9-Year-Old With Cancer Wants Cards For His Last Christmas
Jacob Thompson, who suffers from Stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma, will celebrate Christmas early this year with a final gift request of Christmas cards.
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Jacob Thompson, who suffers from Stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma, will celebrate Christmas early this year with a final gift request of Christmas cards.
A Gary company may be a step closer to bringing its advanced screening test for breast cancer to market.
Clinical trials are underway to test a medication that is already approved for menopausal symptoms but it also may prevent and better treat early stages of breast cancer.
Actress, comedian, and Emmy-winner Julia Louis Dreyfus announced Thursday on Twitter that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
One-thousand-two-hundred women are expected to step up to the plate to strike out breast cancer. It's all part of the 23rd annual Y-Me Softball Tournament.
Susan G Komen wants 100,000 Chicagoland women to get mammograms by the end of October,
Tim Long, 17, will hold a huge garage sale this weekend and will give all the money raised to the family of Beau Dowling, a two-year old in West Beverly who has cancer.
Thousands of breast cancer survivors and supporters came out to Montrose Harbor Sunday morning for the 20th annual Komen Race for the Cure.
The sea of blue that takes over the Friendly Confines for every Cubs home game was mixed with some pink Sunday night against the Yankees.
Twenty heroes, including two Chicago Police officers, will be honored as a "More than Pink Hero" at the 20th Anniversary Mother's Day Race for the Cure on May 14.
Time sometimes runs out before people can collect their "Compassionate Allowance" from the Social Security Administration. CBS 2's Dave Savini talks with a cancer patient.
A new study has found women who receive false positive results from mammogram screenings are less likely to be re-tested within the next year, as experts recommend they do.
Cigarettes contribute to more than 1 in 4 cancer deaths in the U.S. The rate is highest among men in southern states where smoking is more common and tobacco control policies are less strict.
A large women's bowling league, compromised of African American seniors, wear each year pink bowling shirts to raise awareness of breast cancer rates among senior citizens.
Dr. Laura Farrington talks with CBS 2's Marissa Bailey about risks and gives us four things women need to know about breast cancer.
Gateways hosts Saturday the Great Gateway Cures gala at Navy Pier to celebrate 25 years of 'illuminating the way to cures.'
A Cook County commissioner for the 6th District since 2002, Murphy began her political career as the elected clerk of Crestwood in 1965, at a time when "there weren't many women in any political office," her son said.
The letter from the Cubs' first baseman has since gone viral on social media.
The organization Lemons of Love knows what items may help chemo patients. CBS 2's Sandra Torres reports.
A teacher at an elementary school near Washington Park is leading the efforts to raise money tomorrow for a 6th grade girl who has Stage 4 cancer.
Recovery on Water, or ROW, began in 2008 with four rowers who were breast cancer survivors. Now, it has 60 members.
The vice president, speaking to oncologists gathered in Chicago, discouraged them from pursuing the "cult of the individual." CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports.
The Cancer Survivors' Celebration Walk & 5K is considered one of the largest in the U.S.
Cancer survivor Molly Oliver spent a very special day at Wrigley Field on Sunday, serving as honorary bat girl for Mother's Day.
In this Original Report, CBS 2's Mai Martinez talks to the man who says it's given him a new lease on life.
