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Anchor lead: Newer cancer therapy trials are having a hard time finding patients, Elizabeth Tracey reports Immunotherapy is the most promising avenue for cancer treatment, with new agents being developed rapidly. But getting enough people to test them on has …
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In this month's podcast, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses screening strategies for all cancers, will active surveillance on some cancer be less expensive in the long run and treatment options for HER2 positive breast cancers. Program notes: …
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Anchor lead: For women with one type of breast cancer, using two agents improves survival, Elizabeth Tracey reports Women who have breast cancer classified as HER2 positive because of the types of proteins found on the cancer cells may consider …
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This week’s topics include complications of aortic valve surgery, effectiveness of nasal flu vaccination, testing for Epstein Barr virus and nasopharyngeal cancer, and hepatitis C treatment. Program notes: 0:31 How effective is the flu vaccine? 1:31 Reformulation of nasal type …
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Anchor lead: Who should really be screened for a host of common cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a woman, should you have screening mammography? If you’re a man, how about screening for prostate cancer? Increasingly, people are told, especially …
