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Cancer

A cartoon women sits in a stone room while winged breasts fly around her

Q+A

Saints, mastectomies, and the power of myth

Published March 9, 2017

A conversation with filmmaker Bernadette Wegenstein, whose documentary 'The Good Breast' offers an intimate look at surgical breast cancer interventions

Biomedical engineering

DNA inspector gadget

Published Feb 23, 2017

New open source gene sequencing software could aid in early detection, treatment of cancer

Health disparities

Cervical cancer death rates higher than previously thought

Published Jan 24, 2017

Risk of dying greater among black women and women over the age of 65, study finds

Cancer research

Immune to immunotherapy

Published Jan 6, 2017

Johns Hopkins scientists zero in on process that helps cancer cells evade immune system attacks during immunotherapy treatment

Cancer research

A landmark year for immunotherapy

Published Dec 28, 2016

Bloomberg–Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy director recaps five major research findings from 2016

Cancer research

How immunotherapy works

Published Dec 20, 2016

Treatment is like releasing the immune system's 'parking brake,' JHU oncologist Drew Pardoll says / The Washington Post

Bioinformatics

Targeting mutant genes

Published Dec 19, 2016

Computer scientists, cancer experts devise software to evaluate cancer screening strategies

Hallucinogen eases depression, anxiety in cancer patients

Published Dec 1, 2016

In small study, psilocybin, the active compound in 'magic mushrooms,' increased life satisfaction among patients with life-threatening cancer / Johns Hopkins Medicine