Cancer


  1. Genesis launches Cancer Institute

    Infusion patient Don Stoltz works on his laptop while Angie Rieck, RN checks his progress at the Genesis Cancer Care Center. The infusion area is part of the center that will be expanded. (Larry Fisher/Quad-City Times)

  2. Singer dies of cancer

    This photo supplied by the United Negro College Fund shows Quincy Jones ,left, and Lou Rawls, posing with Stevie Wonder, center, before a gala honoring the latter to benefit the United Negro College Fund at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles in September, 2005. Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer and longtime community activist who started as a choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, in Los Angeles of cancer. He was 72. The taped tribute to Wonder airs on stations around the United States this weekend. (AP Photo/United Negro College Fund)

  3. Pins help kids with cancer

    Photos by Louis Brems/QUAD-CITY TIMES Josie Tipsword, 6, left, of Davenport, looks up to a patron of Starbucks in Bettendorf and talks about what she is doing with the money from her sales of jeweled pins she created to raise funds for children dealing with cancer at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Josie and her friend, Alexis Monty, along with others make the pins. Here are some of the pins, bottom photo, Josie and some of her friends have made to sell and raise funds for young cancer patients.

  4. Pins help kids with cancer

  5. Cancer claims longtime volunteer

    Mark Jacobsen

  6. Edwards: Wife's cancer returns

    Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth share a moment as they discuss Elizabeth's recurrence of cancer during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, March 22, 2007. Edwards will continue his campaign for the presidency. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

  7. Cancer survivor William Baker

    Cancer survivor William Baker, 81, of Davenport relaxes with some visiting relatives in his room at Manor Care. Baker was diagnosed around the turn of the year with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer. In his contribution to Stories of Hope, William Baker of Davenport writes: Cancer has changed my life because I used to be the one visiting people in nursing homes and hospitals, and it feels odd to have things the other way around.

  8. Cancer survivor William Baker

    Cancer survivor William Baker, 81, of Davenport relaxes with some visiting relatives in his room at Manor Care. Baker was diagnosed around the turn of the year with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer.

  9. Carving for Cancer Redeszvous

    Davenport chain saw artist Thom Gleich will be one of a dozen carvers working during the fourth annual "Carving for Cancer Redeszvous" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday behind the Iowa Machine Shed restaurant, 7250 Northwest Blvd., Davenport. (John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES)

  10. Purple potty on the move to fight cancer

    Eric Sumberg/QUAD-CITY TIMES Imagine waking up and finding this on your front lawn!

  11. Armstrong bikes Iowa for cancer awareness

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong greets bike riders during a stop near Newton, Iowa. Armstrong rode part of the annual bike ride across Iowa on Wednesday and is scheduled to ride again today.

  12. Event will raise money for cancer research

    CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Three Bettendorf women are leading a benefit for the American Cancer Society, from left, Angela Raisbeck, Terri Smith and Janelle Langan.

  13. Christina Applegate treated for breast cancer

    Actress Christina Applegate, of the new television comedy "Samantha Who?," is seen during the ABC Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., in this July 26, 2007, file photo. According to the syndicated television newsmagazine "Extra," a representative of the actress announced late Saturday Aug. 2, 2008 Applegate is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. (AP PHOTO)

  14. Gilda's Club offers Cancer Transitions program

    Cancer survivor Rosie Dreesen attends a six-week series of classes at Gilda's Club in Davenport that deals with health, nutrition and exercise in the post-treatment transition. (Jeff Cook/ Quad-City Times)

  15. Marathon supports prostate cancer awareness, education

    Illustration by Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES

  16. Marathon supports prostate cancer awareness, education

    Illustration by Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES

  17. Barbershop talk used to help prevent cancer

    Photos by Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES Davenport barber Joe McLemore cuts “Big” Jim Hester's hair in his Harrison Street shop. Earlier this year, McLemore found out he had prostate cancer.

  18. Take sure steps to fight breast cancer

    File photo — Debbie VandeVelde of Lafayette, Ill., and Sue Busenbark of Kewanee, hug after the 2005 Race for the Cure.

  19. DeWitt cookbook author dies of cancer

    FILE PHOTO DeWitt author Joanna Lund died Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer.

  20. Q-C siblings are in battle against cancer

    Eric Sumberg/QUAD-CITY TIMES Siblings Bryce, 15, left, and Judy Boettcher, 17, play with their dog Sebastian in their living room in Davenport. Within the past year, Bryce has been diagnosed with leukemia and Judy has had surgery for thyroid cancer.

  21. Woman rides to raise funds for breast cancer research

    CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Breast cancer survivor Joan Archer of Clinton, Iowa, will be one of 11 breast cancer survivors taking part in Amazon Heart Thunder, a week-long motorcycle ride from Los Angeles to San Francisco that begins Saturday.

  22. Starbucks, Cancer Society partner on Relay for Life

    Jeff Cook/QUAD-CITY TIMES Getting ready to raise money for Relay for Life through a walking event this week are, from left front, Kim Shawver, income development coordinator for the American Cancer Society and Vera Kelly, American Cancer Society committee member, and Starbucks employees, back row from left, Jen Wynn, Tim Kelly and Amy Izer, at the new Starbucks Coffee Co. at NorthPark Mall, Davenport.

  23. link Childrens Cancer Program

  24. link American Cancer Society