‘She is our everything’: Kina Grannis seeks donor for her mother with rare bone marrow cancer

Japanese American YouTuber and singer-songwriter Kina Grannis is looking for a donor for her mother, who has a rare type of bone marrow canc...

Shiba Inu behind ‘Doge’ meme makes surprising recovery, owner announces

Before you read: Shiba Inu behind ‘Doge’ meme, cryptocurrency diagnosed with cancer Kabosu, the Shiba Inu behind the viral “Doge” meme and p...

Shiba Inu behind ‘Doge’ meme, cryptocurrency diagnosed with cancer

The Shiba Inu behind the viral “Doge” meme has been diagnosed with liver disease and a type of blood cancer, according to her owner Atsuko S...

Kia to donate $8 for every car sold to children’s hospital

Kia America has pledged to donate a minimum of $1,000,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through its Accelerate the Good charitab...

Man’s video of his terminally ill mother cooking him one last meal touches netizens’ hearts

Nothing captures parental love like a homemade meal. For Deng Caihou’s terminally ill mother, cooking her son one final meal was her way of...

Asian and Black patients in England wait longer for cancer diagnoses than white patients, study finds

Based on an analysis of 126,000 cancer cases in England between 2006 and 2016, Asian and Black people are forced to wait longer for cancer ...

Filipino sports icon Lydia De Vega, once known as ‘Asia’s fastest woman,’ dies of cancer

The Philippines’ track and field legend Lydia De Vega, who was once dubbed “Asia's fastest woman,” has died at age 57 after a four-yea...

Women who eat preserved foods have increased breast cancer risk, Hong Kong study finds

A study published in Cancer Prevention Research by Hong Kong researchers on Aug. 1 posits that women who consume preserved foods have an in...

Issey Miyake, trailblazing Japanese designer renowned for pleats, dies of liver cancer at 84

Issey Miyake, the influential Japanese fashion designer known for his pleated style creations and Steve Job’s signature black turtleneck, di...

Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson gives prized Kobe Bryant photo to fan with rare type of cancer

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson, 32, gave a special autographed photo of the late Kobe Bryant to Joseph Tagaban, a 15-ye...

10-year-old girl becomes first in Taiwan to fully recover from leukemia via CAR T-cell therapy

Ting-ting, a 10-year-old girl suffering from leukemia became the first in Taiwan to have been successfully treated with CD19 chimeric antig...

Chinese doctors remove 24-pound stomach tumor from woman who complained of constant weight gain

Doctors in eastern China removed an 11kg (24.25 pounds) stomach tumor from a woman’s stomach after she complained of continuous weight gain...

Oscar-winning musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto battling stage 4 cancer

Ryuichi Sakamoto recently revealed that he underwent surgery to treat cancer that had spread to both of his lungs. Sakamoto pioneered the ...

Scientists say racism among causes of disproportionate cancer rates among Asian Americans

The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) recently published a commentary on last year’s “Conversations on Cancer: Advancing Equi...

Vietnamese family finds support online amid mother’s battle with stage 4 breast cancer

My Ngoc Nguyen was diagnosed with stage 4 secondary breast cancer at the end of February and has since been in treatment at the University ...

‘My mother gave birth to me, I owe it to her’: Chinese boy overcomes fear of pain to donate bone marrow

Cao Xuanyi, a 10-year-old boy from China's Anhui Province who “used to be particularly scared of pain,” volunteered to be his mother’s...

Chinese girl, 10, sells sweet potatoes on the street to help pay for 2-year-old sister’s cancer treatment

A 10-year-old Chinese girl nicknamed “Little Mei” has been selling sweet potatoes on the street to collect money for her younger sister’s c...

National Cancer Awareness Day: Asian Americans too often skip screenings for their leading cause of death

As the U.S. observes National Cancer Awareness Day on Sunday, difficult but pressing conversations surrounding the disease must be tackled b...

