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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 – Cancer DNA in the Bloodstream

December 5, 2019

In this edition of the Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Victor Velculescu about a test that can detect cancer DNA in the bloodstream.  

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DELFI Blood Test: A Brand New Way of Detecting Multiple Cancers

June 11, 2019

A new cancer test developed by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists screens for seven types of cancer in a completely unique way. DELFI is a new and different kind of cancer screening test. Rather than finding cancer gene mutations or chemical alterations to the DNA, known as epigenetic changes, it detects unique patterns in […]

Clinton ⋅ Prevention/Screening blood test, Breast Cancer, colorectal cancer, DELFI, DNA, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Liquid Biopsy, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, Victor Velculescu ⋅

Researchers Advance Role of Circulating Tumor DNA to Detect Early Melanoma Growth, Uncover Treatment Options

November 26, 2018

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have added to evidence that measuring and monitoring tumor DNA that naturally circulates in the blood of melanoma patients can not only reliably help reveal the early stages of cancer growth and spread but also uncover new treatment options that tumor genetic analysis alone may […]

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