Cancer

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox will host a free event for anyone affected by lung cancer, including patients and their families and friends.

Army veteran Skip Hoechbauer of Joliet is currently the quartermaster at Stone City VFW Post 2199 in Joliet and and a volunteer for Lightways’ We Honor Veterans program.

CGH will hold a lung-screening event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at 100 E. LeFevre Road in Sterling. Screenings require an appointment and a physician’s order.

The Lincoln-way Area Business Women’s Organization honored Judy Niemann for her "tireless support" as well as chairing the organization’s Christmas Auction for more than 30 years

Battling cancer is a daunting and oftentimes lonely fight. But on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, Washington School’s Peggy Craft was shown she has over 400 students, staff members and teachers lacing up their gloves in a show of love and support.

The third annual one-mile walk raising awareness about breast cancer and diabetes will take place on Saturday morning at the Will County Office building in Joliet.

Shannon Connolly, 47, of Frankfort, manager of central scheduling and insurance verification at Silver Cross, wasn’t even worried when she had the mammogram in November, even after Connolly learned she’d likely need follow-up tests.

Downers Grove North High School senior Taylor Florey is battling bone cancer in her knee, and GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay her medical costs.

President Joe Biden visited New Orleans on Tuesday to promote his administration’s “moonshot” initiative aiming to dramatically reduce cancer deaths

Time for Hope will host its annual Strike Out Pancreatic Cancer night with the Joliet Slammers at Duly Health and Care Field in Joliet on Saturday, July 20.

For nearly 20 years, Audrey Montalto of Plainfield has raised money and awareness for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network through her community ambassador program Time for Hope.

A Round Lake Beach woman has defied the odds, living and thriving after treatments for lung cancer that had spread to her brain and spine.

Tai Chi: Meditation in Motion, taught by Erin Bloodworth, the wellness coordinator at Northwestern Medicine Living Well Cancer Resource Center in Geneva. It’s intended for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers.

Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference.

The CC2 Forever Foundation was founded shortly after Connor Christian, 18, a Lockport resident and athlete, died 18 days after being after being diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma. Proceeds from Saturday's Strike Out Cancer event support brain cancer research.

Lieutenant Tom Clifton has been serving the Lockport community as a firefighter and paramedic for 15 years, but that's not the only way he's found to serve others in need.

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said.

Kate, 42, hadn’t been seen publicly since Christmas until video surfaced this week of her with her husband, Prince William, heir to the throne, walking from a farm shop near their Windsor home.

Hawthorn, a super-regional shopping center in Vernon Hills, invites the community to “Rock the Bald” during a fun-filled St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event to raise money to help find a cure for childhood cancer.

Glenn Wood, superintendent of District 202 in Plainfield, said the parade celebrated Hernandez’s contributions to the community. Wood called Hernandez the “consummate professional” and a man of “great character.”

Registration is required for Saturday's event. Hernandez, former director of community relations for District 202 in Plainfield, has battled brain cancer since 2022.

Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, an independent practice before it was acquired in 2021 by Duly Health and Care, will close Jan. 31.

Angie Caldwell, president of Pink Heals Joliet Area Chapter, said cancer plus the holidays sometimes often emotionally hits women particularly hard since they often feel responsible for everyone’s well-being.

Robin Curtner, owner of Magical Marketing in Lockport, is working to fulfill her younger sister's last wishes and take care of her daughters, and she has some help from local businesses, who are hosting a holiday fundraiser for the family.

Time Machine lead singer John Gacek is thoroughly familiar with being on the giving side of a benefit. But with his medical debt rising, and the need to tackle making his house handicapped-accessible, he’s readying for the role reversal.

Lee County Courthouse employees throughout October wore pink in recognition of breast cancer awareness and to raise funds for the cause.

State Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, recently proposed a bill that would designate Oct. 13 as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and according to a news release a Hampshire constituent was his inspiration.

Jorgie Espinoza, 10 of Joliet, recently received a dream bedroom makeover from Special Spaces. Jorgie has battled leukemia since 2021 and should complete treatment in November 2024.

To raise awareness and much-needed funds, JCC Chicago is hosting the second annual SunriseWALKS on Oct. 15 at the Lake County JCC campus in Lake Zurich.

Putting off routine screenings can lead to bigger problems in the long run. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women are encouraged to return to getting their routine mammograms.

Annamae Ginter, 70, of Oak Forest, credits her providers at UChicago Medicine Breast Clinic at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox for helping her beat breast cancer.

Get important community health news on respiratory illnesses, women's health issues and special programs this month.

Proceeds from this year’s event to benefit Forreston High School student who is battling leukemia

With the arrival of summer, the risk of skin cancer increases as people spend more time outdoors.

Artificial intelligence has helped physicians who perform colonoscopies achieve a 13% increase in the detection and removal of colorectal polyps, according research shared by Northwestern Medicine at a Chicago-based conference in May.

Joliet Slammers attendees may receive educational materials on screenings for various cancers and.a rapid skin check.

CGH Medical Center takes part in colorectal cancer awareness activities

Hundreds of people came to show their support for Plainfield teacher Lynn Smith, who is fighting cancer, by greeting her at her home and creating a display of luminaries. Smith said the outpouring of support she and her family received “has been so wonderful.”

McHenry Township Fire District Cheif Rudy Horist survived his own cancer and now teaches new firefighters how to avoid finding themselves with a similar diagnosis in the future.

Lynn Smith, 53, a longtime Plainfield resident, mother of three and teacher at District 202 in Plainfield for 32 years is battling stage 4 colon cancer. Her friends friends have raised nearly $30,000 in just a week and will host a luminary ceremony for her on Jan. 29.

Libby Hall, 75, of Joliet, is finding success with the Optune device, which sends an electrical field into her brain cancer cells. It's the only treatment Hall is currently receiving and she wants everyone to know about it.

President Joe Biden is set to channel John F. Kennedy on the 60th anniversary of the former president’s moonshot speech

In 2012, Joliet Catholic Academy junior Matt "Mammo” Mammosser died five months after his diagnosis of a rare cancer. His family is still raising donating money in his memory.

The Cancer Care Center at the Ascension Illinois Health Center – Romeoville provides most of the cancer care services available at St. Joe's in Joliet.

Overall, Chiara Robinette of Minooka and the mother of two active young sons, is feeling pretty good, considering she’s battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Her goal is to see both her sons turn 18.

The annual fundraising walk and victory lap for cancer survivors nearly reached $95,000 fundraising goal.

Vinnie Gincauskas, 15, has volunteered for Lockport’s Haunted Hayride and at the Lockport Resource Center. He likes antiques, history, musicals, theater and the Titanic. He also has a cancer so rare, no standard of care exists.

Postponing cancer screenings and routine appointments may have protected some people from COVID.-19 But it didn't protect them from cancer and worsening of chronic conditions.

Wenora Johnson’s colon cancer was found before she was old enough for the recommended screening

Staley: ‘The fear of the virus is what has affected business – the fear of going out, period’