gene mutations that were made famous by Angelina Jolie in 2013.

Mother, 44, diagnosed with deadly breast cancer claims she has cured herself by using cannabis oil after refusing to have chemotherapy

07/03/18 16:21

Dee Mani, 44, from Birmingham, refused chemotherapy when she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer - deemed the deadliest form - and instead opted to try cannabis oil.

'Totally overwhelmed by the love I've had': Emotional Bill Turnbull said he was 'close to tears' at outpouring of support as reveals the 'hammerblow' moment he was diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer

07/03/18 14:57

Following an outpouring of support for the adored presenter, Bill added: 'Totally overwhelmed by the love I've had, and deeply moved - to tears on occasion (well I am a bit of a softy).

'I'm scared but I have a choice in how to live': Terminally ill Linda Nolan, 59, admits she'll throw a party to 'celebrate her life'... after revealing she WON'T be having chemotherapy like late sister Bernie

07/03/18 09:41

Terminally ill Linda Nolan, 59, has continued to detail her devastating battle with incurable breast cancer as she appeared on Monday instalment of Loose Women.

'I know I’m not going to get cured': TV presenter Bill Turnbull, 62, reveals he has prostate cancer and it has spread to the bone after he 'stupidly' put off going to the doctor for four years

07/03/18 09:22

The 62-year-old was diagnosed months ago after aches and pains that he put down to ‘old age’ were no longer being alleviated with pills.

Terminally ill Emmerdale star Leah Bracknell reveals how she struggles to stay positive as she faces leaving her two daughters behind as she reaches her 'sell-by date'

07/03/18 09:03

In an emotional blog post, the former Emmerdale star, 53, spoke about her fear of leaving her two daughters Maya and Lily who are in their early 20s, saying it's hard to stay positive.

Residents living in cancer-stricken town where 50 people have been diagnosed with the disease fight the government for 'exposing them to toxic water from nearby air force base'

06/03/18 22:51

People in Williamtown, near Newcastle, were told in 2015 the local RAAF had been leaking dangerous chemicals into the town's water supply for 40 years.

Thousands of men are needlessly treated for prostate cancer because there is NO reliable test for the disease, concludes decade-long study

06/03/18 20:46

A decade-long study involving 415,000 British men lays bare the fundamental flaws of the PSA blood test that forms the cornerstone of the way prostate cancer is diagnosed.

What time is the Great Celebrity Bake Off on and who are the celebrities?

06/03/18 15:05

The Great British Bake Off returns to TV this week with a special Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer season. Here is all the information on what time Celebrity Bake Off is on.

A vaccine for prostate cancer? British scientists design a breakthrough drug which boosts the immune system's ability to track down and kill deadly cells as soon as they appear

06/03/18 13:49

The research is at an early stage, but scientists from Queen’s University Belfast believe their findings could be used to vaccinate young men against getting prostate cancer.

'It was awful feeling of dread': Piers Morgan reveals he faced prostate cancer scare after Bill Turnbull discusses incurable diagnosis

06/03/18 10:45

The broadcaster was discussing BBC presenter Bill Turnbull's admission that he had incurable prostate cancer, which has spread to his ribs, hips, pelvis and leg.

Australian-first 'miracle' robotic surgery saves girl, 6, from inoperable tumour on the base of her neck

06/03/18 08:05

Freyja Christiansen was diagnosed with clear-cell sarcoma in 2016. Now two Melbourne surgeons have used robot surgery technology to remove part of the tumour previously thought impossible.

'It seemed less and less fair each time': Parents of little boy and baby girl BOTH diagnosed with cancer describe six-year battle to defeat the disease which kept coming back

06/03/18 03:24

Two of Emily Neumann's children battled cancer. Her son Rowan, seven, was diagnosed with Leukemia and her daughter Winnie, one, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma.

Even e-cigarettes with NO nicotine raise cancer risk for teens, study warns

06/03/18 01:32

A small study by the University of California San Francisco found teens who used e-cigarettes were exposed to some of the same cancer-causing chemicals in traditional tobacco cigarettes.

