cancer

WWNO’s Coastal Desk is taking a look back at the local and environmental news we produced this year.

President Joe Biden visited Tulane University on Tuesday and announced $150 million in federal funding for eight cancer research teams across the country.

A new study shows connection between cancer rates and air pollution in Louisiana's poorest and most industrialized neighborhoods.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Center plans to break ground on a $100 million stand-alone, multi-disciplinary cancer facility next year, according to state and health officials at a Monday press conference.

Dr. Renee Levine of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital comments on the challenges facing U.S. Senator John McCain. The…

The prevalence of smoking and other major cancer risk factors varies widely by state. So does the uptake for preventive screening tests.

For the past eight years, Professor Zhijun Liu of LSU’s AgCenter has been focusing on a chemotherapy drug called Taxol, used to treat ovarian and breast…

When a child falls ill with cancer, many of the drugs that might help are either experimental or unapproved for use in kids.

Jim Nickel is in the guest chair today while Jim Engster is away, and Nickel's brought with him three guests to help us cover politics, football and the…

Dr. Laura Hetzler is a plastic surgeon working with the multidisciplinary team at the Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center. She says what…