Funeral held for Scottsdale Fire captain who died from cancer

The Scottsdale Fire Department on Tuesday honored the memory of a fallen captain who passed away following a battle with cancer.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin undergoes prostate cancer surgery, White House unaware until days later

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday.

Couple weds at hospital after groom is admitted

“I’m just so happy. In palliative care, we do so many sad things and have a lot of hard conversations. So being able to participate in a wedding brings me so much joy." A couple that was forced to miss their wedding held it in the hospital instead.

Arizona woman receives scholarship to study cancer at Yale
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An Arizona woman is helping families fight cancer by speaking out about the scholarships available. She knows first hand how much that money can help. FOX 10's Steve Nielsen has more. Interested applicants can go to: https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/nmsurvivors or https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/nmsibling for more information.

Wildfires may release cancer-causing chromium 6, study reveals

A recent study from Stanford University has revealed a concerning connection between wildfires and the release of chromium 6, a known cancer-causing agent.

Comedian Tom Smothers, half of Smothers Brothers duo, dies at 86

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.

3x leukemia survivor encourages blood donations
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A three-time leukemia survivor is now working to save the lives of others. FOX 10's Desiree Fluellen tells us how he?s doing that and encouraging others to donate blood.

Merck-Moderna vaccine with Keytruda cuts risk of skin cancer relapse or death by half, data shows

Moderna on Thursday announced that an experimental cancer vaccine it is developing with Merck — when combined with the latter’s Keytruda immunotherapy — has been proven in a clinical trial to cut the risk of recurrence or death from the "most serious form of skin cancer" by half after three years.