Perspectives from those who live it every day.
In this Kimmel in DC podcast, Dr Ashwani Rajput talks with Dr Ben Levy from Sibley Memorial Hospital about the results of the Checkmate-816 clinical trial, which is leading to major changes in the way patients with non-small cell lung cancer are being treated. Click here to learn more about the Checkmate-816 trial.
Written and reviewed by Melissa Jacobs, MS, RD, CSO, LDN, CNSC, Advanced Practice Dietitian specializing in nutrition support and oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States affecting racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic subgroups differently. There has been a decline in the overall cancer […]
The Harry J Duffey Family Patient and Family Services Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has compiled a list of events, activities, and resources available during the month of May. Sign up to be on our email list here. This month includes access to support groups, an expert Q&A on cancer and COVID, […]
In the latest Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Patrick Forde about the results of a clinical trial that show pairing immunotherapy treatments with chemotherapy greatly increases survival in patients with lung cancer. Learn more about the Checkmate-816 Trial here. Read more about the impact of the study here.
The Harry J Duffey Family Patient and Family Services Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has compiled a list of events, activities, and resources available during the month of April. Sign up to be on our email list here. This month includes access to support groups, advice in completing an advance directive, an […]
Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Channing Paller from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC and Dr Heather Cheng from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center about the PROMISE prostate cancer registry. The PROMISE registry is studying the role of genetics in determining health outcomes for patients with […]
In 2018, Lucy Huffman was diagnosed with Signet-ring cell carcinoma, a type of adenocarcinoma that starts in the glands of your body. Sadly, she passed away in August of 2020. As part of his estate planning, Lucy's husband Richard has decided to make a gift to the Colorectal Cancer Research Center of Excellence at the […]
In this Cancer Matters podcast, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Director, Dr Bill Nelson, talks with singer and songwriter Martha Wainwright about her career, her mother's battle with sarcoma and the Stand Up To Cancer Kate McGarrigle Fund Music As Healing Program. The grant program is an initiative from Stand Up To Cancer Canada that […]
The Harry J Duffey Family Patient and Family Services Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has compiled a list of events, activities, and resources available during the month of March. Sign up to be on our email list here. This month includes access to support groups, a cancer survivorship series, webinars on financial […]
In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks to Dr Kathy Ruble about her work on cognitive development with survivors of pediatric cancers.