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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Cancer Risk

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Release Date: 07/10/2025

Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Quality and Safety show art Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Quality and Safety

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

This is Healthcare Quality Week. In this podcast, Dr Bill Nelson talks with Yanka Campbell and Dr Allen Chen about improving the quality of care by implementing standards that have positively impacted patient safety and reduced adverse events.

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On Target with Dr Akila Viswanathan - Pancreatic Cancer for Seminars in Radiation Oncology show art On Target with Dr Akila Viswanathan - Pancreatic Cancer for Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Akila Viswanathan talks with Dr Amol Narang about the latest edition of Seminars in Radiation Oncology focused on the multidisciplinary treatment of pancreatic cancer.

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On Target with Dr Akila Viswanathan - ASTRO 2025 show art On Target with Dr Akila Viswanathan - ASTRO 2025

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Akila Viswanathan speaks with Johns Hopkins Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences faculty in attendance at the 2025 American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting in San Francisco to review the conference and provide updates on how the information presented will impact patient care. Dr Sahaja Acharya discusses soft tissue sarcomas. Dr Daniel Song reviews a range of studies on prostate cancer. Dr Ana Kiess describes the current state of radiopharmacueticals.  Dr Lawrence Kleinberg updates the progress being made in the treatment of central nervous system...

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Advanced Prostate Cancer Care show art Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Advanced Prostate Cancer Care

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Bill Nelson talks to Dr Catherine Handy Marshall about the broader range or treatments available for advanced prostate cancer at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center that are leading to better outcomes, fewer side-effects and longer survival.

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Treating Prostate Cancer show art Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Treating Prostate Cancer

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Sam Denmeade discuss the growing array of treatments for patients with prostate cancer available at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Sarcoma Pathology show art Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Sarcoma Pathology

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Bill Nelson talks to Dr John Gross, a surgical pathologist, about the diagnosis of sarcomas, tumors most commonly found in bones and soft tissue. Dr Gross recently published a paper in Modern Pathology on his team's discovery of a new type of soft tissue tumor. .

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - New Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer show art Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - New Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Michael Pishvaian discuss the targeting of KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer to develop new treatment options for a disease that has been historically difficult to care for.

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Microbiome Research show art Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - Microbiome Research

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Cynthia Sears discuss the role of the microbiome on our overall health, how it impacts cancer risk and the crucial role of federal research funding in understanding these organisms.

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - KRAS Mutations show art Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - KRAS Mutations

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Nilo Azad discuss the decades-long research effort to develop treatments targeting KRAS mutations and the importance of federal funding in bringing those treatments to patients. 

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - PSMA Targeted Therapies show art Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson - PSMA Targeted Therapies

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcasts

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Michael Carducci discuss using Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) targeted therapies to detect and treat prostate cancer.

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