Cancer

To kick off National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, local organizers dyed the water in the Kiener Plaza Fountain in downtown St. Louis teal -- the…

New data are adding to concerns that exposure to radioactive waste in Coldwater Creek could be causing cancers and other health problems.Nuclear waste…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 4, 2013 - New technology is everywhere these days. Even in the basement of the Washington…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 17, 2013: Scientists at the Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine have…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 15, 2013 - Samuel Achilefu, professor of radiology at Washington University Optical Radiology…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Samuel Achilefu, professor of radiology at Washington University Optical Radiology Laboratory, is…

In separate studies both published today, researchers at Washington University mapped the genomes of two types of cancer: endometrial cancer, and acute…

Residents of the area around Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County do not have higher rates of cancers caused by exposure to radiation. That's the…

The American Cancer Society is launching a nationwide study to try to better understand the genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that contribute…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 7, 2013 - During the long month between Richard Hawkins’ stage-four neck cancer diagnosis and…