In our first podcast of 2019, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Dr Michael Carducci and Dina Lansey about clinical trials and how they benefit patients. In this preview, Dr Carducci describes the process behind using clinical trials to further cancer research . To listen to the full podcast, click here: http://bit.ly/2QkA8gh
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How do you decide if a patient is right for a clinical trial at Hopkins?
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | Research“Every clinical trial is done in a way to try to get a very homogenous group of patients, so we can better draw conclusions about whether the innovation we’re testing is actually working,” says radiation oncologist Russell K. Hales, M.D. of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center on the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus. “A patient(...)
Oct 10, 2016 No comments
A perspective on an immunotherapy clinical trial
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | Patient StoriesThis blog post was written by Kristina Baum, who has melanoma and is participating in a clinical trial on immunotherapy at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. For more information on Kristina's story, watch her interview with Denise Grady on the New York Times' Facebook page or follow her on Twitter at @kristinabaum. For the post,(...)
Sep 30, 2016 No comments
My mother has recently had a lobectomy. She’s faced with the choice of standard care or a clinical trial. What should she consider before making her choice?
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | treatmentRadiation oncologist Russell K. Hales, M.D. of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center on the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus notes that clinical trials are treatments that are usually done at cancer centers with researchers, like Hopkins. “Clinical trials take an existing therapy, and add to it an investigational therapy, or give an investigational therapy altogether,”(...)
Aug 2, 2016 No comments
Clinical Trials Q and A: How is my safety as a patient protected?
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | Research, treatmentAs part of our series on frequently asked questions about Kimmel Cancer Center clinical trials, this post looks at patient safety during a trial. Dina George Lansey, a nurse and clinical research recruitment specialist for the Kimmel Cancer Center, notes that there are many rules in place to make sure that patients in studies(...)
Dec 20, 2013 No comments
Clinical Trials Q and A: What is a clinical trial?
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | ResearchWe’re starting a series on frequently asked questions about Kimmel Cancer Center clinical trials. This first question is the most basic: What is a clinical trial? A clinical trial is research study that involves people to test new ways of preventing, diagnosing or treating cancer. While many patients think that all clinical trials test experimental(...)
Dec 3, 2013 2 comments
Preventing the Return of Breast Cancer: Recipe for a New Era
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | Prevention/Screening, Survivorship***The following post was written by Dr. John Fetting at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. After 30 years as a breast cancer medical oncologist, I have come to believe that we are too focused on trying to cure breast cancer and not focused enough on preventing it. Until recently, treating breast cancer after it(...)
Jul 24, 2012 4 comments