Mayo Clinic Scottsdale is currently testing a new procedure that provides high doses of radiation to breast cancer patients at the time of cancer surgery.

McKenzie Monks refused to wear a wig over her tiny, bald head.

A state-of-the-art cancer treatment and research center will be built near Mercy Gilbert Medical Center.

December 25, 2004

Kathie Kukla started steadily losing weight two years ago.

Initiallly, she viewed the weight loss as a good thing — until she was diagnosed with liver cancer. “When I read that report, it just absolutely terrified me,” said Kukla, a 65-year-old Sun City resident.

Ronald Walker knew he would need more than a routine physical exam when he became a security officer at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Wintersburg. The Glendale man didn’t realize the exam helped save his life and put him on an innovative path of treatment which could help prostate cancer patients.

Ronald Walker knew he would need more than a routine physical exam when he became a security officer at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Wintersburg. The Glendale man didn’t realize the exam helped save his life and put him on an innovative path of treatment which could help prostate cancer patients.

A diagnosis of cancer of any kind can surely be devastating. But for those with prostate cancer in the East Valley, there is new hope when it comes to obtaining targeted treatment with fewer side effects.

Spencer Shores, a pediatric cancer patient at Banner Children’s Hospital, wanted to do something special for the hospital when he came to the end of his treatment program, something he could share with other kids like him. So, Spencer and his family on Friday, February 27, donated a ceremonial gong that a child can ring when they’ve come to the end of their chemo/radiation journey. It will be a new tradition at the hospital.

MOBILE, Ala. - Former major leaguer Brett Butler said doctors have traced the cause of his mild stroke to radiation treatment he received for throat cancer 11 years ago.

This past summer, David Krausman was diagnosed with a fast-growing brain tumor, one that threatened to take his life in just over a year. It was a diagnosis he wasn't willing to accept.

Years ago, Mary and David Krausman met in German class in high school. Now, a few decades later, the couple travelled to Germany, not as a romantic homage to their school days, but for David to receive an alternative form of cancer therapy not approved in the United States.

Years ago, Mary and David Krausman met in German class in high school. Now, a few decades later, the couple travelled to Germany, not as a romantic homage to their school days, but for David to receive an alternative form of cancer therapy not approved in the United States.

Gilbert has lost out to west Phoenix as the site for a new $80-million to $100 million cancer hospital to be built by Cancer Treatment Centers of America.

DURHAM, N.C. - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was set to undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said.

An Arizona State University-led research team has secured a $40.8 million federal grant to develop a radiation-measuring device that could be used in the event of a nuclear accident.

A mobile oncology radiation unit at Mayo Clinic Hospital in north Phoenix gave Harold Nolde an option in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers will break ground next week on a new two-story, 29,000-square-foot building in Gilbert that’s expected to open by the end of the year.