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Breast cancer is characterized by complexity, with receptor status and a host of other factors used to describe tumors and best treatments. Now a new study recounted by William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, may …
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Many people with rectal cancer were able to forgo radiation as part of their treatment with no increased risk of recurrence, a recent trial found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says this is just …
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Rectal cancer treatment can be quite extensive and challenging for someone to get through. Now a new study looks at whether some people with the condition can safely forgo radiation. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says maybe. …
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Non small cell lung cancer has historically been associated with a poor prognosis. Now things are improving, Elizabeth Tracey reports Expectations for people with lung cancer keep getting better, with a new study adding a drug to the regimen after …
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Germ line DNA is that DNA you’ve had in your body since birth. Many experts recommend that if you develop a cancer you should have this analyzed as well as changes to your DNA you’ve acquired to determine how best …
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Personomics, which takes an individual, personalized approach to medical care, is a term coined by Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean for education at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Ziegelstein says personomics is one part of a strategy to enable clinicians to …
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