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Ashland New Plays Festival/ANPFThe Ashland New Plays Festival presents four plays October 16-20 at Southern Oregon University's Main Stage Theatre. Two finalists of the annual competition, Novid Parsi and Keiko Green, tell JPR's Vanessa Finney what audiences can expect. -
Matt Rourke/AP PhotoLow-income patients who need specialized cancer treatment often struggle to get it. Advocates say a new law is a small step toward improving services for those patients.
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A recent guest on The Exchange made the case for working to catch cancer much earlier, catching the first cell, rather than trying to kill the last. The鈥� -
People with cancer are able to live longer than they used to, thanks to modern treatments. But it's debatable whether we are gaining any ground in the war鈥� -
Talk about dedication: Siddhartha Mukherjee works to defeat cancer in his own medical career, teaches students in medical school, and writes books about鈥� -
Nike co-founder Phil Knight gives away a lot of money. Sometimes, there are strings attached, like when he offered half a billion dollars to Oregon Health鈥� -
You don't get a choice in whether or not you get cancer. But you do get a choice--many choices, in fact--in how your cancer is treated. This is the main鈥� -
The terms "cure" and "cancer" generally do not appear in the same sentence, except to describe what we all hope for the future. Yet Glenn Sabin swears his鈥� -
We know a whole lot about the way genes work, but we still get into debates about nature vs nurture. How much DO our genes determine the kinds of people鈥� -
Tom Brokaw was once called "The Kid," the youngest of the major TV network evening news anchors. His career may be behind him, but not his journalistic鈥� -
Good friends stick together, through thick and thin. Kathy Oliver, Judy Pouley, and Michelle Andersen first started hanging out 40 years ago, and they're鈥� -
Colorectal cancer kills around 50,000 people in the United States every year. It certainly can be treated when detected, which is why the push is on once鈥� -
Beating some types of cancer involves thinking small鈥� VERY small. Down to the gene level and below, in the case of acute myeloid leukemia, or AML. The鈥� -
We know a lot more about breast cancer than we once knew. More lives are saved, but women still get the disease and die from it. Breast cancer topics will鈥�
