Cancer – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Your brain and spinal cord are floating in something called cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, and when brain tumors develop they shed cells and cellular components into this fluid. A new test developed by director of neurosurgery Chetan Bettegowda at Johns …

Cerebrospinal fluid can tell lots about brain tumors, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

When someone is thought to have a brain tumor procedures to make the diagnosis may be risky or invasive, so a new test developed by Chetan Bettegowda, director of the department of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins and colleagues is a …

Can assessments of brain cancers be done with cerebrospinal fluid? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

AI assisted colonoscopy, where a computer helped interpret images seen during the procedure, resulted in endoscopists being less adept at recognizing precancerous lesions known as polyps, a recent study finds. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins comments. …

When you have screening colonoscopy should you worry about the endoscopist’s skills? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

If you’ve been treated for early breast cancer your overall risk for recurrence is small, a new large, long term study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says these risks can be pinned to …

Small risks of recurrent breast cancer may exist after treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Women who’ve had early breast cancer and been treated can likely lay their worries about recurrence to rest, a new study concludes. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says that’s the conclusion of this very large, long term …

Most women who’ve had early breast cancer are not at high risk for recurrence, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

People who’ve had colorectal cancer and have a known mutation should likely take aspirin to help prevent disease recurrence, according to a new study. The benefit of aspirin in preventing cancers has been shown before in the skin cancer melanoma, …

Aspirin may be of benefit in a number of cancers, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

People who’ve had colorectal cancer and who have a mutation known as  PI3 kinase benefit from taking asprin to prevent recurrence, a new study shows. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, describes the findings. Nelson:  There were …

What is the benefit of asprin in reducing colorectal cancer recurrence? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

When given appropriate information about mammogram screenings, including benefits, harms, and who should consider screening cessation, a cohort of older women largely made rational choices for themselves, a study by Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. …

Information can help people decide to forgo cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Even when people know they can discontinue health screenings for things like cancer they often continue the practice. Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins who studies such behaviors, says recent research on older women and breast cancer screenings …

What are the factors that keep people who won’t benefit from health screenings going? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Just as there’s a point in life when cancer screenings should begin, so too is there a point at which they can stop. That’s usually because the likelihood that a cancer will kill you in the time you are likely …

How might you feel about being told you can stop cancer screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »