Cancer

The Pajama Glam event is designed to ease difficult conversations surrounding breast cancer. News4’s Molette Green caught up with the mother-daughter team and what inspired them to create the event. For more information, visit www.tigerlilyfoundation.org.

A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and, for the first time, shows that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick. The data had long been sought by retired military aviators who have raised alarms for years about the number of those they knew who had cancer. In its...

Colon cancer was not on Carly Barrett’s radar when she suddenly began experiencing stomach symptoms at the age of 24.

Using knowledge learned during the Covid pandemic, surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago successfully performed double lung transplantations in two patients with stage 4 cancer.

President Joe Biden is requesting more than $2.8 billion in the federal budget proposal he’s sending to Congress to help advance his cancer-fighting goals.

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in America, and health experts say it’s impacting a younger demographic at more advanced stages. “It’s devastating, really, what we’re seeing in terms of colorectal cancer incidents,” said Dr. Dana Sloane, a gastroenterologist for Kaiser Permanente. Sloane said doctors are seeing an alarming trend with younger patients developing colon...

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death, and health experts say it’s impacting younger people at more advanced stages. News4’s Eun Yang reports.

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX 20th District) says he’s recovering from surgery to remove rare, slow-growing tumors from his gastrointestinal tract.

The Air Force is expanding its review of cancers among its nuclear missile corps to include all personnel who worked on, guarded, supported or operated the nation’s ground-based warheads, at the three bases that house the 450 silo-based Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The fact is, there may be other sources of lung cancer lurking in your home (or your genetics), but through education and awareness, it’s possible to improve treatment and survival rates.

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department has received a grant that will allow all members of the department to get screened for cancer. News4’s Aimee Cho reports firefighters are more at risk of getting cancer.

WTOP’s Neal Augenstein is among a growing number of non-smokers to be diagnosed with lung cancer, and he’s sharing his experience in an effort to raise awareness about the disease. At 63 years old, Augenstein said he was enjoying life as a husband and father, successful journalist and longtime member of the band he started decades ago. “Everything was...

News4’s Mark Segraves spoke with Augenstein about how he’s feeling after getting the diagnosis.

The spots can be mistaken for a pimple, scar, sore or a patch of dry, irritated skin.

President Joe Biden spoke on First Lady Jill Biden’s recovery after having surgery to remove two cancerous lesions near her eyes on Wednesday, saying there is a “0-1% chance of ever returning any cancer, so thank God she’s doing really well.”

Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that’s a “serious but curable form of cancer” and he is beginning several months of treatment.

Merck and Moderna plan to begin the next phase of the study in 2023 and expand its use against additional kinds of tumors.

A new study is reassuring for women who are taking hormone-blocking pills after a breast cancer diagnosis and want to become pregnant.

News4 reporter Aimee Cho was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. As she nears the end of her treatments, she’s opening up about her experience — and the new hobby she’s picked up that’s helping her through it. At 27, Cho said she was surprised to learn she had cancer because she felt healthy. “It’s so crazy. There were no...

News4 reporter Aimee Cho said she was shocked to learn she had cancer. She sat down with Doreen Gentzler to discuss how she was diagnosed, what treatment has been like and the new hobby she’s picked up to pass the time.