Cancer patients are eager to use immunotherapy but sometimes chemotherapy is the far better option
By Ravi Parikh for The Washington Post: I recently met a decorated Vietnam veteran with Stage 4 bladder cancer in my clinic. He told me he was willing to do "whatever it...
Cancer patients shouldn’t be responsible for out-of-pocket costs
By Ezekiel J. Emanuel May 23, 2023 for STAT EXCERPT: In 2023, just under 2 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer. Many will endure multiple CT and MRI studies...
Cancer Treatment Tackles a New Frontier: Chemo at Home, Even on the Go
From The Philadelphia Inquirer Chemotherapy at home is a rising trend, driven by patient convenience and the widespread fear of hospitals during the pandemic. But as much...
Candice Player
Candice Player joined Project HOME in July 2019. In her role as the Vice President of Advocacy, Public Policy and Street Outreach, Player provides mission-focused leadership...
CAR-T Costs 'Not Sustainable' for Hospitals, Researchers Say
A breakthrough therapy to treat certain advanced blood cancers, known as chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, has shown promising results — even complete remissions in...
Cara Kiernan Fallon
Cara Kiernan Fallon is a Lecturer in Global Health at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University. She completed her postdoctoral training in Medical Ethics...
Caregiving As Moral Experience | Arthur Kleinman, MD
Arthur Kleinman, MD, author of The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor (available for pre-order through Penguin Random House) will speak on our campus...
Casey Humbyrd
Casey Humbyrd is the chief of foot and ankle orthopedics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the founder and coordinator of Program in Surgical Ethics and Health...