How your breath may reveal cancer

Researchers have learned that certain cancers alter human breath. Now they are exploring the possibility of using a breath test as a simple diagnostic tool for cancer. Susan Spencer reports.

• Mar 12, 2017
• 02:09

A history of cancer

In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, physician and scientist Siddhartha Mukherjee called cancer "The Emperor of All Maladies." He and anchor Jane Pauley discuss the milestones in cancer's history, and the breakthroughs in mankind's attempt to conquer it. Originally broadcast on March 12, 2017.

• Jul 23, 2017
• 04:28

Studying cancer clusters

Anna Werner examines the subject of cancer clusters, and how difficult it is to detect and link environmental causes to cancer cases. Originally broadcast on March 12, 2017.

• Jul 23, 2017
• 03:52

How scorpions help kill cancer

Scorpions can be deadly, but they can also help save lives. Researchers have discovered that molecules derived from the scorpion's venom, combined with fluorescent dye, will stick to cancer cells and light up tumors on scans, so that surgeons can see precisely where to cut. Susan Spencer reports. Originally broadcast on March 12, 2017.

• Jul 23, 2017
• 02:19

Food and cancer

Can what you eat make a difference in preventing cancer, or in aiding cancer treatment itself? Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Dr. Margaret Cuomo, dietician Mary-Eve Brown, chef Eric Levine, and patients undergoing chemotherapy about the relationship between diet and disease. Originally broadcast on March 12, 2017.

• Jul 23, 2017
• 04:26

Living with COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is the nation's third-biggest killer, after heart disease and cancer. About 150,000 Americans die of COPD each year. Among women, it is more deadly than breast and ovarian cancers combined. "Sunday Morning" Senior Contributor Ted Koppel interviews his wife, Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, who was given only a few years to live when she was diagnosed with COPD 16 years ago. Today, the couple advocates for more research into prevention and treatment, which lags far behind what is devoted to other diseases.

• Nov 26, 2017
• 12:33

A woman with cancer faces her end

The words "borrowed time" have defined Julie Yip-Williams' life since she was born. She had already surmounted difficulties beyond imagining when, at age 37, she was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. Now, she prepares to leave her young daughters behind, passing on lessons of resilience. Tracy Smith reports.

• Mar 11, 2018
• 08:32

Celebrity pot entrepreneurs

From fashion to fragrance, celebrity sells. And with marijuana sales expected to reach $8-10 billion by the end of this year – and projected to double to $20 billion by 2022 – more celebs are investing money and lending their names to get a foothold in this growing market. Ben Tracy talks with Tommy Chong (who helped invent the stoner comedy genre), who's put his name to Chong's Choice marijuana, on sale in six states; and with Melissa Etheridge, whose experience with marijuana to relieve the effects of cancer chemotherapy has inspired her to build a farm for medical marijuana products.

• May 27, 2018
• 06:44

Impact of "Murphy Brown" on breast cancer screenings

In this web exclusive, star and executive producer Candice Bergen and series creator Diane English talk with correspondent Lee Cowan about the impact their comedy "Murphy Brown" had when its lead character faced breast cancer.

• Sep 23, 2018
• 00:43

Roger Daltrey of The Who: Rock legend, cancer warrior

"You'll never make anything of your life, Daltrey": Those words by the school principal who expelled Roger Daltrey for misbehavior at age 15 resonated enough to fuel the young man to one of rock's most prestigious careers: Front man of The Who, star of "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia," "mod" fashion icon, and cancer warrior. He talks with Jim Axelrod about his new memoir, "Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite," and about his 30-year mission of aiding hospital wards to deal with teenage cancer patients.

• Nov 11, 2018
• 07:24

From 2013: One small step in the fight against pediatric cancer

Three-year-old Edie Gilger, of Lynchburg, Va., is more familiar with a doctor's bag than any kid should be: at six months old, doctors said she had stage four neuroblastoma. But Edie's progress in fighting cancer owes much to advanced research, and to another little girl with cancer named Alex Scott, who raised money for research by selling lemonade. Tracy Smith reports on the legacy of the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. (Originally broadcast on June 2, 2013.)

