Category: Cancer

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Cancer clinical trials offer a lot: a chance to undertake new treatments, robust clinical support, an opportunity to help advance knowledge for others. Yet some people choose to leave such trials, and a new study examines why. William Nelson, director …

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Using bacteria and viruses to gain access to cancers in the body has a number of advantages, as several recent studies show. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says one recent effort to use viruses against prostate …

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Salmonella, a bacteria that normally makes people ill, is being used as one part of a multipronged approach to treat certain cancers. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says the range of disease-causing microorganisms, known …

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A mouse model for colon cancer has identified a gene that is carried on the Y chromosome, so it only affects males. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer director William Nelson says understanding this gene’s impact may point the way to new …

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Aspartame is just the latest artificial sweetener to be implicated in an increased risk for cancer, according to the WHO. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says teasing out the role of obesity in this …

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The artificial sweetener aspartame has been added to the World Health Organization’s list of possible cancer causing agents, sparking concern among those who consume it. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer director William Nelson says he’s not convinced by the data. Nelson: …

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Tanning is not a healthy activity, almost everyone knows by now. Johns Hopkins dermatologist Mary Sheu says ongoing research has shed light on the actual process by which sunlight exposure or that in tanning booths is such a problem for our …

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