Cancer

The holidays are naughty and nice for the first responders, who must deal with a stampede at a toy store, a mistletoe stunt gone awry and neighbours competing in a Christmas-light showdown. Meanwhile, Bobby contemplates his future with Athena.

The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. The 97-2 vote sends the bill to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.

The Cabrera family in Bloomfield, new jersey, has plenty to smile about these days. They recently learned their daughter, Magen, has received an $8,000 college scholarship. Five years ago, she was diagnosed with leukemia.

The benefits of the HPV vaccine are exceeding expectations. Researchers say this could lead to the elimination of cervical cancer. Dr. Jennifer Caudle, an associate professor at Rowan University, hopes more young children and young people get the shot.

Players from the New York Yankees escorted pediatric cancer patients down the catwalk as part of Hope Week, an annual event put on my Runway Heroes, a non-profit that features children with cancer in fashion events.

The House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to reauthorize the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Wednesday. The bill will guarantee support for sick first responders and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks until 2090, but it still needs to pass the House and Senate.

Pointing to rows of uniformed firefighters and police officers behind him, Jon Stewart said the congressional hearing "should be flipped," so that first responders were on the dais, with members of Congress "down here" in witness chairs answering their questions.

Almost two dozen young boys and girls marked one of their biggest milestones yet: Accepting their diplomas at The Morgan Center, a preschool for children undergoing cancer treatment.

Daniel Barragan, 9, is hoping that his father, Benjamin, can return to the United States after having his application for a green card denied for previously entering the country illegally.

The U.S. cancer death rate has been falling for at least 25 years, according to a new report. Lower smoking rates are translating into fewer deaths. Advances in early detection and treatment also are having a positive impact, experts say.

Sandra Lee documented her journey through breast cancer treatment and recovery. It's the subject of a new documentary, 'Rx Early Detection: A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee.'

On the quaint campus of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, Dr. Jason Sheltzer hopes to find a treatment for cancer. CRISPR, short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, is a molecular tool that allows scientists to go in and modify specific cells. For the past three years, Sheltzer has been studying the cancer cell line. He hopes discoveries inside his lab will lead to clinical trials and ultimately improve treatment for cancer in the future.

Queens teenager Brooke Pearson posted a video on her YouTube channel four months ago telling followers she would be taking a break for health reasons. She believed that the numbness in her hands and legs was from anxiety.

In 2013, Judy Perkins, then 47, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through a series of standard treatments, including chemotherapy and hormonal therapy. But nothing was working until she joined a trial at the National Cancer Institute, where researchers thought they could tap into Judy's own immune system to fight the cancer. She has been cancer-free for 22 months.

Dr. Elizabeth Comen of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center explained the big news about a new study about chemotherapy and breast cancer.

Dr. Marleen Meyers, a medical oncologist at NYU Langone's Perlmutter Cancer Center, told four patients on Monday they will be able to forgo chemotherapy without hurting their chances of beating breast cancer, thanks to the results of a new study funded by the National Cancer Institute. The study found women with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer were getting chemo when they didn't need to be and can be better treated in other ways.

Whether to get screened for prostate cancer is a question that men aged 55 to 69 should decide themselves in consultation with their doctors, according to finalized guidance issued Tuesday by an influential panel of health care experts. New evidence suggests that PSA blood tests can slightly reduce the chances of dying from the disease for some men, so those decisions may be a little easier. Though screening can sometimes lead to drastic, needless treatment, the panel says that can sometimes be avoided with close monitoring when cancer is detected.