Cancer – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Perhaps you recall from high school biology that you have 23 pairs of chromosomes. A Johns Hopkins study has shown that one arm of chromosome one, the biggest chromosome, is often copied many times in pancreas cancer, and that part …

Can too many copies of a gene drive pancreas cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Medicaid reductions being rolled out this year are poised to dramatically reduce cancer screening for millions, a new study estimates. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, takes a look at the numbers. Nelson: This is …

Medicaid reductions may impact screening for cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Breast cancer screening is associated with false positives, where women are referred for further assessments and procedures that may be unnecessary. Does it help to stratify women based on risk factors like genetics before they have screening? Johns Hopkins Kimmel …

Should breast cancer screening be targeted to those at greatest risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

People who were older and had advanced cancers benefited from a telephone-based intervention designed to regularly assess their symptoms and refer them to expert clinicians, by reducing their visits to emergency departments and need for hospitalization. Kimmel Cancer Center director …

Can older people with cancer benefit from telephone based contact? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Seventy percent of people diagnosed with cancer in the United States will still be alive five years later, the American Cancer Society reports. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says yes, and. Nelson: There's still …

Good news on cancer survival! Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

American Cancer Society data find that the majority of people who are diagnosed with cancers of all types will still be alive five years later. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says this is good news indeed. Nelson: …

There’s good news regarding survival when cancer if found, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Maybe you’ve heard of CAR-T cells, a type of cell you have in your body that is supercharged in a lab and put back in to fight things like cancer. Biomedical engineering expert Jordan Green at Johns Hopkins and colleagues …

There’s a new technique that may revolutionize one type of T cell therapy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

CAR-T cells are a type of immune cell that have proven very effective for treating some types of cancer, yet limitations to their use exist. Biomedical engineering expert Jordan Green at Johns Hopkins says limitations including lengthy time and expense …

Can an injectable particle help supercharge your T cells? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Using polyester to wrap mRNA to create an injectable particle may soon enable targeting of your T cells to fight some cancers and autoimmune diseases.  That’s according to research by Jordan Green, a biomedical engineering expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues. …

Can an mRNA containing particle help direct your T cells to specific targets? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Let’s say I take one type of immune cell from your blood, grow it in a lab and use a virus to cause changes in that cell so it recognizes cancer. Then I put it back in your body to …

Temporary changes to T cells may empower new treatments for cancer and autoimmune disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »