Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who took silver at the Rio Olympics, says that he auctioned off his medal this week to fund treatment for a three-year-old boy struck with cancer.

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter underwent successful surgery after being diagnosed with skin cancer and has been released from hospital, his spokesman and a report said Sunday.

Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have found that mice exposed to radiation similar to what people get from their cell phones, increases the chances of developing tumours.

State Minister for Social Welfare Promod Mankin dies of cancer while undergoing treatment at a hospital in India. He was 77.

Parveen Sultana Diti was almost unrecognisable – a shaven head, a void expression, glasses propped on her nose – lying on hospital bed and fighting with cancer.

Actress Parveen Sultana Diti passes away after a long battle with brain cancer. She breathed her last at United Hospital at 4:05pm.

Researchers at University College, London have developed a way of finding unique markings within a tumour - its "Achilles heel" - allowing the body to target the disease.

Pioneering cricketer Martin Crowe, widely acknowledged as New Zealand's greatest batsman who laid the foundations for Twenty20 cricket, was hailed a "hero" Thursday after he died of cancer aged 53.

A therapy that retrains the body's immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission.

A cancer treatment at the centre of an NHS controversy in 2014 causes fewer side effects in children than conventional radiotherapy, according to new research.

Women who carry an inherited fault in the BRIP1 gene are three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than those without it, researchers say.

Music legend David Bowie passes away aged 69 following a battle with cancer.

Over 3,200 Americans under the age of 18 smoke their first cigarette every day, and most of them are unaware of what they are getting into. Many new smokers may not realize how quickly their new habit can lead to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, lung diseases, and certain types of cancer.

Motorhead frontman Lemmy has died aged 70, two days after learning he had cancer, the British band has announced.

Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests.

Scientists have designed microscopic "grenades" that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours.

The first drug that targets precise genetic mutations in prostate cancer has been shown to be effective in a "milestone" trial by UK scientists.

Global health experts are to release guidance about the possible cancer risks of red and processed meats.

Actress Lisa Ray, who put up a brave fight against cancer, says the amount of misinformation about the disease is shocking and that media needs to clear the myths and the 'fear factor' surrounding it.

Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center found is that antioxidants can work their magic on cancerous cells, too—turbo-charging the process by which they grow and spread.