It wasn't that long ago that childhood leukemia was essentially a death sentence. Now, the vast majority of kids survive, thanks to federally funded research.
President Joe Biden is committing to reduce the cancer death rate by 50% — a new goal for the "moonshot" initiative against the disease that was announced in 2016 when he was vice president. Biden has set a 25-year timeline...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden promoted two of her passions on Wednesday: military families and cancer research. She spoke to the spouses of senior defense officials about her appreciation for military families and her plan to revive a program she...
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Daltrey worries that the coronavirus pandemic will have a devastating effect on a special group of people in need — teens with cancer. FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2019 file photo, Roger Daltrey, left, and...
CHICAGO (AP) Most women with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer can safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of beating the disease, doctors are reporting from a landmark study that used genetic testing to gauge each...
Last year, we told you about Theresa Beech the Montgomery County mom with no medical training who made astonishing advances in cancer research while her teenage son was dying of cancer. It’s been one of our most talked about...
Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and a recent study published by the National Cancer Institute revealed that cases among young people are on the rise. What we put in our body...
Theresa Beech of Rockville, Maryland knows her strengths and weaknesses. She considers herself a great mother and an accomplished space engineer. Cell biology, though, is not her area of expertise.When her family faced a medical crisis a couple years ago,...
