D.C. Hospitals Vie For Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment
Two major hospitals in the District of Columbia are hoping to start offering an expensive, cutting-edge type of cancer treatment.
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Two major hospitals in the District of Columbia are hoping to start offering an expensive, cutting-edge type of cancer treatment.
Now 73, Harper told People magazine she received the diagnosis in January.
Alcohol consumption is a significant risk factor for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus and liver.
Charities are always looking for new ways to energize donors. A colorful twist on an old idea is looking good for the Cool Kids Campaign.
A little girl is donating hats to kids with cancer. Click on the link for more information.
More than a half a million people are predicted to die this year in America from all forms of cancer. Though the overall number is staggering, the predicted deaths are showing a decrease from a high reached in 1991.
The University of Maryland School of Medicine is laying the last beam at its new $200 million cancer treatment facility.
Miss District of Columbia Allyn Rose has fallen short in her bid to become Miss America, despite successfully conveying a message about breast cancer prevention.
Win or lose Saturday, Miss America contestant Allyn Rose will have conveyed a message about breast cancer prevention using her primary tool as a beauty queen: her body.
Cancer death rates decreased by 1.6 percent from 2000 to 2009.
It's Make-A-Wish Day, a time when, across the country, the wishes of 64 seriously ill children are granted.
A former Ravens coach--now head coach for the Indianapolis Colts--is fighting back against cancer. There is promising news that coach Chuck Pagano is beating leukemia.
Patients suffering from incurable forms of cancer maintain hope of survival if they are receiving chemotherapy or other treatments for their diseases, despite the deadliness of their illnesses, a new study found.
Taking a daily multivitamin for years may lower the risk of cancer.
Green tea may work to prevent or slow the growth of prostate and breast cancers.
It turns out that Mitt Romney made millions and saved the company he was running by peddling cigarettes in the former Soviet Union and in the United States in the early 90s.
A concert with a cause. One of the most popular rock bands of all time performed at The Lyric on Sunday. Journey helped raise more than $250,000 for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
Death rates dropped significantly last year for five out of the 15 leading causes of death in the U.S.
The knitting group at Country Meadows Retirement Community estimates that, altogether, they've been knitting for 500 years or so.
Former state Sen. Clarence M. Mitchell III has died.
The Obama administration wants an American imprisoned in Cuba to see his personal physician amid concerns he may have a cancerous growth on his shoulder.
Pagano is now head coach with the Colts
Colts coach Chuck Pagano has been diagnosed with leukemia and is expected to be hospitalized six to eight weeks as he undergoes treatment.
It's become one of the biggest events of its kind in the nation, and its all for a good cause. Hundreds of Baltimoreans will lace up their shoes for the sixth annual Great Prostate Cancer Challenge.
Daily aspirin use, long recommended for people at high risk of heart attack, may also reduce the risk of dying from cancer.
