/tags/cancer Cancer en-US Copyright Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:58:51 GMT /news/2024-04-22/raleigh-new-fire-truck-cancer-risk The Rehab 12 fire truck will include several upgrades such as sanitation stations created to offer firefighters protection on the job. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:58:51 GMT /news/2024-04-22/raleigh-new-fire-truck-cancer-risk Sharryse Piggott /health/2024-04-10/free-mammogram-screening-breast-cancer-nash-north-carolina A mobile breast cancer screening program is scheduled to launch this month in Nash County. The event is the first of one nonprofit’s efforts to provide 200 free mammograms across Eastern North Carolina. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:22:16 GMT /health/2024-04-10/free-mammogram-screening-breast-cancer-nash-north-carolina Sophie Mallinson /health/2024-01-31/camp-lejeune-water-contamination-cancers-cdc-study-nc The study found military personnel stationed at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers. The list includes some types of leukemia and lymphoma and cancers of the lung, breast, throat, esophagus and thyroid. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:10:38 GMT /health/2024-01-31/camp-lejeune-water-contamination-cancers-cdc-study-nc Associated Press /health/2023-08-15/medicaid-expansion-north-carolina-federal-budget-kinsley-cancer The General Assembly was expected to pass a state budget by July 1. Now, it could be weeks until a budget is approved and state health officials can start rolling out Medicaid expansion. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:48:21 GMT /health/2023-08-15/medicaid-expansion-north-carolina-federal-budget-kinsley-cancer Caitlyn Yaede /health/2023-05-31/unc-scientist-on-his-path-from-surviving-brain-cancer-to-researching-ways-to-help-treat-it In 2007, as a college sophomore, Andrew Satterlee was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. Now, he's researching ways to help treat it. Wed, 31 May 2023 10:00:00 GMT /health/2023-05-31/unc-scientist-on-his-path-from-surviving-brain-cancer-to-researching-ways-to-help-treat-it Will Michaels /sports/2023-03-27/unc-nba-big-eric-montross-battling-cancer Montross is a radio analyst for UNC game broadcasts and works for the Rams Club, the fundraising arm of UNC’s athletics department. Montross is a two-time Associated Press second-team All-American and was part of UNC's 1993 NCAA title winner. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:49:14 GMT /sports/2023-03-27/unc-nba-big-eric-montross-battling-cancer Associated Press /environment/2021-11-24/officials-unsafe-levels-chemical-found-pittsboro-water WRAL-TV reports Since Nov. 8, the town of Pittsboro has been performing almost-daily tests for 1,4-Dioxane after the City of Greensboro warned communities downstream of contamination in the Haw River. Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:56:55 GMT /environment/2021-11-24/officials-unsafe-levels-chemical-found-pittsboro-water Associated Press /health/2021-09-08/north-carolina-is-a-hotspot-for-colorectal-cancer-in-black-men A year after South Carolina native and "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer, stats show colorectal cancer is killing Black men in neighboring North Carolina disproportionately. Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:26:51 GMT /health/2021-09-08/north-carolina-is-a-hotspot-for-colorectal-cancer-in-black-men Elizabeth Thompson | North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp /politics/2021-03-29/thom-tillis-surgery-prostate-cancer-senate-north-carolina Sen. Thomas Tillis says he's got prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week in North Carolina to treat it. Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:27:33 GMT /politics/2021-03-29/thom-tillis-surgery-prostate-cancer-senate-north-carolina Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-18/concerned-mom-discovers-higher-than-normal-cancer-rates-in-her-nc-community Susan Wind’s daughter was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer at 16 years old. Soon after the family shared the news, Wind started hearing from her… Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:12:52 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-18/concerned-mom-discovers-higher-than-normal-cancer-rates-in-her-nc-community Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio