Cancer

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

News4’s Doreen Gentzler spoke with a Northern Virginia doctor who explained why pandemic lifestyle could be putting many of us at a higher risk for cancer.

For young kids, it can be sad and confusing watching a parent battle cancer. That’s why a fifth grader from Dumfries wrote a new book called “Okay Mommy, I Will Help You.” News4’s Aimee Cho shares more on how that young girl is using her journey to help others.

The Marine Corps Marathon will be held virtually this year. Runners will take to the streets and trails in their neighborhoods Oct.25. News4’s Megan McGrath spoke to one runner who is determined to run, following a health scare uncovered after she ran last year’s marathon.

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.

Chadwick Boseman’s unexpected death from colon cancer is prompting conversations about screenings, knowing family history and symptoms. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins explains why some precautions are especially difficult for many African Americans.

Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera opens up to News4’s Leon Harris about how difficult it was to tell his family about his cancer diagnosis.

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.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation was forced to put many cancer patients’ wishes on hold because of the pandemic. But a remarkable young woman from La Plata, Maryland, decided it was an opportunity to donate her gift to help others. At 17, Sonya was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. “I honestly didn’t know what to feel back then and I was scared,” she…

A remarkable young woman from La Plata, Maryland, is donating her wish to help others. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

The coronavirus is creating challenges for millions of Americans living with cancer. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports on how D.C.-area hospitals are treating cancer patients.

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…

For women who need a haircut, but need privacy due to religious reasons or chemotherapy, there are limited options. A Sterling hair salon has addressed this concern by opening a special room for customers with privacy needs. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

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...

Getting a blood test to screen for cancer in the earliest stages might seem like a pipe dream. But a group of biotech entrepreneurs say they’re close to making it a reality. If Gabriel Otte’s start-up, Freenome, is successful, millions of people could get a blood test to screen for early-stage colorectal cancer. Freenome looks for two major biomarkers...