Perspectives from those who live it every day.
Thousand of scientists, clinicians, patients, students and advocates rallied today in Washington, D.C. to support federal funding of medical research. Across the street, the American Association… Read More »Rally for Medical Research Draws Thousands
Yesterday afternoon, singer Savannah Outen met Bo Oliver, a 16 year-old cancer patient at Johns Hopkins. She had spoken with him by phone a few… Read More »Bo’s Song: Brave and True
***This post was written by Anna Ferguson, RN, BSN, research nurse and leader of The Hope Project at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. "Hope… Read More »The Hope Project
In this month’s Cancer News Review podcast, Dr. William Nelson, director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, discusses top stories in cancer research ranging… Read More »Cancer News Review
Over the last thirty years, about every decade I’ve found myself in a cancer center waiting room--first in 1984 with my husband, in 1999 with… Read More »Waiting Room Observations
In today's news, updated data on an experimental breast cancer drug called trastuzumab emtansine, or T-DM1, shows better survival (by five months) than a standard… Read More »New Breast Cancer Drug on the Horizon?
This month, Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson reviewed top stories in cancer research ranging from a partnership between a pharmaceutical company and a major… Read More »Cancer News Review
Rochelle Shoretz was first diagnosed with early stage breast cancer at age 28, and then with metastatic breast cancer at age 37. She is now the founder… Read More »Sharsheret
The following post was written by Jason Cherish, a colorectal cancer patient on his CaringBridge Journal page regarding his treatment and involvement with Swim Across… Read More »The Data
The following post was written by Shaun Morris, student intern in the Office of Public Affairs at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Cheers to… Read More »The Next Generation of Science Communicators