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The Latest Prospects for Cancer Treatment

J. Junker

Cancers are a leading cause of death worldwide. Nearly 40 percent of us are diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives. And cancer care cost close to $150 billion in 2017. Of course, we also spend billions on cancer research to develop new ways to better detect and treat cancers. 

In 2018, the FDA approved 18 new cancer drugs and approved the expanded use of ten more. So what might we expect in 2019? Elaine Mardis is professor of pediatrics and Co-Executive Director of The Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She’s also President-Elect of the American Association for Cancer Research. She spoke with Living Lab Radio.

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Elsa Partan is a producer and newscaster with CAI. She first came to the station in 2002 as an intern and fell in love with radio. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. From 2006 to 2009, she covered the state of Wyoming for the NPR member station Wyoming Public Media in Laramie. She was a newspaper reporter at The Mashpee Enterprise from 2010 to 2013. She lives in Falmouth with her husband and two daughters.