The prostate revolution: NHS launches a revolutionary 'one-stop' service which will slash diagnosis times for one of the most common types of cancer in Britain from weeks to days

05/03/18 10:48

A ‘one-stop’ service to revolutionise prostate cancer treatment has been launched by the NHS. The programme slashes the time taken for a diagnosis from six weeks to days.

'Now we can think about a future': Parents of Ashya King reveal their joy as doctors say his brain cancer is unlikely to return three-and-a-half years after sparking an international man hunt when they took him out of hospital without permission

03/03/18 01:28

Brett King and his wife Naghmeh took Ashya, then aged five and suffering from a rare brain tumour from Southampton Hospital against doctors’ consent to take him to Europe for treatment.

'We'll fight with her': Heartwarming moment 600 students cheer on their principal as she heads to her last radiation session for breast cancer

02/03/18 15:36

Union County Elementary School in Georgia gave principal Patricia Cook an epic send off with posters, balloons, and cheers as she drove off to her final radiation session for breast cancer Monday.

A 'pollution cocktail' raises the risk of heart attacks and cancer as it's revealed half of new diesel cars would fail the latest emissions tests

02/03/18 14:28

The chief medical officer said pollution was a major public health threat, fuelling heart attacks, cancer, lung disease and stress. She also admitted the NHS is one of the UK's worst polluters.

'He's encountered so many issues': Married At First Sight's Melissa Walsh reveals her 88-year-old father has been battling cancer... as they sit down together for emotional interview

02/03/18 13:10

Married At First Sight star Melissa Walsh appeared on A Current Affair on Friday night alongside her brave dad Dave, who is battling illness.

'They wanted PROOF her mother was dying!': Sky News presenter Colin Brazier slams London university for 'insensitivity' after staff told his daughter to choose between quitting her studies or being at her terminally-ill mother's side

02/03/18 13:03

Sky News presenter Colin Brazier, left, has revealed that his wife Joanna Roughton, right, has been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer after spending more than five years battling the disease.

'My mum and dad are stuck on the M66 on way to his chemotherapy appointment - can anyone help?' Kind-hearted drivers try to help cancer patient after his daughter's heartbreaking tweet

02/03/18 09:50

Social media users were quick to help 67-year-old cancer patient Mozie Mafi after he became stuck in traffic on the way to the Royal Oldham hospital following his daughter's call for help on Twitter.

'It looks like Peter is following my trend!' Cancer-stricken Living Room host Barry Du Bois shaves head as he throws his support behind Rowsthorn on I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!

02/03/18 00:42

He is undergoing treatment in hospital as he battles cancer for the second time.

Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly says tests show his oral cancer has returned after three years

01/03/18 20:50

Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly has once again been diagnosed with oral cancer. Kelly, 58, had been cancer-free since September 2014, before undergoing tests recently.

Why all men over 50 MUST get a prostate test: Jeffrey Archer reveals how being symptomless meant he only sought help after his wife told him to (and it may have saved his life)

01/03/18 20:45

Author Jeffrey Archer reveals his experience of prostate cancer and explains why all men over 50 must go for a check up, even if they aren't displaying symptoms.

Comedian sparks furious debate after accusing Cancer Research UK of FAT-SHAMING with 'incredibly damaging' campaign that highlights obesity as a major cause of the disease

01/03/18 19:02

Sofie Hagen, who is based in London, shared a picture of the campaign which reads 'OB_S_ _ Y is a cause of cancer' on Twitter, calling for it to be removed by Cancer Research UK.

Father, 25, with terminal penis cancer has been left unable to have sex and faces losing his member completely after waiting until a lump on the tip was the size of a GRAPE before seeking medical help

01/03/18 14:36

Dale Clarke, from Newcastle, said he wouldn't care if 'they cut if off' as he now plans to make precious memories with his family as he fears he has little time remaining.

'It's very close to me': Nicky Buckley encourages women to look out for the early signs of ovarian cancer after her mother Joan passed away from the 'deadliest of all cancers' 13 years ago

01/03/18 11:50

Television presenter and model Nicky Buckley, 52, encourages women to look out for the early signs of ovarian cancer, on Wednesday's Today Extra.

