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Podcast: Having Kids After Cancer

This episode of CancerCast: Conversations About New Developments in Medicine, Cancer Care and Research covers the fertility preservation options for men and women with cancer.

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Growing Evidence Points to Connection Between Sugar and Cancer

According to an accumulating body of research at Weill Cornell Medicine, excess sugar helps many types of cancer to grow more rapidly.

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How One Doctor Used Precision Medicine to Treat Uterine Cancer

WABC-TV's "Medical Marvels" series recently featured precision medicine, and how one Weill Cornell Medicine physician used it help his patient beat cancer.

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Podcast: New Developments in Myeloma Therapy

Learn more about the current state of myeloma therapy, as well as the novel agents that may be next in line for FDA approval, in this episode of CancerCast: Conversations About New Developments in Medicine, Cancer Care and Research.

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How a Support Network Helped One Patient Beat Ovarian Cancer

After battling ovarian cancer, Domenica Devito has been in remission for several years. She credits the physicians and nurses at Weill Cornell Medicine for saving her life.

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Podcast: Clinical Research and Cancer Advocacy

In this episode of CancerCast: Conversations About New Developments in Medicine, Cancer Care and Research, guest Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, discusses how clinical trials can help physicians and researchers better care for and learn from people with cancer.

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International Influence: Mentoring an Early-Career Oncologist from Bangladesh

Having witnessed both his mother and grandmother suffer from breast cancer, Dr. Arunangshu Das pursued a career as an oncologist with the hope of improving the lives of others with the disease. Dr. Das now treats breast cancer — along with head and neck, lung and gastrointestinal cancers — at Square Hospitals Limited in Bangladesh.

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Podcast: Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor and Other Movement Disorders

In this episode of Brain and Spine Care, Dr. Michael Kaplitt explains how new technology can eliminate the source of tremors in a completely non-invasive way.

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Podcast: Advances in Precision Medicine and Genomic Sequencing for Pediatric Brain Tumors

Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield discusses how precision medicine and genomic sequencing have the potential to change the course of treatment for children with advanced or metastatic brain tumors.

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Podcast: New Treatments for Subdural Hematomas

In this episode of Brain and Spine Care, Dr. Jared Knopman discusses a new minimally invasive approach to treating subdural hematomas.