About ten years ago, researcher Bert Vogelstein appeared with Katie Couric on the Today Show to announce new research on a stool test for colon cancer. Since then, he's mapped scores of cancer genomes to boost knowledge about cancer-related genes, and the Brupbacher Foundation in Zurich has now awarded Vogelstein a prize for his research(...)
Issues & Perspectives
“My message to fellow health care professionals: Make the time …”
Posted by Amy Sales | Issues & PerspectivesConsider this blog to be a "pep talk" of sorts to those of you who are working so hard on a regular basis to support and help those living with cancer. All great coaches and teachers lead by example. You owe it to your patients, family, and most importantly yourself to exercise and eat right. We work(...)
Feb 23, 2011 5 comments
Science is Cool!
Posted by Valerie Matthews-Mehl | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedWhether it’s making a sticky, rubbery substance like Flubber, turning a clear solution blue, or figuring out how a normal cell turns into a cancer cell, it’s all science. Those of us at the Kimmel Cancer Center think science is cool, and we’re hoping, with the right introduction, young students will begin to think so(...)
Feb 8, 2011 1 comment
World Cancer Day
Posted by admin | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedCancer is now the leading cause of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. It crosses all boundaries, gender, ages, ethnicities and strikes both the wealthy and poor. Thus, it will take a global effort to reduce the burden of cancer on our societies. Stand Up to Cancer released the video below to ask(...)
Feb 4, 2011 1 comment
Students Offer Handmade Hope
Posted by Michelle Potter | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedThis post is written by Shaun Morris, Public Relations Intern, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center The Gerstell Academy varsity girls’ basketball team delivered 50 hand-painted Believe Mugs to cancer patients and family members in the Weinberg Building on January 5th. This is the first year that the students have delivered the mugs,(...)
Jan 20, 2011 No comments
Pancreatic cancer
Posted by admin | Issues & Perspectives, ResearchThere are few cancers that are as tough to beat as pancreatic cancer. When it is found, the disease has usually spread, and only about 20 percent of newly-diagnosed patients are eligible for surgery. But if there is ever a time when there are high hopes for new ways to detect and treat it, the time is now. Scientists at Johns(...)
Jan 14, 2011 1 comment
Fatigue
Posted by Elissa Bantug | Issues & Perspectives, SurvivorshipFive weeks into radiation, I decided that the hair on my legs had become so long that an intervention was necessary. Going somewhere to have my legs waxed was too overwhelming in my current state, and cutting myself while shaving seemed like a small risk, as I’d internalized my doctors’ advice about the compromised nature(...)
Jan 7, 2011
“New” Resolutions
Posted by Michelle Potter | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedIt’s the time of year when we think about New Year’s resolutions…typical ones might include losing weight, spending more time with family, quit smoking. But our Cancer Center nurses have given new meaning to the New Year’s theme – their recent trip to Guatemala to give their time and talents to help people build a new(...)
Jan 3, 2011 1 comment
Getting Personal About Personalized Cancer Medicine
Posted by Valerie Matthews-Mehl | Issues & Perspectives, Patient Stories, precision medicineI got into this business 25 years ago, when my husband was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. I was a newlywed, and at 22-years-old, I faced the prospect of being a widow. The evening we learned the shocking news, I remember leaving the hospital to return home. I was numb with fear. I went into our(...)
Dec 17, 2010 2 comments
Medicare, The A,B,C,D’s…Let’s Talk D
Posted by Louise Knight | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedYou may be confused by the list of letters after the word Medicare. A, B, C, D... Who can keep them straight? There is a web page that can give the answers. It is www.medicare.gov. Let's Talk D: Let me give you the important Medicare D news for 2011. I am going to start with the(...)
Dec 14, 2010 No comments