Dr 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… Read More »Kimmel in DC with Dr. Ben Levy – Advances in Prostate Cancer Care
The latest issue of Breast Matters is now out on newsstands, and we have it here for you in our brand new digital design. The… Read More »A New Issue of Breast Matters
It’s Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, so we wanted to gather our best Kimmel Cancer Center resources for you. Learn more about cancer vaccines and other… Read More »Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
When you’re a cancer patient, every day matters. To ease your symptoms and stress, you may receive palliative care, if appropriate, right from the time… Read More »When can I receive palliative care during my cancer treatment?
“Prostate cancer mortality has been declining since prostate cancer screening started in 1995,” says William G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive… Read More »Should all prostate cancers be treated?
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In your Facebook feed, in conversations with friends, in a magazine article—the talk about natural remedies for preventing and treating breast cancer seems to pop… Read More »Natural Remedies Being Studied for Breast Cancer
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Patients and doctors received news this week of the FDA’s approval of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab in combination with platinum doublet chemotherapy as first-line therapy for… Read More »Lung cancer immunotherapy options expand
“There are an increasing collection of tests that sample other aspects of prostate cancer in urine, blood or tissue, including acquired gene defects in the… Read More »Is there any test for prostate cancer that doesn’t depend on a blood test for PSA?