There are 17 article(s) tagged cancer:

• August 2024

  • Former Arlington Community Schools superintendent dies after battling cancer

    Jeff Mayo, the Arlington Community Schools superintendent who recently stepped aside from the post, had melanoma.

    By Abigail Warren, Michael Waddell August 26, 2024

• April 2024

  • Sista Strut recognizes community members and breast-cancer survivors

    While walking to raise awareness for breast-cancer rates in Black women, Sista Strut recognized Danita Brown for her work in the community.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 06, 2024

• March 2024

  • Calkins: Stage four lung cancer can’t keep Joye Lee-McNelis from coaching (and winning!) 1,000th game

    It may be the best story of this basketball postseason. And one of the hardest stories, too. The former Memphis women’s basketball coach went to astonishing lengths to be with her Southern Miss team through it all.

    By Geoff Calkins March 29, 2024

• August 2023

  • Jennifer Biggs, much-loved food writer, dies of cancer complications

    Biggs publicly announced her stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis in June. “I can’t begin to express the love and gratitude I’ve felt from and for all of you,” she wrote on Facebook.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 16, 2023

• May 2023

  • Miles away, years apart: Air pollution steals time from Black communities

    Air pollution is a global issue when it comes to longevity. In Shelby County, there are five air monitoring sites but not one in southwest Memphis, where residents have some of the area’s lowest life expectancies. 

    By Keely Brewer May 04, 2023

• March 2023

  • Guest Column: Saved by science — a cancer survivor goes to Washington

    “My advocacy work has a purpose. I have a purpose. And as long as I’m able to advocate, I will continue to fight for others with melanoma.”

    By Ken Billett March 22, 2023

  • Collierville judge overcomes rare cancer

    Collierville’s municipal judge has overcome a rare form of cancer that affects only 60 Americans each year. And she has a missing middle finger to prove it.

    By Abigail Warren March 14, 2023

  • Gilda’s Club relieves burdens for Mid-South cancer patients and their loved ones

    After actress Gilda Radner’s death, her husband, actor Gene Wilder, established Gilda’s Club in New York City to help people with cancer find support with their friends and family. On Wednesday, Methodist Cancer Institute opened the Memphis chapter.

    By Aisling Mäki March 02, 2023

  • Make-A-Wish, Brother International team up to grant young girl’s Disney dream

    A young cancer patient and her family will venture to the happiest place on earth because of the efforts of Brother International and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

    By Michael Waddell March 01, 2023

• December 2022

  • Jim Gaffigan steps in to deliver Methodist luncheon’s keynote speech

    After scheduled speaker George Lopez had to cancel due to COVID, comedian Jim Gaffigan spoke to Methodist Healthcare Foundation’s attendees of his family’s own medical crisis.

    By Aisling Mäki December 16, 2022

• July 2022

  • St. Jude commits nearly $13B to accelerate research, treatment for pediatric diseases

    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has committed a total of $12.9 billion to accelerate research and treatment for children around the world with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

    By Aisling Mäki July 13, 2022

• November 2021

  • Calkins: Dancing with cancer. How two Memphis Pom teammates won’t let their diagnosis ruin their dreams

    Josie Fellers and Chloe Wells are teammates on Memphis Pom who share a hometown, a birthday — and a fierce determination to not let cancer ruin their dreams. 

    By Geoff Calkins November 08, 2021

• August 2021

  • St. Jude: Children with cancer face significantly higher risk of severe COVID

    20% of children in global cancer registry developed serious disease; in 4% of cases, COVID was fatal. 

    By Jane Roberts August 28, 2021

• May 2019

  • CAR T therapy turns patient’s T-cells into cancer killers

    A new cancer treatment is giving lymphoma patients who are not responsive to chemotherapy another option than hospice care. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 26, 2019

• December 2018

  • Fear, lack of insurance could be keeping Memphis-area women from mammograms

    Breast cancer consortium to probe why more women in the Memphis metro are not getting annual mammograms, and reasons behind the wide mortality gap between white and black women. 

    By Michelle Corbet December 29, 2018

  • Dr. Bob’s Brain

    There were only a few warning signs that something might be wrong. Dr. Robert Bolding thought he had perhaps suffered a stroke. There was the numbness on his left side, and his family said his behavior was odd. He was inclined to ignore the frequent headaches, figuring maybe it was just the weather.

    By Karen Pulfer Focht December 26, 2018

• November 2018

  • Photo Gallery: Downtown Memphis runs pink for cancer fundraiser

    Downtown Memphis was flooded with pink tutus, pink wigs and pink feathered boas as more than 6,000 runners turned out for the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. 

    By Jim Weber November 01, 2018