Thousands of women a year are 'enduring needlessly risky treatment to burn away pre-cancerous cells' after getting abnormal cervix results

01/03/18 11:41

Women whose results show ‘grade 2’ abnormalities undergo painful procedures to burn away pre-cancerous cells. But in half of cases the women would never have developed cancer.

‘You sir, are either ignorant or a wind up merchant’: Grieving Simon Thomas defends himself against a Twitter ‘troll’ who slams him for grieving in public

01/03/18 10:54

Simon Thomas became embroiled in a bitter Twitter spat after a troll told him to 'count his blessings' following the death of his wife from cancer.

'I just had it this morning': Home and Away star Johnny Ruffo fronts up for an interview with Sunrise just hours after undergoing a gruelling dose of chemotherapy for brain cancer

01/03/18 09:04

He revealed he was in the fight of his life after being diagnosed with brain cancer last year.

Twenty-four previously unknown mutations that raise a woman's risk of breast cancer have been identified following ground-breaking research

28/02/18 19:00

The University of Melbourne team claim their findings could allow doctors to better estimate a woman's risk of getting breast cancer, if the disease has run in her family.

Teenage cancer victim told he was going to die 16 TIMES by doctors, is still alive two years later and 14-year-old is showing signs he is in recovery

28/02/18 18:45

On one occasion, when doctors said Jake Rafferty, from Kent, had just hours to live, his distraught parents took him home to die in comfort - and started to plan his funeral.

Mother, 60, breathes through a 'blowhole' after surgeons removed her nose and eye during a life-saving cancer operation

28/02/18 11:26

Speaking about her ordeal in March 2014 for the first time, Mrs Deslandes, from Smithville, Ontario, Canada, said all she wants is a face 'before she dies'.

'Ain't easy to put a b***h on television': Legendary TV villain Cornelia Frances reflects on her almost 50-year career as she shares her heartbreaking cancer battle - and reveals she is now a patient in the same hospital where she filmed Young Doctors

28/02/18 10:32

She's the Australian television legend known for her villainous roles on soaps and hosting game show The Weakest Link.

Girlfriend stands by her cancer-stricken partner, 21, after tumour spreads all over his face in Thailand

27/02/18 21:59

Loyal Thai girlfriend Atittaya Chumkeaw is looking after her boyfriend, Pooh Chokchai Kaew, 21, who is suffering from eye cancer which has spread across his face and threatens his life.

Man, 20, whose cancer may have been caused by artificial football pitches, has beaten the killer disease for the THIRD time

27/02/18 15:22

Lewis Maguire, from Middlesbrough, revealed how it was the 'best feeling ever' when doctors declared him free of Hodgkin Lymphoma earlier this month.

Heartbreaking moment a father-of-two is told he has a brain tumour after being rushed to A&E; following a seizure - and he is later diagnosed with the same cancer as Tessa Jowell

27/02/18 10:48

Richard Powell, 54, from south London, tells tonight's Channel 4's 24 Hours In A&E; he was rushed to hospital with a suspected stroke after suffering a seizure in the middle of the night.

Woman, 31, whose excruciating headaches and dizzy spells were dismissed for TWO years is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer - but her dream wedding will go ahead!

27/02/18 09:46

Alycia Bates, from Melbourne, whose excruciating headaches were dismissed by doctors discovered she was suffering from a terminal brain cancer.

Women with breast cancer are TWICE as likely to die in some parts of the country with nearly half of cases diagnosed late and GPs missing common symptoms

27/02/18 09:04

Patients in Newark and Sherwood Clinical Commissioning Group, Nottinghamshire, are twice as likely to die from breast cancer as those in Tower Hamlets CCG in east London.

Husband of mother-of-one with terminal cancer makes a heartfelt plea for STRANGERS to finish her bucket list as she's 'too weak'- and he says he hopes it will make her 'smile again'

27/02/18 08:17

Gillan Harper, from Aberdeen, took to Facebook to make the emotional plea for wife Kerryann, 31, who he explained is 'currently losing her battle with cancer'.

