Category: Cancer

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed
Play

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02 — 1.4MB)

Subscribe: RSS

People who used a remote monitoring tool to report daily symptoms as they underwent cancer treatment did better with regard to managing their treatment than those who did not, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer …

What’s the impact of remote monitoring for people being treated for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed
Play

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06 — 1.5MB)

Subscribe: RSS

People who are 75 and older and otherwise healthy reap benefits from continuing colorectal cancer screening, a new study found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says that with new fecal screening tests, such a …

If you choose to continue colorectal cancer screening after you’ve turned 75, which test is best? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed
Play

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04 — 1.5MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Colorectal cancer screening is recommended to begin at age 45, but at what age should it end? A new study finds that even in many over the age of 75, screening can still be beneficial. William Nelson, director of the …

Should you continue to be screened for colorectal cancer if you’re over the age of 75? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

Posted on Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed, Prostate Health
Play

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02 — 1.4MB)

Subscribe: RSS

When a man is suspected of having prostate cancer he will likely undergo a biopsy, where a needle is inserted into the prostate gland to look for cancer. Now a new study shows that using magnetic resonance imaging or MRI …

What’s the best way to biopsy when a man has suspected prostate cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »