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Catherine, Princess of Wales announces that she was diagnosed with cancer following recent abdominal surgery and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.
2024-03-22

Bayer AG announces it has agreed to pay US$10 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits regarding claims that the Monsanto herbicide Roundup causes cancer. Court-appointed mediator Kenneth Feinberg says the deal is a "constructive and reasonable" resolution.
2020-06-24

Myanmar reports the country's first death from COVID-19 as confirmed cases rise to 14. The patient was a 69-year-old man with cancer in Yangon.
2020-03-31

A judge in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, grants a 12-year-old boy the right to decide for himself on whether or not to continue chemotherapy. The ruling was based on a psychiatric evaluation of the patient as being "capable of a reasonable evaluation of his interests and realizes the consequences — including the negative ones — of his decision."
2017-05-12

Prominent Hillsborough disaster justice campaigner Anne Williams dies from cancer, having made her last public appearance at Anfield's recent 24th anniversary memorial.
2013-04-18

Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela is suffering from a new severe respiratory infection as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery conducted in Cuba.
2013-03-4

Venezuelan Cabinet ministers get together to pray for the recovery of President Hugo Chávez, who is in Cuba recovering from a cancer operation.
2012-12-31

Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, the leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian community, dies of cancer at the age of 88.
2012-03-17

Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai dies while undergoing cancer treatment at the age of 71.
2011-09-26

American International Group CEO Robert Benmosche has cancer, the company said, and he is receiving "aggressive chemotherapy," but his prognosis is not clear. [https:--www.cnbc.com-id-39837371 (CNBC)]date=August 2019
2010-10-25