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Many people with rectal cancer were able to forgo radiation as part of their treatment with no increased risk of recurrence, a recent trial found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says this is just …

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Rectal cancer treatment can be quite extensive and challenging for someone to get through. Now a new study looks at whether some people with the condition can safely forgo radiation. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says maybe. …

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Non small cell lung cancer has historically been associated with a poor prognosis. Now things are improving, Elizabeth Tracey reports Expectations for people with lung cancer keep getting better, with a new study adding a drug to the regimen after …

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Germ line DNA is that DNA you’ve had in your body since birth. Many experts recommend that if you develop a cancer you should have this analyzed as well as changes to your DNA you’ve acquired to determine how best …

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Taking a look at someone’s genes when they have cancer is more and more common. One type of testing involves looking at the variations in an individual’s genes they’ve had since birth, so-called germline testing, to see if they are …

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Personomics, which takes an individual, personalized approach to medical care, is a term coined by Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean for education at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Ziegelstein says personomics is one part of a strategy to enable clinicians to …

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Preauthorization, insurance denials, uninsured patients, electronic medical records- the list goes on when looking at challenges to clinicians who want to practice medicine in a person-centered way. That’s according to Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean for education in Johns Hopkins School …

Our current culture of medicine impacts clinicians as well as patients in challenging ways, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »