Payton Williams was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in 2014. A Make-A-Wish flight to Hawaii sparked an unexpected friendship ...

Cancer Connection in Juneau provides support services for people in Southeast Alaska living with cancer, as well as for their families, and caregivers. Thirty years after its founding, Cancer ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Television and movie actor James Van Der Beek, who died Wednesday at age 48, previously revealed he was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer. No official cause of death ...

Alaska bars and liquor stores will be required to post signs warning of alcohol’s link to cancer, under a bill that became law on Friday. The new sign mandate, to go into effect on Aug. 1, makes ...

Under a bill that became law on April 25, Alaska bars and liquor stores will now be required to post signage warning of alcohol’s alleged link to colon and breast cancer. Set to take effect on August ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICF), Indigenous people are often diagnosed with colorectal cancer in its ...

The Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) A new study from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium shows cancer rates among Alaska Native people have ...

New research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that American Indian and Alaska Native men are less likely to be screened for prostate cancer compared to other racial/ethnic groups.

A retrospective study showcases the need for considering the impact of skin cancers in non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native communities, who experience some of the highest incidences of melanoma ...

Mortality rates from cancer among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) patients are 18% higher than for White patients despite similar rates of cancer incidence overall, new research shows. For ...

New findings by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) show overall cancer mortality among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) individuals is 18% higher than among white individuals ...