Cancer

In June, Congress allowed a 34-year-old federal law that compensates victims of Cold War-era radiation exposure to lapse. Now, an effort is underway to pressure lawmakers to renew and expand the program before the end of the current lame-duck session.

A bill has been introduced in the U-S Senate that would study high cancer rates among American military pilots and other aviation crew.

Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva has announced he’s been diagnosed with cancer.

The American Lung Association says Arizona is near the bottom of U.S. states for lung cancer treatment and screening.

Pamela Uschuk is a poet, political activist, and wilderness advocate. She is also a cancer survivor, and in this week's segment of KNAU's series PoetrySnaps!, she shares a poem that moves through the experience and endurance of chemotherapy. Uschuk says her poem Green Flame was inspired by one particular sight in nature.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer has upgraded how it classifies the risks associated with firefighting. The group recently released a report based on studies led by the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the Tucson Fire Department that lists the occupation as carcinogenic.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation requiring health insurers and the state’s Medicaid plan to pay for biomarker tests needed for many cancer treatments.

The U.S. Senate has passed bipartisan legislation designating July 20, 2022, as National Glioblastoma Day in honor of the late Arizona Republican Senator John McCain. He died from the disease in 2018.

A bill to fund the federal government through the rest of this fiscal year that was signed into law Friday includes $8 million for the cancer treatment center at the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation.

First lady Jill Biden touted her husband’s push to eradicate cancer and the Biden administration’s efforts to improve health care for Native Americans during a stop at the Tohono O’odham Nation outside Tucson on Tuesday.