"I felt like my heart just sunk straight to my stomach, because [my port] is so important to me. And it was just erased completely," Allison Hale tells PEOPLE Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor ...

Judy Valencia had a double mastectomy only to find out she never had cancer. March 6, 2013— -- Mammograms are not something most women look forward to, but just like the 37 million other women ...

For patients with cancer, having a PICC or port can be convenient, but I got it removed the moment I was allowed to. One of the first decisions you’ll have to make after receiving a diagnosis of ...

In 2012, my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a type that’s most often caught late and has a poor prognosis even when caught early. My mother was diagnosed at Stage III, when her tumor had ...

BRCA gene mutations are well known indicators of a person’s risk for breast cancer, however the PALB2 mutation is the third most prevalent breast cancer gene experts say people should be aware of in ...

Jimmy Baptiste, wearing a black T-shirt, nice trousers and dress shoes, reclined on a narrow treatment table and gripped a blue plastic ring to help keep him from moving while he waited for a minute's ...

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — Screenings and vaccines are two of the most important tools we currently have to prevent cervical cancer. This type of cancer was once the leading cause of cancer-related ...

Jenna Teachman, a 12-year-old Port Orange girl who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, died this morning, Dec. 24, according to a Facebook post from her mother.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A Southeast Texas nonprofit is stepping up to host a benefit for a Port Arthur dispatch legend who recently devastating news. Ralph Odom, 62, has been a dispatcher for the Port ...