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6 hours ago · Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee is an expert in cancer immunology and deputy director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She's currently testing a KRAS-targeted vaccine in people at high risk for pancreatic cancer.
1 day ago · First Lady Jill Biden has a new partner in her effort to end cancer as we know it—her Kenyan counterpart, Rachel Ruto. The two first ladies and Danielle Carnival, the deputy assistant to the president for the Cancer Moonshot, recently met with Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center team members to hear about their work to better prevent, detect, and treat the disease.
6 days ago · Methods: This retrospective study analyzed 40 MS patients diagnosed with lung cancer at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA between 1/1/2016 and 7/1/2023. Clinical data including patient demographics, MS treatments, cancer diagnosis details (date, stage, histology), molecular and fusion data, PD-L1 status, and patient mortality ...
May 22, 2024 · This figure shows the main catchment area for people diagnosed with cancer at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center from 2010-2014 (A) and 2015-2019 (B). This area expanded in size in 2015-2019, adding 18 additional Zip codes. There also was an increase in patients traveling from southern Pennsylvania and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
May 21, 2024 · A novel therapy that reprograms immune cells to promote antitumor activity helped shrink hard-to-treat prostate and bladder cancers in mice, according to research from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery.
6 days ago · Background: Lung cancer has been identified as the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in people living with HIV (PLWH), and disproportionately affects this population independently of smoking status and CD4 count. At the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Jefferson Health, we serve a uniquely underserved patient population of PLWH.
2 days ago · In the fight against cancer, science matters. From molecular breakthroughs to innovative therapies, research uncovers the cures of tomorrow and saves lives today. At Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC), science is the foundation of everything we do. From the bench to the bedside, our dedicated faculty of more than 150 physicians and researchers ...
