How to help parents identify available pediatric leukemia trials
Leukemia is the most common form of cancer in children. But often, they have to wait six-and-a-half years or longer on average for new treatments.
Drug could help thousands with advanced breast cancer, researchers say
The latest gain for targeted cancer therapy could open new treatment possibilities to thousands of patients with advanced breast cancer.
New genetic experiment was found to shrink woman's pancreatic cancer
Researchers culled T cells from the woman's blood and genetically engineered them to spot a mutant protein fueling her cancer.
6-year-old girl battling brain cancer receives money raised by Oak Forest High School students
Students at Oak Forest High School collected enough spare change to give a $1,000 gift to the family of 6-year-old Maggie DeVries who is facing what her mom calls the “silly spot” on her brain and an operable tumor.
Children on the inpatient oncology floor at Lurie Children's celebrate 'Donut Day'
A downtown Chicago hospital has a new tactic to give patients and their families a sweet break from challenging times.
'A Pint for Kim': Blood drive in honor of Naperville woman who died of cancer kicks off in Chicago
Right next to Wrigley Field on Thursday, the focus wasn’t baseball but blood.
Johnny Cash fundraiser that supports pediatric cancer returning to Chicago this weekend
After a two-year hiatus, the Johnny Cash fundraiser is getting the bands back together and performing in person this Saturday, May 7 in Chicago.
These 3 steps may reduce cancer risk in older adults, study suggests
Researchers in Switzerland said they noticed a reduced cancer risk among their participants over a three-year period.
Promising cancer vaccine in the works utilizing similar mRNA technology that combats COVID: researchers
COVID-19 vaccine technology doesn’t just fight viruses – it can combat cancer.
Scientists find room for improvement in colonoscopies
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading killer among all types of cancer and doctors order over 15-million colonoscopies each year.
