pancreatic cancer

Join us for PanCAN PurpleStride Washington D.C. on Saturday, April 30, 2022. We’re making this year our best yet and you can find all the details you need here. PanCAN PurpleStride is the ultimate event to end pancreatic cancer, and we want you to take local action to make an impact nationwide. This is the movement to change the lives of pancreatic...

News4’s Pat Lawson Muse spoke with PanCAN affiliate Chair Jennifer Holtz and D.C. PurpleStride team captain Anne Shimabukuro.

The poignant list includes tips about people, money and kindness.

Siegfried Fischbacher, half of the Las Vegas magic and entertainment act “Siegfried & Roy”, had died at the age of 81

The late television host Alex Trebek posthumously paid tribute to World Pancreatic Cancer Day at the beginning of Thursday’s episode of “Jeopardy!”

“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek has died at the age of 80. The official “Jeopardy!” Twitter account confirmed the news.

“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek has died after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. “Jeopardy!” studio Sony says Trebek died at his California home early Sunday with family and friends surrounding him. He was 80.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her death just over six weeks before Election Day is likely to set off a heated battle over whether President Donald Trump should...

Pancreatic cancer survivor and former News4 anchor Joe Krebs will speak virtually for Purple Stride, an annual event to raise money and awareness for pancreatic cancer.

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“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek is helping raise awareness about pancreatic cancer following his own diagnosis with the disease. In a 60-second public service announcement Wednesday in support of the World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition, the 79-year-old television host talked about the risks and symptoms of the disease.

“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says he’s had a setback in his battle with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy again.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, according to the Supreme Court. It is the fourth time that the 86-year-old justice has announced that she has been treated for cancer over the last two decades and follows lung cancer surgery in December that...

Dr. J. Keith Melancon, medical director at the GW Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center, discusses how to keep healthy with regards to your blood pressure and kidneys.

Alex Trebek recently announced his diagnosis with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. One of our longtime colleagues at News4, Joe Krebs, is fighting a similar battle. Barbara Harrison spoke with him and his wife, Marylynn, about his treatment. Krebs has formed a group to take part in the PurpleStride walk/run on June 8 to raise money for pancreatic cancer research. Go...

“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek said he has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer but intends to fight the disease and keep on working. In a video posted online Wednesday, the 78-year-old said he was announcing his illness directly to “Jeopardy!” fans in keeping with his long-time policy of being “open and transparent.”

U.S. health officials have approved a medication related to the mind-altering drug ketamine as a new option for patients with severe depression.

Former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., was recovering after undergoing surgery Monday at Johns Hopkins Cancer Center in Baltimore to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas. Reid, 78, will undergo chemotherapy, according to a statement released Monday by his family. “His doctors caught the problem early during a routine screening and his surgeons are confident that the surgery was a...

The 91-year-old actress previously beat pancreatic cancer.

Cancer patients often wonder “why me?” Does their tumor run in the family? Did they try hard enough to avoid risks like smoking, too much sun or a bad diet? Lifestyle and heredity get the most blame but new research suggests random chance plays a bigger role than people realize: Healthy cells naturally make mistakes when they multiply, unavoidable typos...