In this podcast, Kimmel Cancer Center Director Dr Bill Nelson talks to Dr Dan Sciubba, the Director of Spinal Tumor and Spinal Deformity Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, about the surgical removal of tumors on the spine. In this preview, Dr Sciubba describes the team approach to treating spinal tumors. To listen(...)
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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – The Rise of Liver and Pancreatic Cancers
Posted by | podcastIn our next podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Matthew Weiss, the Surgical Director of Johns Hopkins Liver and Pancreatic Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinics, about rise of cases with those types of cancers. In this preview, Dr Weiss describes a clinical trial that seems to be making significant progress for patients using immune therapy. Click(...)
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – 45th Anniversary
Posted by | podcast2018 marks the 45th anniversary of the founding of our Cancer Center. In our latest podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Sharon Krumm, Director of Nursing Administration, and Senior Science Writer Valerie Mehl about some of the most notable achievements of the past 45 years. In this preview, they discuss the opening of the new(...)
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Bladder Cancer in Women
Posted by | podcastIn our next podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Dr Jean Hoffman-Censits and Dr Armine Smith, from the Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute, about the complications that arise in diagnosing and treating bladder cancer in women. In this preview, they explain why women often learn about their diagnosis much later than men do.(...)
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Treating Gynecologic Cancer
Posted by | podcastDr 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
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – New Treatment Options for Lung Cancer
Posted by | podcastIn our next podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Dr Ben Levy, the Clinical Director of Medical Oncology at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, about new treatments for lung cancer patients and the growing cancer center at Sibley. In this preview, Dr Nelson and Dr Levy discuss how immunotherapy drugs are now being used(...)
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Treating Pediatric Cancer
Posted by | podcastIn our next podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Dr Don Small about treating children with cancer. In this preview, Small discusses his role in cloning the FLT3 gene and the implications for patients with acute myeloid leukemia. To listen to the full podcast, click here: bit.ly/2ysfVz6
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Managing the Adverse Effects of Immunotherapy Treatment
Posted by | podcastIn our next podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks to Dr Jarushka Naidoo about monitoring and treating the side effects of cancer immunotherapy treatment. In this preview, Dr Bill Nelson speaks to Dr Jarushka Naidoo about monitoring and treating the side effects of cancer immunotherapy treatment. To listen to the entire podcast, click here: https://bit.ly/2QKMFuo
Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Pediatric Radiation and Proton Therapy
Posted by | podcastDr 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(...)
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(...)