cancer

A new study shows younger adults make up a much larger percentage of colorectal cancer patients than a few decades ago.

Jonathan Boudreaux says he wants to raise money in dedication to several loved ones who died of cancer. The Illini 4000 team of 17 riders will travel from New York City to San Francisco from late May to mid-August.

The Normal Public Library is trying to decide what to do about asbestos in the old section of the building. Interim Director John Fischer said there are several options, including temporarily moving part of the library and its programs to another site while work to remove the asbestos is done.

An Illinois State baseball player has made his long-awaited debut, two years after he overcame cancer.

An Illinois State baseball player has made his long-awaited debut, two years after he overcame cancer.

A McLean County jury delivered a $9.1 million verdict for a Bloomington family, following the 2019 death of a woman whose pancreatic cancer went undetected for more than two years.

New studies show encouraging signs for people undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer. A radiation oncologist at the Carle Cancer Institute in Normal, Patrick Fernandes, says early studies show radiation could be done in one week instead of the current six to eight weeks.

A Bloomington-Normal doctor says an earlier start to routine colon cancer screenings will save lives.

A Bloomington-Normal doctor says an earlier start to routine colon cancer screenings will save lives.

The Peoria-based OSF Healthcare system will borrow $450 million this fall with the money financing construction of a new comprehensive cancer center in…