Health Jul 09 For terminally ill cancer patients, where you live can shape end-of-life care By Laura Santhanam
Science Jun 04 Watch 3:22 Most women with smaller breast cancer tumors can safely skip chemo, study finds New findings show women with early stage breast cancer can avoid chemotherapy. Researchers now say most women with smaller tumors can safely skip the treatment and avoid side effects like fatigue and nausea. Amna Nawaz learns more from Dr. Larry…
Health Nov 17 African American women face a more aggressive type of endometrial cancer. Researchers can’t explain why Endometrial cancer, a common form of uterine cancer, has an 80 percent rate of survival over a five-year period in most women diagnosed at age 60 and above. But African American women are more likely to have a more aggressive… By Dr. Amber Robins
Health Oct 09 The race to create a new class of ovarian cancer drugs heats up The race to create the next potent ovarian cancer drug is coming to a head. By Meghana Keshavan, STAT
Nation May 20 People with HIV are far less likely to get cancer treatment, study shows 33 percent of patients with HIV and lung cancer failed to receive any treatment for the cancer compared with 14 percent of those who weren’t infected. By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News
Jun 17 Insurers take up fight against rising chemotherapy costs By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Some cancer patients and their insurers are seeing their bills for chemotherapy jump sharply, reflecting increased drug prices and hospitals’ push to buy oncologists’ practices and then bill at higher rates. Continue reading
May 17 When Cancer & Pregnancy Collide By Jason Kane No sushi. No caffeine. No alcohol. No Ibuprofin. Minnie Narth could recite everything she'd heard she wasn't supposed to have while pregnant. But as she entered her third trimester, her body was in desperate need of something she would never… Continue reading
Dec 22 If It’s Not a War on Cancer, What Is It? By Jason Kane It was President Nixon's "Christmas gift to the nation." On Dec. 23, 1971, he faced the television cameras in the East Room of the White House and declared "total national commitment" to finding a cure for cancer and the funds… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch Examining Chemo Drugs’ Potential Threats to Health Care Workers As a part of NewsHour Connect, which showcases some of the best public broadcasting reporting from around the country, Enrique Cerna of KCTS in Seattle reports on the dangers that chemotherapy drugs could pose to healthcare workers who handle them. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Cancer Drug Treatment Reserach Highlights Oncology Conference Researchers reported new progress in the treatment of breast, skin, lung and ovarian cancers at a weekend meeting of top cancer experts in Chicago. Ray Suarez talks to American Society of Clinical Oncology President George Sledge for an update on… Continue watching