‘Until my next life’: Customer with three months left to live pens final ‘thank you’ note to Jollibee before chemotherapy

A cancer patient’s farewell bid to his favorite fast food restaurant in the Philippines is touching hearts on social media.  Different messa...

Asian American family opens fundraiser for father whose cancer has spread to his brain

An Asian American family living in Marietta, Ga., has launched a GoFundMe page to help raise money for their elderly father struggling with ...

Maki Kaji, ‘Godfather of Sudoku’, passes away at 69

Maki Kaji, creator of the puzzle game Sudoku, has passed away at 69, his publishing company, Nikoli, announced on Tuesday. The details: Kaji...

Billiard Legend Jeanette ‘Black Widow’ Lee Diagnosed With Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer

Legendary female professional billiard player Jeanette “Black Widow” Lee is now undergoing treatment following her Stage 4 ovarian cancer di...

Korean Scientists Develop New Way to Detect Prostate Cancer in 20 Minutes With Nearly 100% Accuracy

A team of scientists from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a new technique that detects prostate cancer in...

Pakistani American Cancer Doctor Cancels $650,000 in Bills for 200 Patients

Dr. Omar Atiq, an oncologist who founded the Arkansas Cancer Institute in Pine Bluff in 1991, has waived the bills of over 200 patients with...

More Younger South Asian Women Are Diagnosed With Aggressive Forms of Breast Cancer, Study Finds

A new study has found that younger Indian and Pakistani women have an increased rate of being diagnosed with more aggressive forms of breast...

Korean YouTuber Posts One Last Goodbye to Fans Before Dying of Cancer

A South Korean YouTuber mustered all the energy she had left to film a “goodbye video” for fans who witnessed her battle against...

Chinese British Director Battling Endometriosis Wants More Stories About Women of Color

British-Chinese director and non-profit founder WaiLo Li is creating a documentary with the goal of raising awareness for breast cancer and ...

Husband Denied From Caring for Terminally Ill Wife Due to COVID-19 Hospital Restrictions

Corey Huh has been unable to see his wife, who was diagnosed with carcinosarcoma, late last week due to new hospital policies amid the COVID...

Beloved DeviantArt Artist Qinni Passes Away From Cancer at 29

After a long battle with cancer, talented artist Qing Han, aka Qinni, passed away at age 29 earlier this month. The beloved artist from Cana...

Vietnam’s ‘Startup Queen’ Passes Away at 35 After Lung Cancer Battle

Vietnamese American serial entrepreneur Truong Thanh Thuy, also known as Thuy Muoi, passed away on Jan. 24 in Los Angeles after more than th...

New Toshiba Blood Test Can Detect 13 Types of Cancers With a Drop of Blood

Japanese multinational company Toshiba has unveiled its latest piece of technology that can detect several types of cancer by doing a simple...

Cancer Patients in Korea are Taking Dog Medication After Claims It is Curing People

A drug intended for dogs has become the most recent craze among cancer patients in South Korea after a local YouTube channel featured a stor...

Contestant’s Unexpected Final ‘Jeopardy!’ Answer Will Make You Cry

A “Jeopardy!” contestant caught host Alex Trebek off guard with a simple but sweet message delivered in true game show fashion. Instead of w...

Teen ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Donates $10,000 of Winnings to Cancer Research in Honor of Alex Trebek

A teen champion of “Jeopardy!” recently donated $10,000 to cancer research in honor of the show’s host, Alex Trebek. Colum...

‘We Are Enough’: A Post Dedicated to Vietnamese Women’s Day

This article was originally published on Medium and reposted with permission. The article was inspired by Vietnamese Women’s Day, whic...

Man With Terminal Cancer Writes 19 Letters For His 1-Year-Old Daughter Before He Dies

A Taiwanese man who succumbed to liver cancer in 2006 is posthumously touching people’s hearts as advanced birthday letters for his young da...