October 24, 2015 Michigan mom, dad both fighting cancer as family looks after their two young daughters A Michigan couple fighting cancer is determined to beat their diagnoses not only for themselves, but also for their two young daughters, 9 News reported.
October 24, 2015 Louisiana hospital staff surprises pediatric cancer patient with a flash mob Medical staff at a Louisiana hospital gave a 12-year-old cancer patient a celebratory sendoff on her last day of treatment.
October 24, 2015 New Jersey boy, 6, battling leukemia has robot attend class for him A New Jersey boy battling leukemia hasn’t been to school since late January, but he has kept up with his classwork thanks to a robot that attends class for him, NJ.com reported.
October 24, 2015 Connecticut teen who fought chemotherapy treatment home from hospital A 17-year-old girl forced by the courts to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer has finished that treatment and was released Monday from a hospital where she had been confined since December.
October 24, 2015 WHO agency says insecticides lindane and DDT linked to cancer The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
October 24, 2015 Disabled HIV virus used to treat common childhood leukemia Scientists at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have invented an immunotherapy that has successfully treated children diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
October 24, 2015 Safety switches may redeem potent CAR T cancer therapies New therapies that clinical data show can eliminate blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma in 40 percent to 90 percent of patients may have to be genetically modified to include a switch that shields healthy cells from attack.
October 23, 2015 California boy who beat leukemia urges near-universal measles jabs A 7-year-old cancer survivor has made a public plea in Northern California for near-universal measles vaccinations, following a rare outbreak of the contagious disease that began in December at the Disneyland resort.
October 23, 2015 Atlanta Braves legend Tom Glavine raising awareness of childhood cancer When National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine and his wife, Christine, volunteered to help a local family with a child battling cancer, they were surprised to learn how little was being done in the field to find a cure.
February 5, 2015 Fears of addiction keep cancer patients from getting pain relief Fears of opioid abuse and addiction might be keeping patients with advanced cancer from getting enough pain medicine, researchers say.
