Editor's note: This article originally appeared on UNC Health Care's Health Talk blog. People who are diagnosed with cancer usually have a few immediate questions. What will treatment be like? Am I ...

Despite this, pediatric cancer as a whole receives less than 6% of federal cancer research funding, delaying progress and a hope for a cure.

Childhood Cancer Symptoms: Better medicines, early detection, modern treatment, and availability of specialized hospitals ...

Oral cancer is rare in children. Talk with your child’s doctor if you see a sore, lump, or other changes inside your child’s mouth. The vast majority are not cancer. Oral cancer is much less common in ...

Learning how to talk to kids about cancer is something no parent should need to do. Unfortunately, the reality for many families is that they will. Their announcements followed research published last ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — It wasn't that long ago that childhood leukemia was essentially a death sentence. Today, the vast majority of kids survive, thanks in large part to federally funded clinical ...

Orlando, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire)--- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children younger than 15 years old, after accidents. Just like in adults, spotting cancer early in kids can lead to ...

Brain cancer has left Tayden Ybarra, 16, legally blind in her left eye, says her mother, Tammy Ybarra. “She doesn’t see side to side, up, down, only like a pinpoint in the front.” At school, bullies ...

As a social worker in a breast cancer clinic, Liz Farrell meets a lot of young mothers. Her job is to sit beside them after they’ve received a diagnosis and guide them through the next step: telling ...