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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 …
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Transcript Using CT scanning in children should be limited, a recent study concludes, finding that about one in ten cancers in kids were likely related to imaging studies using ionizing radiation. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins …
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CT scans in children, especially those that image bones where bone marrow is found, increase the risk for certain cancers, a new study finds. And the more scans the kids have the greater the risk. William Nelson, director of the …
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RNA is easier to detect and points toward cancer activity better than DNA testing, a recent study concludes. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says there’s an even more accurate method on the horizon. Nelson: Will RNA sequencing …
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Using blood tests to look for cancer and cancer recurrence has been an area of active research for some time now, with a new study pointing to RNA rather than DNA for detection. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer …
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Most people should start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45, due to increasing rates of the disease in younger people. Now a new study examines the most effective way to get people to be screened. Kimmel Cancer Center director …
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