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A Toronto hospital network says its cancer care services have reached capacity and it is expanding to a 15-storey building to handle more patients.

Melissa McIntyre's husband Cory has Stage-4 colon cancer and continues to fight the disease despite being given just months to live in early 2023.

Alvin wants to inspire others to join the Canadian Blood Services’ 450 Challenge and help recruit 450 new blood donors across the country.

A Manitoba professor has made leaps and bounds in cancer research, developing a tool that could add years onto multiple myeloma patients' lives.

The report found the societal cost of cancer to be $37.7 billion in 2024, with patients and caregivers paying about 20 per cent, or roughly $7.5 billion.

The report estimates a cancer patient will face almost $33,000 on average in out-of-pocket cancer-related costs in their lifetime, including loss of income.

Jackie Johnson said her co-workers, friends and family had just hosted a fundraiser for her and her family to help pay for some expenses while she is off work battling cancer.

Advocates and friends of a Nova Scotia woman who died from stage IV breast cancer are urging the province to update its screening policy for women with dense breast tissue.

In his third Christmas TV broadcast since becoming king, Charles struck an unusually personal tone for the royal seasonal message.

B.C.'s minister of children and family development has been diagnosed with cancer she revealed on Thursday.

Dr. Michael Metcalfe said only about 30 per cent of bladder cancers require the removal of the bladder and many patients are not strong enough to survive the surgery.

To Dr. David Goldberg, laughter really is the best medicine.

Firefighters in Ontario are set to get easier access to specific coverages for certain cancers as concerns for injury and disease are more likely on the job.

The 76-year-old was exonerated on Jan. 4 of a 1983 murder for which he and his friend served lengthy prison terms. At the time, he had been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer

John Stamos showed up in a bald cap to help shave his 'Full House' co-star's head, but the show of solidarity didn't sit right with many.

A provincial state memorial service for former premier John Horgan, who died of cancer last month, on Dec. 15 in Colwood.

Three hundred Calgarians strapped on their runners to support the Alberta Cancer Foundation on Saturday, running 10km throughout Inglewood on Saturday.

Three-year-old Wade Butter’s cancer diagnosis brought his family to Ronald McDonald House, a lifeline during countless hospital visits and long, challenging days.

Horgan had been in the hospital for much of the past five months after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in June. He was serving as Canada’s ambassador to Germany.

Horgan died at age 65 on Tuesday, following a thyroid cancer diagnosis in June. It was his third bout with cancer.