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Two doctors look at breast cancer x-rays. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

FDA Approves New Targeted Breast Cancer Drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.

2013/02/22

Lasers are precisely pinpointed on a patient with prostate cancer at a radiation oncology center. (credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

FDA Expands Approval Of Prostate Cancer Drug

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded approval of Johnson & Johnson’s prostate cancer pill Zytiga for men with an earlier stage of the disease.

2012/12/10

Grand Prairie Man Battling Advanced Breast Cancer

It’s shock enough to be diagnosed with cancer. But, a Grand Prairie man says he was terrified when doctors told him he had breast cancer.

CBS 11–2012/10/12

Entire School Surprises Cancer Student

A senior at Boles High School, near Quinlan, is battling a rare form of cancer. So, the entire school surprised him with a day he and his classmates will never forget.

CBS 11–2012/09/21

Cancer Patients See Benefits From Yoga

Breast cancer survivors are finding yoga can help them relax and recover after treatment.

2012/09/07

Home Burglarized While Child At Chemo Treatment

It was a crushing blow for Linda Diaz. She didn’t know how she was going to tell her 12-year-old son, Christopher, he had cancer. Just days later she had to try and explain why someone burglarized their home. Burglars

2012/02/21

File photograph of the feet of a newborn. (credit: Getty Images/Christopher Furlong)

Induced Labor Lets Dying Texas Man See His Daughter

Diane Aulger was two weeks from her due date when she and her husband decided there was no time to wait: Mark Aulger had days to live, and he wanted to see his child.

2012/02/13

Could ‘Bald Barbie’ Be Chemotherapy Teaching Tool?

An online movement is pushing Mattel to create a cancer Barbie dubbed ‘Beautiful and Bald’ Barbie.

2012/01/13

The pink ribbon, symbolic of breast cancer support, is seen during the Komen Community Challenge rally on April 26, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Neighborhood Draped In Pink To Support Friend

When you drive through one North Texas neighborhood things may look a little different. That’s because pink has taken over most of the trees, yards, and doors.

2011/10/14

Fort Worth youngster Joe Turner gets his 'wish' to be a Fort Worth police officer. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Fort Worth Boy Gets Wish To Be A Police Officer For A Day

A lot of little boy’s dream of becoming a police officer. On Wednesday, an eight-year-old from Fort Worth got that opportunity. But protecting the peace seems easy compared to what he’d already been through.

2011/09/21

Frisco Mom Races For Her Cure

If Erin Struck had her way, the last ten months of her life would have been spent playing with her 3-year-old son. Instead, this 39-year-old mother is fighting a disease that she thought she was too young to face.

2011/06/08

Fate, Texas cancer patient Nate Oxford receives treatment. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Fate Parents Refuse To Let Cancer Determine Their Son’s Fate

Nate Oxford is only 5-years-old, but has already battled cancer three times. The cancer wouldn’t go away, but the family also wouldn’t give up. Drastic measures were needed so they took a chance on a radical new treatment.

2011/05/20