Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Matt Ladra, the Director of Pediatric Oncology at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC, about using radiation and proton therapy to treat children with cancer. In this preview, Dr Ladra explains the advantages proton therapy offers children by limiting the side effects often caused by traditional radiation treatments. To(...)
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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Breast Cancer in Young Women
Posted by | podcastIn this podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Vered Stearns and Elissa Bantug, Research Program Manager at the Johns Hopkins Breast Center, about how breast cancer care in younger women is different from older women, the resources available to them at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and a grant from the CDC that(...)
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Katie Couric
Posted by | podcastIn our latest podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Katie Couric about the impact of cancer on her life, how she became such a powerful advocate in our fight against the disease and to preview the Stand Up To Cancer televised fundraiser, which airs on September 7. Here, Katie discusses first learning about her husband's cancer diagnosis. To listen(...)
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplants
Posted by | podcastDr Bill Nelson and Dr Mark Levis, the Director of the leukemia program at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, discuss the dramatic swing in outcomes for leukemia patients that have accomplished over the past two decades.
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Cancer Immunotherapy
Posted by | podcastDr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Drew Pardoll, the Director of the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, about the progress being made in empowering patient's own immune system to combat their cancer.
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – New Paradigms in the Treatment of Bladder Cancer
Posted by | podcastDr Bill Nelson talks with Dr David McConkey, Director of the Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute at Johns Hopkins, about the renewed interest in bladder cancer research and the potential for treatment advances in the near future.
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Swim Across America Baltimore
Posted by | podcastDr Bill Nelson speaks with Annie Applegarth, Volunteer Event Chair from Swim Across America - Baltimore, about her cancer diagnosis, the hurdles she overcame on the journey to recovery and how she sees the world differently as a survivor. They also preview Swim Across America's Open Water Swim coming up in September.
Kimmel in DC with Dr. Ben Levy – Advances in Prostate Cancer Care
Posted by | podcastDr Ben Levy talks to Dr Channing Paller, medical oncologist at Sibley Memorial Hospital and an assistant professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, about her research into prostate cancer treatments and care.
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Immunotherapy Before Surgery
Posted by | podcastDr Nelson talks with Dr Patrick Forde about his research showing the benefits of using immunotherapy treatments before surgery in lung cancer patients.
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Precision Medicine
Posted by | podcastDr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Victor Velculescu, the new Associate Director of Precision Medicine for the Kimmel Cancer Center, about using genomic research to develop treatment options for patients.