Cancer Treatment

Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs.

A small NYC-led cancer trial has achieved a result reportedly never before seen – the total remission of cancer in all of its patients. To be sure, the trial — led by doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering and backed by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline — has only completed treatment of 12 patients, with a specific cancer in its early stages and…

Prince George’s County leaders and patients celebrated the groundbreaking of a new cancer center at the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Largo that will be the first of its kind in the county, bringing access to quality cancer treatment closer to home.

Crews broke ground on a new cancer center in Prince George’s County that leaders say will be the first of its kind in the county. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports what the center will mean for patients.

For many families, cancer is the fight of their lives, but the News4 I-Team found some are having to endure another fight they never expected: getting their treatment covered by insurance. The I-Team’s Jodie Fleischer reports.

For many families, cancer is the fight of their lives, but the News4 I-Team found some are having to endure another fight they never expected: getting their treatment covered by insurance.

Nuclear medicine uses radioactive drugs to treat aggressive, late-stage tumors and in some cases helps people when surgery or chemotherapy isn’t an option.

Nuclear medicine uses liquid radioactive drugs to specifically target a protein on cancer cells — obliterating them without harming surrounding healthy tissue. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports on how technology is giving hope to people with cancer and other devastating diseases.

President Joe Biden has set a 25-year timeline to cut the cancer death rate in half.

Following a six-month battle, the Blink-182 bassist, Mark Hoppus has shared that he is officially cancer-free.

A world-class oncologist wasn’t prepared for hearing the news that his own wife was diagnosed with the life-threatening disease. Now, 15 years after treatment and cancer free, they wrote a book about their journey.

A world-class oncologist from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital said he wasn’t prepared for the news that his wife had breast cancer. Together they wrote a book about their journey. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports.

Parking at some prestigious cancer centers can run into hundreds of dollars. The overlooked cost is finally drawing scrutiny from hospital administrators.

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

Maine lobsters have long delighted tourists as the state’s most beloved seafood. But one company thinks the crustaceans can save human lives by providing their blood for use in new drugs.

Iran slammed the United States on Saturday for what it called an “inhumane” decision to bar its foreign minister, who was attending the U.N. summit meetings in New York, from visiting a hospitalized Iranian diplomat in the city. U.S. authorities were not allowing Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit U.N. ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi, who was undergoing cancer...

Whitaker Weinberger recieved a community-wide celebration for his 4th birthday. Molette Green reports.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Tuesday night that her work on the bench saved her during her cancer treatments, as the judge was given a rock-star reception in the home state of the president who nominated her to the nation’s highest court. Ginsburg told a packed arena that she was “feeling very good tonight,” following the 86-year-old’s disclosure...

The Notorious RBG got a true rockstar welcome in D.C. during one of her first public appearances after cancer treatment.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has accepted an honorary degree from the University at Buffalo.