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7-year-old girl dies after long battle with cancer

Of all the terrible things that exist in the world, few are as heart-wrenchingly cruel as terminal illness in children. In the case of sweet 7-year-old Abigail Arias from Texas, she was diagnosed with Wilms tumor, ...

Football player approaches opponent after game, asks if he can pray for his mom with cancer

Football in Texas is not something that is taken lightly, the competition is tough. But once the game ends, high schoolers who viewed their opponents as the enemy show their respect for each other. Following ...

Alex Trebek, fighting stage IV pancreatic cancer, makes a video urging people to know the signs

Alex Trebek, the legendary longtime host of Jeopardy!, left fans devastated in March when he announced he was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, a disease with a frighteningly low survival rate. But Trebek has ...

Man battling cancer wins $200,000 lottery on last day of chemotherapy

Only people who have been through a battle with cancer can truly know how difficult it is. Of course, the rest of us will often rally in support of such people, helping in any way ...

Shaquille O’Neal’s sister dies aged 40 after 3-year battle with cancer

Ayesha Harrison-Jex, sister of much-loved sports figure Shaquille O’Neal has sadly lost her battle with cancer after three years. According to reports, the 40-year-old, a graduate of Florida A&M University, passed away on Thursday. People ...

Bride-to-be with cancer asked to move wedding date forward, refuses and proves everyone wrong

When doctors urged South Carolina bride-to-be Laurin Banks to bring her wedding date forward, she refused. Laurin had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in September and doctors didn’t expect her to make it to ...

Pregnant mom with cancer told to abort baby – refuses to give up fight and gives birth to healthy son

We all know that doctors and nurses do what they do because they love to help people. With that in mind, it’s important to remember that they will always try to do what they think ...

Grieving parents take their own lives after their little boy dies of cancer

There are some things in this world that I don’t even want to imagine. Losing my child is one of them. Ask any parent and they’ll tell you this is their deepest fear. After all, ...

2-year-old boy with Down syndrome celebrates 11 months cancer free with dad – let’s hear it for them

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kennith Allen Thomas (@kennyclutch_) To celebrate that fact, he and dad Kenny, who used to entertain Kristian in hospital while dancing for him, have released their ...

Boy with terminal brain cancer asks for ‘patches and pins’ from law enforcement as his final wish

Prior to his May 2019 diagnosis, John Francis Hoague-Rivette started experiencing several unexplained symptoms. He had difficulty walking, talking, and eating. His symptoms only got worse until he began to have nearly hour-long episodes, which were ...