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Cancer

Microscopic look at Merkel cancer tumor cells
Cancer research
Promising new drug for virus-linked skin cancer
Published April 19, 2016
Immunotherapy drug shrinks tumors in half of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma / Hopkins Medicine
Cancer research
How cancer thrives in when oxygen is scarce
Published April 1, 2016
Findings could help clear a major roadblock in cancer treatments / Hopkins Medicine
Cancer research
Biden: New Hopkins cancer institute will 'bring hope to millions of people'
Published March 29, 2016
Vice president among speakers at dedication of $125 million Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer research
New institute will study promising approach to cancer treatment
Published March 29, 2016 Video
Bloomberg, Kimmel, others give $125M to support research into immunotherapy, which scientists say has potential to end all forms of cancer
Cancer research
Tumor growth slowed
Published March 22, 2016
Antibody targets 'gateway' commonly found in lung, breast cancers / School of Medicine
Colorful close up view of metastasis in lung tissue
Cancer Research
Strength in numbers
Published Feb 2, 2016
Cancer cells tend to travel in clusters to form metastases, study finds / Hopkins Medicine
Health disparities
Uneven access to uterine cancer treatment
Published Dec 18, 2015
Minimally invasive surgeries for uterine cancer have been slow to catch on / Hopkins Medicine
Predicting prostate cancer outcomes
Published Dec 16, 2015
Simplified grading system developed at Hopkins deemed accurate, could reduce overtreatment / Hopkins Medicine
Alumni news
Lin named TED Senior Fellow
Published Dec 9, 2015 Video
Pioneer in genomics, early cancer detection earned MHS, MD/PhD at JHU
'Gene hunter'
Cancer researcher honored
Published Oct 20, 2015
Kenneth Kinzler among 80 new members elected to National Academy of Medicine / Hopkins Medicine