• Jan 27, 2019
• 09:04

"Veep" returns

The HBO comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the one-time Veep and accidental president enters its seventh and final season, and if there is one lesson to take from the hit show, it's that in comedy, as in life, nothing good ever comes easy. Tracy Smith talks with Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Timothy Simons, Anna Chlumsky, show runner David Mandel and executive producer Frank Rich about going the extra mile for laughs, even in the midst of the star's successful battle with breast cancer.

• Mar 17, 2019
• 09:24

Firefighters battle a fearsome occupational hazard: Cancer

Since 2002, almost two out of every three firefighters who died on the job died of cancer, as smoke from today's fires produces an ever-more toxic brew of chemicals. But many first responders diagnosed with cancer are being denied workers' comp benefits. Tony Dokoupil talks with firefighters who are battling more than just flames.

• Jun 16, 2019
• 10:21

The view through Quinn's window

Three-year-old Quinn Waters' natural immunity was temporarily wiped out after he got a stem cell transplant to treat his brain cancer. As a precaution, he isn't allowed outside his Weymouth, Massachusetts house, and no one is allowed inside to visit. But that hasn't stopped the world from beating a path to his window. Steve Hartman reports.

• Aug 25, 2019
• 02:38

Passage: Valerie Harper

"Sunday Morning" looks back at the life and career of actress Valerie Harper, who earned four Emmys as Rhoda Morgenstern in the sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda." Harper died Friday at the age of 80. Lee Cowan reports.

• Sep 1, 2019
• 02:43

This Year at Murrieta

Can distilled water and lemon juice help cure cancer? That was one of the outrageous claims peddled by a California health spa selling "miracle cures" to the sick and elderly. With a 60 Minutes soundman posing as a wealthy leukemia sufferer, Wallace's team exposes the clinic and its staff.

• Jan 1, 1978
• 19:52

Jeffrey Wigand, Ph.D. (2 parts)

Mike Wallace interviews Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, former director of research for the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, in this two-part investigation. Wigand claims that B&W knowingly hid evidence that nicotine was addictive and smoking could cause cancer and other diseases.

• Feb 4, 1996
• 29:50

FDA grants breakthrough status to Duke cancer therapy

Scott Pelley follows patients in a clinical trial of a new cancer therapy with results promising enough to make the treatment a breakthrough.

• May 15, 2016
• 12:32

FDA grants breakthrough status to Duke cancer therapy

Scott Pelley continues his report on the Duke clinical trail of a new cancer therapy. Discoveries take Duke researchers in a direction they never imagined.

• May 15, 2016
• 14:39

Make-A-Wish

Bill Whitaker meets some of the people behind the popular organization that grants the wishes of seriously ill children.

• Dec 31, 2017
• 14:03

McCain: "We're getting nothing done"

Not long after his cancer diagnosis, John McCain excoriated his fellow senators for not working across the aisle. "We're getting nothing done," he said.

• Aug 26, 2018
• 01:25

Using psychedelics to overcome anxiety

Most of the 51 cancer patients in a Johns Hopkins study saw their depression and anxiety decrease after their psilocybin experience. Kerry Pappas was one of those patients

• Oct 13, 2019
• 01:13

Exercise, diet may help in cancer battle

Exercise can improve survival rates in colon cancer patients, according to a new study by the New England Journal of Medicine. Another study by the American Society of Clinical Oncology suggests that melanoma patients on high-fiber diets responded better to treatments. Dr. Jennifer McQuade, a melanoma medical oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, joins "CBS Morning News" to break down the studies.

• Jun 3
• 04:25

Stanford professor turns his terminal cancer diagnosis into a class

Dr. Bryant Lin, who has stage 4 lung cancer, created a Stanford class that follows his journey, offering students an unfiltered look at what it means to live through terminal illness.

• Jun 2

Colon cancer survival rates improved with exercise, study finds

Colon cancer​ patients saw improved survival rates after a 3-year exercise program, according to a first-of-its-kind international experiment.

• Jun 2

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