Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Akila Viswanathan is joined by lung cancer experts from across Johns Hopkins to discuss Pope Leo's diagnosis of adenocarcinoma. Dr Richard Battafarano, Dr Julie Brahmer, Dr Otis Brawley and Dr Ranh Voong also explain the benefits of lung cancer screening, both for smokers and people who have never smoked, and range of treatment options available at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr Akila Viswanathan talks with Dr Jun Mao, Chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dr Kavita Mishra, Director of Clinical Programs for the Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of California, San Francisco, about integrative oncology and radiation therapy for Seminars in Radiation Oncology.

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Neeha Zaidi about the progress being made against pancreatic cancer and the promise on the horizon from the development of pancreatic cancer vaccines.

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Michael Desjardins discuss the role geography plays in determining how we approach the treatment of cancer in different communities. To learn more about the Cancer InFocus program, visit cif.jhmi.edu.

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Mike Carducci examine the latest hormone target therapies for prostate cancer, their side effect profiles and the evolution of individualized treatments.

Dr Akila Viswanathan speaks with Dr Thomas DeLaney from the Dartmouth Cancer Center and Dr Alexander Ruhle from the University of Leipzig Medical Center about an issue of Seminars in Radiation Oncology entitled Functional Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Diseases: The Potential of Ionizing Radiation Beyond Cancer Treatment.

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Elizabeth Jaffee discuss two significant breakthroughs in pancreatic cancer. The first is daraxonrasib, a drug that has significantly prolonged survival in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer and a new vaccine targeting mutations that cause the disease and that could potentially go as far as preventing it altogether.

Dr Bill Nelson talks to thoracic surgeon, Dr Stephen Yang, about the developments in lung cancer surgery that have resulted in more minimally invasive procedures and improved patient outcomes.

Dr Bill Nelson talks with YouTuber and science communicator Hank Green about his diagnosis and treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma, the quickening of advances in cancer therapies and the most likely areas for future care breakthroughs.

May is Melanoma Awareness Month. In this episode, Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Ashani Weeraratna explain the causes of melanoma and what you can do to reduce your risk for skin cancers.