Cancer

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.

A study led by University of Arizona Health Sciences shows disparities in breast cancer treatments for Indigenous women.

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution designating Glioblastoma Awareness Day this summer. It honors the late Arizona Senator John McCain who…

Colon cancer took a heavy toll on Loren McCabe's family.His great-grandmother was diagnosed too late to fight it. His grandfather didn't want to travel…

John McCain, the six-term Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for his brain cancer, his…

There are more than 4,200 abandoned uranium mines in the U.S., 500 of which are located on or near the Navajo Nation. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports, the…