Cancer Survivor Quessenberry To Make NFL Debut For Texans
During the really tough times as he fought to overcome cancer, David Quessenberry would daydream about reaching his lifelong goal of playing in an NFL game.
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During the really tough times as he fought to overcome cancer, David Quessenberry would daydream about reaching his lifelong goal of playing in an NFL game.
Ricki Bateman is only 38 and knows this Christmas could be her last because of an aggressive brain tumor.
Republican Sen. John McCain has returned home to Arizona after being hospitalized for a viral infection while battling brain cancer and will miss a crucial Senate vote on the GOP tax package.
Former Vice President Joe Biden consoled the daughter of ailing Sen. John McCain after she began crying while discussing her father's battle with brain cancer.
A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, long before a lump or other signs appeared, a preliminary study found.
Modern birth control pills that are lower in estrogen have fewer side effects than past oral contraceptives. But a new study suggests that, like older pills, they still modestly raise the risk of breast cancer.
U.S. regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind test that looks for mutations in hundreds of cancer genes at once, giving a more complete picture of what's driving a patient's tumor and aiding efforts to match treatments to those flaws.
"Cancer's bad for anybody, but especially for children who are a few months old up to my age. That's really hard," says Brown.
This weekend a man from Waxahachie sets out on a unique quest. Scott Schlee is a pancreatic cancer survivor who is coming up on the 5-year anniversary of his diagnosis. But he's decided to use the date as inspiration to give back.
"There is no medical evidence whatsoever that glyphosate causes cancer," said Monsanto Vice President Scott Partridge. "I regret that these plaintiff lawyers have pointed them in that direction."
According to the American Cancer Society, pancreatic cancer recently moved from the fourth to the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, and is anticipated to become the second leading cause around 2020.
The EPA approved a plan to remove sediments laced with highly toxic dioxin from a partially submerged Superfund site near Houston damaged during Hurricane Harvey.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Be sure to talk with your primary care doctor about steps that you can take for breast health and screenings.
Hockey broadcaster Dave Strader has died after battling bile duct cancer for more than a year. He was 62.
The breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen has named a longtime business executive as its president and CEO. The group on Wednesday named Paula Schneider to the post, effective November 6.
15-year-old Anna Day is doing everything she can help to her 5-year-old sister Isabella fight cancer.
The U.S. government received reports of three spills at one of Houston's dirtiest Superfund toxic waste sites in the days after the drenching rains from Hurricane Harvey finally stopped.
On Saturday, September 30, thousands across America will swim to raise money for the fight against cancer.
A former North Texas teacher's aide who faked having cancer and took a car and donations from staff and students has been indicted on a count of theft of property.
Country singer Jo Dee Messina announced Wednesday that she has cancer and will be postponing her 2017 show dates after October 7. A statement did not specify the kind of cancer that Messina is battling.
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The FDA has approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells to seek and destroy childhood leukemia.
Experts say talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene.
A woman has been accused of pretending to be a doctor and falsely claiming her preschool-age son had terminal cancer so he could receive unnecessary hospital care and opioids.
A funeral will be held Wednesday in Houston for former Texas Gov. Mark White, who died over the weekend at age 77.
