William Nelson - Director, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins prostate cancer specialist William G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., has been selected to lead the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. 

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Program Notes:

0:22    I’m very committed to doing the best I can
1:18    What have we discovered?
2:16    Reduced death rate from prostate cancer almost in half
3:19    Diagnose at the earliest possible state
4:23    Leadership at a time of limited resources
5:28    Large pharmaceutical companies developing treatments
6:30    Prevention is one focus
7:33    Our mission is to discover new treatments and implement them
8:34    How good we can be when we work together
9:35    More efficient translation from lab to clinic
10:15  End


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