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Cancer Types

Leukemia

  • Challenges Remain for Kids With Cancer

    More children are being treated successfully for cancer. Yet researchers continue searching for new therapies that will help kids who don't respond to standard treatments.

    by Cameron Walker

  • Survivor Profile

    Putting Her Armor On

    An acute myeloid leukemia survivor and former TV news reporter finds a new reason to help others improve their health.

    by Jennifer Walker

  • Yesterday & Today

    Improbable Champion

    Susan Butcher won Alaska's grueling Iditarod dog-sled race four times. Her 2005 leukemia diagnosis marked the beginning of her greatest challenge.

    by Jocelyn Selim

  • Yesterday & Today

    Shining a Light

    60 Minutes journalist Ed Bradley tried to “shine a light in a dark corner” through his work, but he kept his long struggle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia private.

    by Brittany Moya del Pino

  • The Power of One

    A cancer survivor reflects on the stranger who gave him a second chance at life.

    by Robert Henslin

  • The Survival Gap

    In the Nowhere Land between adult and pediatric cancer treatment, young adults face survival rates that have missed out on the gains seen by other age groups. Can new efforts help them improve their outcomes?

    by Charlotte Huff

  • Cancer In America

    Standard of Care

    Research suggests that black patients, as a whole, aren't receiving the same level of treatment as white patients. Can building better bonds between doctors and patients help?

    by Charlotte Huff

  • The Birth of a Targeted Therapy

    A serendiptious discovery more than 50 years ago heralded a new age of cancer treatment.

    by Jocelyn Selim