Using intraoperative radiation to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins have been able to reduce the recurrence rate around the pancreas to 5%.
Malcolm V. Brock, director of Clinical and Translational Research in Thoracic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, grew up in Bermuda. His father insisted that his children branch outside the small island—the country has a population of just over 60,000 people—and challenge themselves abroad.
