cancer

The settlement, which would resolve legal claims that the agribusiness giant's weedkiller caused a type of cancer, still needs the approval of a Missouri judge.

A new partnership will create a theranostics health care platform in the region with radiopharmaceutical production and therapy, molecular imaging, and clinical trials all at the same location. One Kansas City health care system will be among the first to offer the treatment to children.

The Trump administration proposed slashing billions of dollars from federal health agencies, but a high school student from Overland Park has been pushing lawmakers to preserve cancer research funding. Plus, we remember a beloved Kansas City singer who died after a long battle with cancer.

An Overland Park high schooler traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for cancer research funding after the Trump administration proposed slashing the National Institutes of Health budget.

A bill that would have insulated Bayer and other chemical companies from lawsuits over cancer risks failed in the Missouri Senate, after bipartisan opposition arose. But there's little doubt that the legislation will return next session.

Triple negative breast cancer is aggressive and hard to treat. It also disproportionately affects Black women. A University of Kansas medical researcher is working to find out why and expand treatment options.

A cancer diagnosis is life-changing, and even with the most supportive family and friends a personalized approach is needed. Gilda's Club Kansas City and the Balm Box company help cancer survivors and their loved ones with meaningful resources and gifts.

American Cancer Society research shows that despite significant drops in the mortality rate, breast cancer incidence rates have risen in Kansas and across the country in the past decade, with a particularly notable increase among women younger than 50.

Planned Parenthood reports nearly one in five of its patients is insured by Medicaid, which covers contraceptive access, sexually transmitted infections treatment, cancer screenings and more.

Missouri continues to see maternal and infant mortality rates, breast and cervical cancer death rates, preterm births, congenital syphilis and depression around pregnancy at rates that are higher than the national average. It also fared among the worst nationally for mental health.

Since last summer, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has been pushing for an expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include Missouri and other states where communities were harmed by nuclear bomb testing and waste.

Missouri and Iowa show little progress in cutting their rates of new cancer cases, according to the latest American Lung Association report. Nebraska and Kansas saw rates of new cases remain below or at the national average.