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Promise and Progress - A Cancer Revolution
A Cancer Revolution


Articles in this Issue
Letter from the Director
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It’s hard to believe that 30 years have passed since our Cancer Center first opened its doors.
Headline Makers
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A summary of recent headline makers.
Research
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It’s uncommon for a scientist to announce, “I think we’re going about this the wrong way,” particularly in regard to their own research.
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Each year, Vogelstein and Kinzler receive more than a thousand applications looking for postdoctoral training in this world-renowned laboratory.
A Genetic Revolution
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Bert Vogelstein ranks today, as he has for more than a decade, as the pre-eminent international scientist. The discoveries that led the world to understand that cancer is a genetic disease unfolded one by one in his laboratory.
Capturing The Stem Cell
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They are the key to life, our blood cells—red ones, white ones, immune cells, and platelets—manufactured deep within our bones, coursing through our 60,000 miles of arteries and veins to nourish, heal, and protect us.
Radiation Oncology
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There’s no doubt we can deliver higher doses of radiation and still produce fewer side effects, says the chairman of the newest department on campus.
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The Kimmel Cancer Center celebrated the opening of its $4.5 million Gamma Knife Center in 2003.
Sever Aplastic Anemia
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In 1996, a Johns Hopkins investigator uncovered and re-opened a 30-year-old clinical protocol that offered the promise of a cure for patients stricken with the rare and deadly immune disorder known as severe aplastic anemia.
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Severe aplastic anemia (SAA) is one of those horrible diseases that people like to tell stories about.
Philanthropy
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Ten-year-old Conor Griffin Goetz contributed more than his savings account to the battle against cancer.
30 Years of Discovery
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A timeline of our accomplishments over the last 30 years.
News
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A summary of recent honors and awards.
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New additions to the team.
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Sidney Kimmel was recently recognized in Business Week magazine as one of America's top philanthropists.
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The Avon Foundation has given $10 million for construction of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center.
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Every Kimmel Cancer Center senior professor should have a chair.