Actor Greg Wise reveals how his 51-year-old sister died of cancer just hours after he urged her to 'let go', as he opens up about nursing her through the disease

27/02/18 07:56

Speaking on ITV's Loose Women on Monday, the actor, who is married to Emma Thompson, told how his older sister Clare drew her last breath hours after he urged her to 'let go'.

Former Home And Away's Tessa James pays tribute to her husband Nate Myles as she celebrates third year of remission following her cancer battle

27/02/18 03:45

The former Home And Away star, 26, paid tribute to her NRL star husband Nate Myles on social media on Monday when she celebrated her third year of remission.

Where you live determines whether you will survive CANCER: Government data reveals a stark divide… so how does your area fare?

26/02/18 20:30

Data from 1.2 million diagnoses reveals just 58.1 per cent of women diagnosed with cervical cancer in the North survived five years In comparison, the figure was 75 per cent in London.

Heartbreaking moment toddler, 3, shaves her mother’s hair off in the bathtub after the 32-year-old was diagnosed with breast cancer

26/02/18 14:17

In the heartwarming video, police officer Steff Jones, 32, can be seen with her head in the bath, at their home in Stourbridge, West Midlands, as her daughter Eva shaves her head.

Heartbreak for mother-of-three, 32, after her two sons are diagnosed with cancer within four months

26/02/18 11:50

Keri Redfearn, 32, from Wakefield, thought she was living her worst nightmare when her 10-year-old son Leo was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in October last year.

Doctors missed 13-year-old girl's ovarian cancer TEN times before finally discovering a 12-inch tumour when she was days from death

26/02/18 10:39

When she visited her GP complaining of stomach pain and bloating, Kayleigh Donnelly, from Lancaster, was sent home with reassurances that she just had tummy trouble. But she had cancer.

'Our little boy's growing pains are cancer': Heartbroken parents' anguish as son, six, is in fight for life after doctors find a tumour on his leg

26/02/18 10:12

Nixon, six, was complaining of pain and his mother, Janessa Whatcott, thought they were growing pains. Ms Whatcott took Nixon to the doctors when they found tumours on his leg.

Half-hour 'blast' sees off breast cancer for good: New treatment offers women alternative to six-weeks of intensive radiotherapy

26/02/18 09:35

Thousands of British women could soon benefit from a new breast cancer ‘blaster’ that spares them the ordeal of daily radiotherapy after surgery according to new NHS guidelines.

Ex minister James Brokenshire thanks his well-wishers for their 'moving' messages of support as he tells of returning to Parliament six weeks after having surgery for lung cancer

25/02/18 15:40

James Brokenshire, who has never smoked, quit as Northern Ireland Secretary last month after doctors discovered a lesion on his lung.

'I was hopeless': Mother-of-three given six months to live becomes third person in the WORLD to get life-saving cancer immunotherapy - and is now two years in remission

25/02/18 07:06

Emily Dumler, 36, was diagnosed with stage three non-Hogdkin's Lymphoma in September 2013 and given months to live. But an immunotherapy clinical trial saved her live.

Tragedy as mother-of-two who fought cancer from the age of 16 dies at 33 surrounded by her family

24/02/18 17:00

Nicola White, 33, from Llanelli in Wales, lost her battle with cancer after 'tragedy upon tragedy' as she fought to stay alive. The Save Nicola campaign raised thousands, but her tumour had spread.

'The flu jab saved my life!' Stephen Fry, 60, reveals how routine check led to doctors discovering prostate cancer as he appears in public with his husband for the first time since recording his emotional video

24/02/18 15:53

Stephen Fry (pictured arriving at LAX airport in Los Angeles yesterday) has been seen in public for the first time since speaking out about his cancer diagnosis.

'Let them eat strawberries': Dietary guidelines for children with cancer should be changed so they can eat fruit, urge researchers

24/02/18 13:53

Research from the University of York has found that attempting to sterilise food does not help prevent infection - and harms children's quality of life.