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 Three groups of women, all with breast cancer in one breast, participated in a recent study looking at whether removing both breasts when cancer is found in one, so-called prophylactic bilateral mastectomy, was effective in reducing a woman’s risk. Kimmel …

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Bilateral mastectomy as a means of preventing cancer in the other breast when it is found in one breast may not be of benefit when it comes to reccurence or survival, a new study shows. William Nelson, director of the …

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Individualized cancer vaccines based on the specific set of mutations someone has are now in clinical trials, with William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, predicting they will soon be commonplace. Yet because a cancer changes …

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A type of cancer treatment known as an immune checkpoint inhibitor may be stymied by the type of bacteria someone has in their intestine, a new study shows. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins explains. Nelson: The …

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Certain types of chemotherapy are associated with development of a condition called peripheral neuropathy, which at its most mild may cause tingling in hands or feet, or at worst causes pain and difficulty walking. Now a new study looks at …

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Tingling and the feeling of pins and needles, especially in hands and feet, may occur with use of some types of chemotherapy. Known in medical parlance as peripheral neuropathy, a recent study finds that exercise is able to reduce the …

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