Cancer

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...

A Virginia mom is in the fight of her life as she battles a rare cancer in her muscle tissue. Hundreds of people joined her for the Cycle for Survival at Equinox in D.C. to support cancer research. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Life expectancy in the U.S. went up for the first time in four years

The former professor allegedly used $78,000 earmarked for cancer research on personal expenses, such as mortgage payments on his home

4-year-old Tom (Tomaladon) Glackin inspires everyone in his community with his fight against cancer.

Cancer death rates have declined steadily over the past several decades, falling by nearly a third since the early 1990s, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Cancer Society.

Alex Trebek has a message of support for Congressman John Lewis as both fight pancreatic cancer. “We’re starting a new year, and let’s see if we can’t both complete the year as pancreatic cancer survivors,” Trebek said when asked what he would tell Lewis. He noted they’re the same age, 79. The Georgia Democrat and veteran civil rights leader...

As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 1960s forced a nation’s awakening to racial discrimination. As a congressman today at 79, Lewis is facing a foe like none before: advanced pancreatic cancer.

Exercise is linked to a reduced risk of seven types of cancer, and the more physical activity the better, according to a study published Thursday. The study, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, looked at whether meeting the recommended physical activity guidelines had an effect on cancer risk, NBC News reports.

Questions about whether chemicals used to color or straighten hair can cause cancer have swirled for years, according to Today.com. The answers have been inconsistent and inconclusive, but a large new study released on Tuesday had some sobering findings: Women who used permanent hair dye or straighteners, or applied straighteners to others, had a higher risk of developing breast cancer...

A Virginia cancer survivor used her experience as motivation to make treatment easier for others.

“Good things can happen.” Daisy Diggs is now in complete remission after a lengthy battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. News4’s Aimee Cho reports Diggs was the first patient in a clinical trial for a new treatment at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

A Maryland woman who suffered a lengthy battle with stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma is now in complete remission after receiving a promising new treatment that uses a patient’s own cells to fight cancer.

Thousands more migrant families may have been separated than the government initially reported, a watchdog group said, possibly due to ongoing problems keeping track of children.

Determined to take control of her health, a local mom read medical journals and dug into the science of the chemicals in our cosmetics, personal care products and food.