Cancer

100 miles is a lot of miles for little legs, but one Southern Tier boy has pledged to walk 100 miles to raise money to support kids with cancer at St. Jude.

Teagan is a 5-year-old sweetheart from Oxford and she was diagnosed with cancer in 2020. It has returned and a "team of fighters" has banded together to help her with her medical expenses.

Otsego Fair Hosting Bassett Cancer Screening Coach

Jury awards 2 Billion in compensation to couple who claimed Roundup Weed Killed caused their cancer. Thousands more to follow...

Free Screenings with Bassett’s Mobile Mammography Coach in Oneonta, New York on Wednesday, February 25, 2015.

Free Screenings with Bassett’s Mobile Mammography Coach in Oneonta, New York on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.

The picture above is why I participate in Relay For Life.  Tonight I'll be joining my sister's team at the Chenango County Fair Grounds in Norwich, New York.  To celebrate, honor, and remember those affected by cancer.

What started out as an act of compassion has turned into a heated controversy.

The annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2009, shows that overall cancer death rates continued to decline in the United States among both men and women and among all major racial and ethnic groups.

The state's five-year plan for fighting cancer targets smoking, poor nutrition and obesity to limit the disease that is now diagnosed in more than 100,000 New Yorkers annually while killing about 35,000. Noting the nearly 1 million cancer survivors among the state's 19 million people, the plan also calls for tracking their quality-of-life outcomes and ensuring appropriate follow-up care, including