Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRadiation is emerging as an important tool in helping improve immune response in cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
When cancer develops resistance to immunotherapy, radiation may help. That’s according to a study by cancer researcher Valsamo Anagnostou at Johns Ho…
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Can radiation affect distant metastasis? Elizabeth Tracey reports
If someone with cancer has initially responded to immunotherapy but then develops metastasis, radiation of the primary tumor may help treat those dis…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Can radiation improve the success of immunotherapies to treat cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Immunotherapies have proven very successful in the treatment of different types of cancer, but over time it is common for resistance to develop. Vals…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
What does the area around a tumor tell us about response to treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
How tumors respond to treatment has to do with both their internal and external environments, research by Valsamo Anagnostou, a cancer researcher at …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Assessing individual cancer characteristics is needed to determine resistance to new types of therapies, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Immunotherapies hold enormous promise for treating cancers of various types, but the bad news is that while many patients may initially respond many …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Laboratory studies demonstrate causation when it comes to cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Studies looking at lung cancer in people who smoked showed that those who did experienced a lot more lung cancer than those who didn’t. That’s a corr…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Do you understand what ‘risk’ means when it comes to cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
When people are diagnosed with a cancer many questions come up, among them what might have led to the development of cancer, especially with regard t…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
What should you do about getting the RSV vaccine? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Respiratory syncytial virus or RSV can result in serious illness or death for infants, people with compromised immunity or older adults. The vaccine …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
With cold and flu season about to begin and Covid continuing, should you get a vaccine if you’re already under the weather? Elizabeth Tracey reports
It’s vaccination season, with many considering getting a Covid vaccine in light of ongoing infections nationwide. Critical care medicine expert Panag…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Monitoring your own symptoms after vaccination helps identify adverse reactions, Elizabeth Tracey reports
People often express concerns about routine immunizations causing adverse reactions. Panagis Galiatsatos, a critical care expert at Johns Hopkins and…
4 months, 4 weeks ago