In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Mike Armstrong, Dr Vered Stearns, patient navigator and community outreach advisor Jill Mull, and attorney Leslie Ries about Mike's book, Cancer with Hope, and how focusing on purpose can give patients a sense of direction following a cancer diagnosis.
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V Foundation Recognizes Dr. Vered Stearns’ and Dr. Roisin Connolly’s Work with Grant from Stuart Scott Fund Memorial Cancer Research Fund
Posted by | Issues & Perspectives, ResearchThe V Foundation awarded Dr Vered Stearns and Dr Roisin Connolly a research grant from the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund for their work on metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer in minority patients. “The challenge is that even within a type of cancer there are multiple subtypes, and it is hard for one investigator […]
Giving Patients Better Results With Fewer Treatments
Posted by | precision medicine, Research, Survivorship, treatmentAs our knowledge of breast cancer has grown, so have the number of therapy modalities and protocols used to treat this disease, from combinations of chemotherapy to targeted treatments that attack malignant cells carrying specific genetic variations. Overall, these developments have been positive, offering patients more and better options to fight their cancers, says breast […]
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 […]