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On Target with Dr. Akila Viswanathan – Cancer Research

August 27, 2019

The latest podcast from Dr Akila Viswanathan is now online. This week, she talks with Dr Marikki Laiho about the  innovative cancer research she is conducting at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.   In this preview, Dr Laiho explains how the POL 1 enzyme is implicated in cancer growth. To listen to the entire […]

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On Target with Dr. Akila Viswanathan – Prostate Cancer

August 13, 2019

Our next podcast from Dr Akila Viswanathan is now available. Today, she speaks with Dr Curt Deville from Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC about the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer and the opening of the Johns Hopkins National Proton Center coming to Sibley later this year. In this preview, Dr Deville describes some of […]

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Washington Post Cancer Summit: A Silent Epidemic: The rise of HPV-related cancers

November 14, 2018

Akila 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 […]

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Bill and Akila

Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Treating Gynecologic Cancer

November 8, 2018

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Akila Viswanathan discuss the wide range of treatment options for gynecologic cancers. In this preview, Dr Viswanathan explains how both external radiation and brachytherapy are used to treat cervical cancer. To listen to the entire podcast, click here: http://bit.ly/2Dii9VQ  

Clinton ⋅ Akila Viswanathan, Bill Nelson, cervical cancer, Gynecologic Cancer, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, podcast ⋅

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