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Bailey said Thursday in a post on social media that the diagnosis came a few weeks ago and she has been given a good prognosis for full recovery.

Moderna and Merck are developing a treatment using an mRNA-based cancer vaccine designed to be tailored to individual patients based on unique mutations within their tumors.

Health Canada has authorized a drug to treat moderate to severe hot flashes and night sweats in breast cancer patients. 

It's a cancer that's difficult to diagnose and experts want to see more funding for research to help patients survive the diagnosis.

Dr. Stacy Norton was only seven years old when her mother died of colon cancer, one of several family members struck by aggressive tumors at unusually young ages.

The last thing a northwest Calgary family needed was to have someone break into their home and steal emergency equipment needed for a two-year-old girl fighting cancer.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Brenda Bailey said, 'A few weeks ago, I was diagnosed with early-stage, treatable cancer and given a good prognosis for full recovery.'

It started as a few guys looking for camaraderie after the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Men's Sheds Lethbridge and Coaldale has become a thriving non-profit in southern Alberta.

A new breath test could change the way breast cancers are detected, specifically in women with dense breasts, thanks to Moncton-based company Breathe BioMedical.

'I do not consider Parkinson's a gift or a blessing. It is neither. It is difficult, frustrating, and sometimes frightening,' the 'You're So Vain' singer said in a statement.

Ovarian cancer patients and oncologists are sounding the alarm about a lack of treatment options, and are hoping country's premiers will take steps to change that.

Scott Young has come across brown bullhead catfish with dark spots for much of his four-decade fishing career across New Brunswick’s lakes and rivers.

The duo said they are both now cancer-free after Shatner, 95, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma and Melanie, 61, was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.

The New Jersey-based drugmaker has been fighting talc-related lawsuits for more than a decade and said the settlement was a last-ditch effort to put the matter to bed.

Revtorpyk is intended to treat patients with advanced breast cancer whose tumors have low levels of a protein called HER2 and no mutation in a gene called PIK3CA.

A new WHO report warns annual cancer cases could rise from 20 million to nearly 35 million by 2050, with experts warning Canada must prepare for a 'cancer tsunami.'

Maya Ferguson, 10, from Spruce Grove and Haley Nedeljak, 11, from Edmonton got to embrace different aspects of the RCMP as part of a partnership with the Kids with Cancer Society.

Patients will pay for the tests when they receive them and potentially be reimbursed if the results lead to a cancer diagnosis, the Alberta government said.

A Pincourt family is sharing their daughter's leukemia journey in hopes of inspiring more people to donate blood and help save lives.

If the test, also known as a liquid biopsy, is positive, those patients could get additional experimental treatments, to try to prevent the cancer coming back.