Cancer in Context With John Whyte

HRH Princess Ghida Talal, a champion of cancer research and prevention, gives John Whyte, MD, MPH, chief medical officer at WebMD, insight into the international fight.

Historically, there were three treatments for cancer: radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery. A fourth option, immunotherapy, has grown in scope and capability in the past 20 years.

John Whyte, MD, chief medical officer at WebMD, and gastroenterologist Paul Limburg, MD, talk about the incredible advances in cancer screenings over the past several years, especially for colorectal cancers.

John Whyte, MD, chief medical officer at WebMD, and Lewis Cantley, MD, a professor of cancer biology at Weill Cornell Medicine, discuss the connection between sugar, obesity, and certain cancers. Does glucose feed cancer cells?

John Whyte, MD, chief medical officer at WebMD, and medical oncologist Timothy Cannon, MD, discuss the rise of gastrointestinal cancers from your esophagus to your colon. Is there a link to red meat and infectious diseases? And what does the latest research reveal?

John Whyte, MD, chief medical officer at WebMD, and Richard Pazdur, MD, of the FDA, discuss why cancer patients feel forgotten during the pandemic and what doctors will take away in terms of treatment.

John Whyte, MD, chief medical officer at WebMD, and Richard Pazdur, MD, of the FDA, discuss the approval of cancer drugs and how those drugs have grown so much better.

John Whyte, MD, chief medical officer at WebMD, and Elizabeth Jaffee, MD, of Johns Hopkins, discuss immunotherapy, cancer vaccines, and genetics.

John Whyte, MD, chief medical officer at WebMD, and Lisa Richardson, MD, director of the Division of Cancer Prevention at the CDC, discuss data and the latest research on all things cancer.