CANCER RESEARCH

Charlotte Jenkins and Harper Mathis are returning to Main Street on Sunday.

More than 62,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and today hundreds of Metro Detroiters came out to raise awareness and money for research.

U-M Regent Ron Weiser has committed $30 million to establish new prostate cancer center on university's medical campus.

Shellie Mathis and Kabe Jenkins share a friendship bond -- they both work for the Ann Arbor Police Department and they share a common challenge with their daughters.

Christina Costa takes a picture with her neurosurgeon, Dr. Wajd Al-Holou ahead of her surgery in September 2020. We found a mass in your brain,’” Costa recalls them telling her. She said her neurosurgeon, U-M alumnus Dr. Wajd Al-Holou, left an immediate impression on her. She began selling T-shirts on Instagram at the end of 2020 with a plan to surprise Dr. Al-Holou in January with the funds. “It was so incredible.”AdAfter raising $40,000 on her own, the donor matched each dollar raised and she presented Dr. Al-Holou with a gift of just over $81,000 in January.

New study on birth control pills, breast cancer risk Findings in the journal Cancer Research found certain birth control pills with high amounts of estrogen may increase the risk of breast cancer. Also, new blood and saliva tests could be early detectors in oral cancer linked to HPV. Marie Hall reports on the day's top health stories.