Just eight percent of people with pancreatic cancer live for five years after their diagnosis. Why is this cancer so deadly and where are advances in treatment headed? Elizabeth Jaffee, M.D., deputy director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, describes explains in a 2018 interview on WYPR. http://www.wypr.org/post/why-pancreatic-cancer-so-deadly
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Guideline Continues to Draw Readers
Posted by | Issues & PerspectivesA guideline on guide the clinical practice of managing adverse events in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICPi) therapy continues to draw readers nearly a year after its publication. The document’s development, led by Julie Brahmer, M.D., co-director of the upper aerodigestive department in the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and a professor of […]
Jaffee looks to the future of checkpoint immunotherapy for cancer treatment
Posted by | Issues & Perspectives, precision medicine, Prevention/Screening, treatmentCombinations strategies involving checkpoint immunotherapies were approved as first-line options in two cancer types and showed promise in clinical trials for several hard-to-treat cancers. Important advances were also made with respect to immune-related biomarkers, cellular immunotherapies, and personalized vaccines. Elizabeth Jaffee, M.D., deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, is focusing her research […]
Three Minutes with Oncologist Michael Carducci
Posted by | caregiving, Issues & Perspectives, palliative care, ResearchMichael Carducci, M.D., is the associate cancer center director for clinical research within the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the regional research director for the Greater Washington, D.C., area for the Kimmel Cancer Center. In his many years as an oncologist, Carducci has expertise in various types of cancer including bladder, kidney, prostate and […]
Benefits of Immunotherapy in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Posted by | Issues & Perspectives, Research, SurvivorshipJulie Brahmer, M.D., is an active clinical leader in the treatment of lung cancer and mesothelioma. As the director of the Thoracic Oncology Program and professor of oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, her research and clinical practice focuses on the development of new therapies for the treatment and prevention […]
Washington Post Cancer Summit: A Silent Epidemic: The rise of HPV-related cancers
Posted by | Issues & Perspectives, Prevention/Screening, ResearchAkila Viswanathan, M.D., executive vice chair of Johns Hopkins Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, was part of a panel discussion on the rise of HPV-related cancers. The panel was just one section of the Washington Post Cancer Summit. Viswanathan was joined by other experts in taking look at rising HPV-related cancer rates in the […]
Why Do People Get Cancer?
Posted by | Issues & PerspectivesAdult cancers tend to be a little different from childhood cancers, and trying to explain the disease to a young person adds to the separation. Dr. Donald Small, director of pediatric oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, said cancer in children is rare, and most are treatable. But trying to explain a cancer […]
Conversation With Dr. Claire Snyder About Ensuring Cancer Patients Get Best Care Possible
Posted by | Issues & Perspectives“During my nearly 20 years as a cancer researcher, I have always been impressed by how both my oncology and primary care colleagues don’t just treat patients, they care for them. I see it as my job to do research to develop tools and resources to help oncology and primary care providers work together to […]
Radiation Oncology Pioneer Moody Wharam, M.D., Dies at 77
Posted by | Issues & PerspectivesMoody Wharam Jr., Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences and former Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, died on Aug. 10 at age 77. Dr. Wharam specialized in the treatment of children with cancer and, in his more than 40 years at Johns […]
A Look Inside the Kimmel Cancer Center’s Cancer Medicine Cabinet
Posted by | Issues & Perspectives, Patient Stories, Prevention/Screening, Research, treatmentRead the latest issue of Promise & Progress featuring research advances in cancer drug discovery and development, promising new cancer drugs, patient stories and more. From scientific meetings to our own dinner tables, conversations about better treatments for cancer are among the most frequently discussed health care topics. Everyone wants them—the doctors and scientists who […]