Treating Blood Cancers

Treating Blood Cancers

LLS Podcast Series for Professionals

Episodes

November 21, 2023 32 mins
Frank Penedo, Ph.D, University of Miami, Miami, FL Recorded on August 10, 2023 Tune in as we’re joined by Dr. Frank Penedo from the University of Miami for an important discussion on considerations in survivorship care of older adults. Dr. Penedo outlines long-term and late effects of treatment, including psychosocial implications, and the impact of culture and language on survivorship. He also shares strategies for follow-up care ...
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John Salsman, Ph.D, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Recorded on June 22, 2023 In this episode, Dr. John Salsman from Wake Forest University School of Medicine joins special staff correspondent, Elissa Baldwin, to discuss quality of life in the cancer experience of adolescents and young adults (AYAs), including unique issues that AYAs face. Dr. Salsman offers approaches to questions healthcare providers ...
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Tung Wynn, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Braulio Hernandez Recorded on June 10, 2023 Join Dr. Tung Wynn from the University of Florida, and Braulio Hernandez, a childhood cancer advocate and AYA survivor of Hodgkin Lymphoma, as they discuss the unique experiences of adolescents and young adults from active treatment to survivorship. Dr. Wynn and Braulio reflect on the physical and psychosocial long-term and late ef...
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Chasity Burrows Walters, PhD, RN, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Recorded on April 13, 2023 In this important conversation, Dr. Chasity Burrows Walters from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discusses the barriers that persons within the LGBTQI+ community experience in accessing healthcare and the impact of discrimination on health outcomes. Dr. Burrows Walters offers guidance to help healthcare providers...
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Ehab Atallah, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Recorded on January 24, 2023 In this episode, Dr. Ken Miller sits down with Dr. Ehab Atallah, from the Medical College of Wisconsin, to discuss chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) including the development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), challenges with adherence to treatment, side effect management, and long-term and late effects, including cardiac toxicities. Dr. Atal...
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Lee Greenberger, PhD, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Rye Brook, NY Recorded on December 19, 2022 In this episode, Lee Greenberger, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, returns to provide an update on the information presented at the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, including leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, MDS, and MPNs. Dr. Greenberger discusses updates...
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Shayna Sarosiek, MD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Recorded on December 6, 2022 Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare blood cell cancer characterized by an excess number of abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow. How does WM fit into the spectrum of other blood cancer diseases? Who is at risk? What are the genetic factors? Dr. Shayna Sarosiek, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, joins us to provide a dee...
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Sattva S. Neelapu, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Recorded on December 16, 2022 Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has generated impressive results in hematologic malignancies, with many drugs still in clinical trials. In this episode, Dr. Sattva S. Neelapu from MD Anderson Cancer Center, joins us to discuss updates on CAR T-cell therapy from the 2022 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. Dr...
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Daphne Friedman, MD, Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC Recorded on October 20, 2022 In Part II of Shared Decision Making with Your Patients Diagnosed with a Chronic Leukemia, Dr. Daphne Friedman, from the Durham VA Health Care System in North Carolina, discusses the importance of a relationship between the provider and the patient when it comes to shared decision making (SDM), including the unique conversations of SDM with y...
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October 27, 2022 25 mins
Eytan M. Stein, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Recorded on October 7, 2022 Dr. Eytan Stein, from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, joins us to reflect on breakthroughs in acute myeloid leukemia, including updates in treatment, long-term and late effects of therapy, and side effect management. Tune in to this episode as Dr. Stein discusses an overview of data presented at the Tenth Annual Meeting of t...
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Saad Z. Usmani, MD, MBA, FACP, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Recorded on September 30, 2022 Join us for this special episode, recorded live from the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society of Hematologic Oncology in Houston, TX! Guest host and conference attendee, Lauren Berger, Senior Director of Professional Education and Engagement at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, speaks with Dr. Saad Usmani, from Memorial ...
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September 20, 2022 35 mins
Naveen Pemmaraju, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Recorded on September 6, 2022 Join us as Dr. Naveen Pemmaraju from MD Anderson Cancer Center, returns to discuss blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasms (BPDCN)! In this episode, Dr. Pemmaraju provides an overview of BPDCN, including major updates in the treatment of the disease since our last episode on this topic in 2019. What is BPDCN? How...
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Jason Gotlib, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA Recorded on July 19, 2022 Mastocytosis is a rare and complex disease. In this special episode, Dr. Jason Gotlib from the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, CA, discusses an overview of the disease, including its subtypes, clinical presentations, and treatment related toxicities. Dr. Gotlib addresses the importance of second opinions, collabora...
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Rafael Fonseca, MD, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ Recorded on June 30, 2022 In this episode, Dr. Rafael Fonseca, from the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, joins Dr. Ken Miller to breakdown the complex and complicated nature of genomics and molecular profiling. He discusses the role of molecular profiling in treating blood cancers, explains how we integrate genomics into the standard of care for people living with cancer, the potential of false n...
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Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD, FASCO, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Recorded on June 9, 2022 Children diagnosed with cancer are a heterogenous population experiencing different cancer diagnoses and therapies. Each journey presents its own physical, emotional, and psychosocial challenges that healthcare providers need to be attentive to. In this episode, Dr. Kevin Oeffinger, from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, join...
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Gwen L. Nichols, MD, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Rye Brook, NY Recorded on May 20, 2022 Through the LLS Children’s Initiative, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is setting out to fundamentally change how children with blood cancer are treated and cared for. For children and their families, LLS provides free education, support services, financial assistance, advocacy efforts, and has increased its research investments in ch...
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Zalman Suldan, MD, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center – Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ Recorded on May 3, 2022 The primary care physician plays an important role in the treatment of patients living with a chronic blood disorder, from early diagnosis to appropriate referral to a hematologist-oncologist, from coordination of care to goals of therapy. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Zalman Suldan, from Hackens...
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Rayne H. Rouce, MD, BS, Texas Children’s Cancer Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Houston, TX Recorded on April 8, 2022 As CAR T-cell therapy continues to evolve in new and exciting ways, new indications are approved and treatment toxicities reduced. In this episode, Dr. Rayne Rouce, from the Texas Children’s Cancer Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College in Houston, joins us to discuss hot topics in CAR T-cell therapy, ...
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Francine Foss, MD and John A. Zic, MD, MMHC Recorded on March 28, 2022 This informative episode covers everything you need to know about cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, from its biology, subclassifications, targeted therapy, goals of treatment, novel toxicities, and so much more! Join Dr. Ken Miller as he delves into cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with two special guests; Dr. Francine Foss from Yale University School of Medicine and Dr. John...
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March 23, 2022 38 mins
Srdan Verstovsek, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Recorded on February 18, 2022 In this month’s episode, Dr. Srdan Verstovsek, from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, joins us to discuss myelofibrosis. What is myelofibrosis? What is our understanding of the disease? What are the deciding factors for cells to branch off into myelofibrosis and not other myeloproliferative neoplasms? Tune in as we explore mye...
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