Cancer

Researchers are reporting another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they continue to attribute to success against lung cancer

Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro has died at the age of 81 after a long fight with cancer

Jeff Bridges is keeping his chin up. The actor, who revealed in October that he had been diagnosed with lymphoma, took to Instagram Monday to give fans an update on his condition. “Here’s the latest,” he wrote. “Feeling good. Shaved my head. Got a puppy – Monty. Had a Birthday – 71, man,” Bridges, whose birthday is Dec. 4, wrote, along with a…

Stars like Jennifer Aniston and Sofia Vergara are joining St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in its battle against cancer with its Thanks and Giving campaign. Its creator, Marlo Thomas, who is the daughter of St. Jude founder Danny Thomas, stopped by LX News to explain why you should consider giving back in a year that has taken so much.

A study released Monday by investigators from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows the potential of transforming a commonly used chemotherapy drug into one that kills cancer cells by activating immune cells when it is paired with anti-inflammatory medication.

In 2019, Sharita Sloan of Glenwood lost the love of her life to liver cancer. Following his death, Sloan battled depression and suicidal thoughts, compounded by the pandemic. “If I could have just said okay and stopped breathing, I would have,” said Sloan. “I couldn’t get out of the bed.” Two months before her husband’s death, he had asked...

The teen died on Monday, Nov. 16 after a battle with cancer at the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh says he’s had a setback in his fight against advanced lung cancer, NBC News reports.

The first person known to be cured of HIV infection, Timothy Ray Brown, has died

A spokesperson says Trump health appointee Michael Caputo has metastatic head and neck cancer.

A former economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania who beat his wife to death inside their King of Prussia, Pennsylvania home was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to his daughter.

Washington Football coach Ron Rivera has been diagnosed with a form of skin cancer.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is perhaps the most forthcoming member of the Supreme Court when it comes to telling the public about her many health issues.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is fighting a recurrence of liver cancer but she continues to be able to do her job on the Supreme Court.

New research finds that cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not

After several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren is cancer-free! The NBC News correspondent announced the exciting news on Twitter alongside a photo of herself wearing a protective face mask. “After 8 rounds of chemo and 25 rounds of radiation I AM DONE WITH CANCER TREATMENT!!” she wrote. “No hugs or high 5’s… not even a bell…

A one-of-a-kind cancer treatment is now being offered in Chicago. It all has to do with a small pump that delivers chemotherapy to specific areas of the body. Former Chicago Police Lt. Greg Whitmore was one of Northwestern Medicine’s first patients to use the pump. “I run into people and they don’t even know you’re sick. They’re like, oh...

A one-of-a-kind cancer treatment is now being offered in Chicago. Not only is it saving lives, but it’s also minimizing side effects to almost nothing, thanks to a small pump that delivers chemotherapy to specific areas of the body. NBC 5’s Chris Hush shares the story of a former Chicago police lieutenant’s unwavering fight with colon cancer.

It’s been 16 years since she beat colorectal cancer, but Candace Henley is still emotional about all she endured. “I myself was homeless going through cancer, so I know all too well that financial toxicity can have on your life,” Henley said. “No one saw me. I fell through the cracks. I lost everything and had to claw my way…

Former “Top Chef” Fatima Ali says she has a year to live. The 29-year-old underwent surgery to remove a tumor in January. However, Ali wrote Tuesday in an essay for Bon Appetit that the “cancer cells my doctors believed had vanished are back with a vengeance in my left hip and femur bone.” Ali says her oncologist told her she...