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Employing treatments like chemotherapy shortly before someone dies is not only ineffective, it can reduce quality of life and someone’s ability to interact with loved ones. Now a new study examines how often immunotherapy is utilized within a month of …

How often is immunotherapy for cancer used shortly before death? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Diabetes drugs known as GLP1 receptor agonists are much in the news for weight loss. Now a new study finds that when people with diabetes take them, their risk of colorectal cancer is reduced. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson …

Can a diabetes drug reduce the risk for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

A panel of proteins found in the blood was both sensitive and specific in men and women in detecting early cancers. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says the numbers may even be better if …

Can proteins and DNA be used together to detect cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Blood proteins can be used to not only detect early cancers in both men and women, but also to localize them the majority of the time, a new study reports. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says …

A panel of blood proteins can identify early cancers with great accuracy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Finding cancer early so it can be treated before it spreads is optimal, and now a new study looking at blood proteins finds that examining a panel of them is both sensitive and specific. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director …

Can we detect cancer very early by looking at blood proteins? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

How can we remove barriers between people who need some medical interventions and obtaining them? One recent study showed the clear benefit of mailing self-sampling kits so women could obtain cervical cancer screening at home. Kimmel Cancer Center director William …

Do self-sampling kits for cancer screening herald a new trend in medicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Women who were due for cervical cancer screening and were mailed a self-sampling kit at home along with educational materials were more likely to complete screening than those offered educational materials alone and then had to request a kit, a …

Would you be more likely to have cervical cancer screening if a kit was mailed to you at home? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

When a kit to screen themselves at home for cervical cancer by detecting human papilloma virus was given to women, it improved screening rates, a new study shows. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson explains the study. Nelson: …

A mail in kit improves screening for cervical cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Screening using AI for pancreas cancer detection demonstrates impressive results, according to a recent study. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says the proof will be if longer term studies demonstrate that early detection improves survival or …

Does early detection mean longer survival with pancreas cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

Because it is most often detected late, pancreas cancer has a very poor prognosis. Now a new study used common CT images without a material known as contrast to enhance them, trained a computer on them and showed impressive detection. …

AI may soon be used to screen for pancreas cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »