Chemotherapy
In this undated photo provided by Dawn Staley, South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley, right, and her sister, Tracey Underwood, head home after Underwood's first treatment at the Prisma Health Richland Hospital in South Carolina. Dawn Staley's passion is evident when she's on a basketball court. But when her sister was diagnosed with leukemia last year it wasn't about a game, it was life and death. (Dawn Staley via AP)
Staley helps sister battle leukemia, seeks more Black donors

By Pete Iacobelli Mar. 18, 2021 03:16 AM EDT

Sibling survivors: Sisters battle breast cancer together

By Danny Mcarthur, The Daily Journal Oct. 31, 2020 12:01 AM EDT
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Ripley native Lora Gaines, 58, found a lump in her breast a week before her annual mammogram on Oct. 29, 2019. A week later, she was...

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include a new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Seated from left: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. Standing behind from left: Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Ginsburg waited 4 months to say her cancer had returned

By Mark Sherman Aug. 02, 2020 08:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2020, file photo U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a discussion on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won't retire

By Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko Jul. 17, 2020 01:35 PM EDT

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Tim Hill throws during baseball spring training Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
After beating cancer, Hill won't let COVID-19 stop him

By Dave Skretta Jul. 16, 2020 10:04 PM EDT

In this June 3, 2020, photo, Associated Press retail writer Anne D’Innocenzio sits at her piano in her apartment in New York. Her piano has been a source of comfort during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Anne D’Innocenzio)
VIRUS DIARY: A cancer survivor takes comfort in her piano

By Anne D'innocenzio Jun. 05, 2020 12:07 PM EDT

This microscope image made available by the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research in 2015 shows human colon cancer cells with the nuclei stained red. On Friday, May 29, 2020, doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpler and easier to bear. (NCI Center for Cancer Research via AP)
New drugs make headway against lung, prostate, colon cancers

By Marilynn Marchione May. 29, 2020 08:01 AM EDT

NASCAR event could take place without fans...Mancini undergoes chemo...Chiefs release Colquitt

Apr. 28, 2020 02:55 PM EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The governor of North Carolina says NASCAR can hold the Coca-Cola 600 without fans at Charlotte Motor Speedway at the end of May if...