Health
KU, Children’s Mercy cement relationship with cancer agreement
A new agreement between the University of Kansas and Children’s Mercy will strengthen research, education and clinical ties between the institutions in oncology and beyond, officials said Wednesday at a signing ceremony.
Children’s Mercy, KU team up to fight childhood cancer
Children’s Mercy Hospital said late Monday that it has joined a consortium organized through the University of Kansas Cancer Center.
Cancer in KC: ‘Beauty of survival, strength, courage, humor’
Krista Graham asked photographer Angie Jennings to document her breast cancer treatment. Jennings complied the photos into a book. They share their story as part of KCPT and Flatland’s Cancer in KC. Ken Burns’ “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies”
‘The Big C’ Is Big Business in KC area
The 40-mile stretch of highway between Olathe, Kan., and Liberty, Mo., is a key artery in the region’s health care system, bookended by community hospitals and passing a few more medical centers along the way. Yet this part of Interstate 35 is quickly becoming something more: a cancer corridor, dotted with expanding oncology programs and…
Cancer in KC: Dr. Jennifer Laurence
This story is a part of KCPT’s Cancer in KC series, produced in conjunction with the PBS documentary Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, a three-part, six-hour major television event from filmmaker Ken Burns, airing March 30-April 1. The series examines cancer’s impact in the metro with medical experts, cancer researchers and survivors. We want to learn more about how cancer…