Of the 25 Alaskans registered to run the historic Boston Marathon on Monday, 21 started the race and 20 finished. One of the Alaska participants, Dr. Thomas McCarty of Anchorage, joined more than 500 ...

Shrewsbury native Gabby Demac was diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkin's lymphoma. She won that fight, and now wants to give back ...

Kevin P. Martin Jr. was shocked to learn he had stage 4 prostate cancer at 61. The endurance athlete has vowed to stay active ...

From sitting in a hospital bed to running 26.2 miles, Griffin Shoemaker is checking items off his to-do list following his ...

A retired teacher from Austin, Texas, will run the Boston Marathon on Monday in hopes of raising awareness for brain cancer research.

The big winners of Monday’s 129th Boston Marathon may well be those benefitting from research and development into new cancer treatments supported by such fundraisers as Haverhill High School graduate ...

As Mass General Brigham looks to solidify its foothold providing cancer care, the health system is expanding its home hospital program to accommodate cancer patients.

She is partnering with Dana-Farber to run all six major marathons ... "I got to meet with a doctor that's studying my type of cancer, and they've raised about like $7 million just this year ...

Doctors instead diagnosed the 61-year-old ... Marathon on April 21 and has raised more than $125,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Six days later, he will run the London Marathon to ...