Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Ashwani Rajput, the Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the National Capital Region, begins his podcast series speaking with Dr Ben Levy from Sibley Memorial Hospital about the treatment of lung cancer and the cancer services available through the Kimmel Cancer Center in the Greater Washington DC Area.

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Tatiana Prowell discuss the approval and regulation of cancer drugs by the Food and Drug Administration.

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Pat Brown discuss the treatment methods for patients diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), including CAR-T cell therapy.

In a broad discussion, Dr Otis Brawley and Dr Curtiland Deville from Sibley Memorial Hospital discuss the range of available treatments for prostate cancer, reducing cancer disparities, and increasing minority representation in radiation oncology.

Dr Otis Brawley speaks with Dr John Kiess of Loyola University about reconciliation, peacebuilding and how social change can improve healthcare disparities.

Dr Kiess's book is entitled Hannah Arendt and Theology.

Dr Otis Brawley and Dr David Terry, from Morgan State University, discuss the long history and relationship between Johns Hopkins University and Hospital with the African American community of Baltimore.

Dr Terry's book is entitled, The Struggle and the Urban South: Confronting Jim Crow in Baltimore Before the Movement.

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Emmanuel Antonarakis explain how PARP Inhibitors work and their use in treating some types of prostate cancer.

Dr Akila Viswanathan and Dr Junzo Chino from the Duke Cancer Institute examine the American Society for Radiation Oncology Clinical Guidelines on Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer.

To read the full guidelines, click here: https://www.astro.org/Patient-Care-and-Research/Clinical-Practice-Statements/Cervical-Cancer-Guideline

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Mark Yarchoan about the diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer.

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Mario Eisenberger about treating advanced-stage prostate cancer.