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A very low percentage of people who receive Medicare benefits in the US and have cancer enroll in clinical trials, a new study finds. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson reviews the data. Nelson: If you look at …

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Research and development have very much improved treatments for many cancers, and that’s reflected in the nation’s latest report on cancer. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says these improvements are especially seen in lung cancer and the …

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Cancer of the pancreas is usually associated with poor survival, yet the nation’s latest report on cancer seems to suggest that even for this type of cancer, things may be improving. That’s according to William Nelson, director of the Kimmel …

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Your risk of dying from cancer is largely on the downswing, the nation’s annual report on cancers finds. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says he is encouraged by some of the statistics. Nelson: There was some …

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Cancer mutations are often named, with one common group in a gene called KRAS. Although common, KRAS mutations have been extremely difficult to target, but now a new agent may have broken the code. That’s according to William Nelson, director …

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Some types of cancer seem to be increasing in incidence among adults younger than age fifty, with a new large analysis seeming to associate this risk with a host of factors. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins …

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Foods that can’t be found in nature and have undergone extensive processing are known as ‘ultraprocessed,’ with a new study fingering them as associated with adverse health outcomes. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says the message …

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