Latest developments in cancer treatment
Among the new findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference this week: New hope for breast and stomach cancer drugs; more information about how hormones and antidepressants interact with cancer; and news of a potential cancer vaccine.9:06 a.m.Douglas Schwartzentruber: Surgical oncologist and medical director of center for cancer care at Goshen health system. He directed vaccine trials for the melanoma findings.
Stephen Schuster: Professor of medicine and director of lymphoma translational research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
J. Leonard Lichtenfeld: Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the national office of the American Cancer Society. He directs the Society's Cancer Control Science Department, which produces the Society's widely recognized guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cancer and guidelines for nutrition and physical activity for cancer survivors.
Midmorning loves words
Midmorning's word guru Anatoly Lieberman sorts out multiple meanings and multiple pronouncers, while correcting the misuse of million-dollar words and phrases in our everyday conversation.10:06 a.m.Anatoly Liberman: Professor in the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. His new book, "An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology," came out in March.
Twitter
You can follow Kerri Miller on Twitter at @KerriMPR
Midmorning Podcast
Download each day's Midmorning to your computer or portable MP3 player. Each hour addresses a different topic. To receive both hours every day, you need to subscribe to both hour one and hour two.
Subscribe directly with iTunes:
Hour 1: 
Hour 2: 
You can also copy and paste these URLs into your podcast software: