Eddie Van Halen still fighting cancer

NEW YORK (AP) - Eddie Van Halen said fighting cancer over the past year and a half has taught him more than he's ever learned before. "The way I look at it is like this, I've run too many red lights and gotten away with it for a long time, but it kinda caught up with me," the guitarist and avid golfer said in an interview in the August issue of "Maximum Golf" magazine. "Sometimes when things are in front of your face, you don't see them. It seems simple, but all that really matters to me is my son and my wife," Van Halen said, referring to his son, Wolfgang, and actress Valerie Bertinelli. "Even making music - which is pretty much my life - takes a back seat to my family and my health." The 44-year-old announced in April on the Van Halen Web site that he has cancer, but has not said what kind of cancer he has.