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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Palliative Care

July 28, 2022

In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Ambereen Mehta and Dr Nathan Gray from the Palliative Care Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center about the many ways patients can benefit from palliative care.

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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Reducing the Risk of Ovarian Cancer

June 16, 2022

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Rebecca Stone about a new approach to reducing the risk of ovarian cancer.      

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson – DNA Test Can Guide Stage II Colon Cancer Treatment

June 4, 2022

In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Dr Anne Marie Lennon from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Dr Jonathan Simons from the Marcus Foundation about a significant study that shows the majority of patients with stage II colon cancer no longer need chemotherapy following surgery.  

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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – The Checkmate 816 Trial

April 11, 2022

In the latest Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Patrick Forde about the results of a clinical trial that show pairing immunotherapy treatments with chemotherapy greatly increases survival in patients with lung cancer. Learn more about the Checkmate-816 Trial here. Read more about the impact of the study here.

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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – The PROMISE Registry

March 31, 2022

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Channing Paller from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC and Dr Heather Cheng from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center about the PROMISE prostate cancer registry. The PROMISE registry is studying the role of genetics in determining health outcomes for patients with […]

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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Music As Healing

March 10, 2022

In this Cancer Matters podcast, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Director, Dr Bill Nelson, talks with singer and songwriter Martha Wainwright about her career, her mother's battle with sarcoma and the Stand Up To Cancer Kate McGarrigle Fund Music As Healing Program. The grant program is an initiative from Stand Up To Cancer Canada that […]

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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Cognitive Development in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

February 10, 2022

In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks to Dr Kathy Ruble about her work on cognitive development with survivors of pediatric cancers.  

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson – Women’s Wellness Program

October 14, 2021

In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Vered Stearns, Dr Wen Shen and patient advocate Kate Pisano about the Johns Hopkins Women's Wellness Program that helps guide women through their cancer treatment, recovery, and care continuum. For more information about the program, email womenswellness@jhmi.edu.    

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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Ravenous

May 20, 2021

In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Author Sam Apple about his new book, Ravenous: Otto Warburg, The Nazis, And The Search For The Cancer-Diet Connection. For more information about Sam's book, visit: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50355140-ravenous  

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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Cancer with Hope, Part 4

April 8, 2021

In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Mike Armstrong, Dr Julie Brahmer, and breast cancer survivor and advocate Christine Hodgdon to discuss Mike's book, Cancer with Hope, and about the promise of future treatments provided through clinical trials.    

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