Blood & Cancer
The official podcast feed of MDedge Hematology-Oncology, part of the Medscape Professional Network. On Thursdays, Dr. David Henry interviews key opinion leaders and rising stars in hematology and oncology. The information in this podcast is provided for informational and educational purposes only.
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Biosimilars with Dr. Gary Lyman
Existing biosimilars are safe, effective alternative...
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May 27 2021 32m
Advanced bladder cancer: Dr. Arjun Balar talks treatment strategies in a changing field
Systemic treatment for advanced urothelial cancer is...
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May 20 2021 27m
Gene therapies in hemophilia with Dr. Glenn Pierce
A “very basic” type of gene therapy could potentiall...
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May 13 2021 24m
Thrombosis and thrombocytopenia caused by COVID-19 vaccines: How to identify and treat VITT, VIPIT, or TTS
At least 17 cases of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia...
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May 6 2021 23m
Toward more personalized treatment in prostate cancer: The CCR score predicts metastasis and guides treatment decis...
The combined clinical cell-cycle risk (CCR) score us...
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Apr 29 2021 28m
Changing perspectives: Dr. Michael Weiner recounts his experiences as an oncologist who became a cancer patient and...
Pediatric oncologists are used to dealing with emoti...
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Apr 22 2021 25m
Optimizing CAR T-cell therapies in lymphoma: Improving response, fighting cytokine release syndrome, and identifyin...
Studies have shown that chimeric antigen receptor (C...
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Apr 15 2021 25m
Trends in genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer: Undertesting and racial/ethnic disparities persist
Researchers have tracked the evolution of genetic ge...
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Apr 8 2021 26m
Improving cancer screening in the COVID era: Drive By Flu-FIT allows for socially distanced colorectal cancer scree...
A program called Drive By Flu-FIT has allowed for so...
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Apr 1 2021 25m
Unpacking von Willebrand disease guidelines: Dr. Paula James talks diagnosis and pre-procedure prophylaxis
Earlier this year, clinical practice guidelines for ...
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Mar 25 2021 18m
FDA approvals in hematology and oncology, Part II: New oral formulations, RET and MET inhibitors, and CAR T-cell th...
We continue our review of drugs recently approved by...
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Mar 18 2021 20m
How I treat CLL and MCL: From ‘watch and wait’ to BCL2 and BTK inhibitors, CAR T-cell therapy, and transplant
Treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) an...
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Mar 11 2021 22m
COVID-19 vaccination in cancer patients: Who should be vaccinated and when?
When should cancer patients receive a COVID-19 vacci...
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Mar 4 2021 30m
Managing pain in sickle cell crisis with Dr. Ifeyinwa Osunkwo
Ifeyinwa (Ify) Osunkwo, MD, MPH, joins us to talk ab...
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Feb 25 2021 26m
FDA approvals in hematology and oncology: Novel agents and new tricks for old drugs
In this episode, we review drugs recently approved b...
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Feb 18 2021 23m
NCI-MATCH trial reveals actionable mutations and matches cancer patients to targeted therapies
The NCI-MATCH trial was designed to reveal mutations...
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Feb 11 2021 20m
COVID-19 vaccine 101: Dr. Drew Weissman discusses mechanisms, efficacy, and vaccinating patients with cancer or HIV
How do the various COVID-19 vaccines work, and when ...
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Feb 4 2021 23m
Barriers to clinical trial enrollment for patients with gynecologic cancers: Why patients don’t participate and how...
The greatest barrier to clinical trial enrollment is...
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Jan 28 2021 21m
Convalescent plasma for COVID-19, race linked to cancer-associated thrombosis risk, iron deficiency common in pregn...
New studies have shed additional light on how conval...
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Jan 21 2021 18m
Thrombosis research from ASH 2020: Khorana score falls short in cancer study, factors predict VTE in cancer patient...
Three studies revealed new findings on thrombosis in...
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Jan 14 2021 24m
Highlights from SABCS 2020: New data on CDK4/6 inhibitors, omitting chemotherapy and radiotherapy, underreporting t...
A number of groundbreaking and practice-changing stu...
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Jan 7 2021 52m
Best of Blood & Cancer 2020
In this episode, we bring you clips from the best Bl...
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Dec 24 2020 40m
SABCS 2020: More women may forgo chemo, surgery's role in opioid use, and pregnancy after breast cancer
News from SABCS 2020: RxPONDER: Even more women may...
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Dec 22 2020 7m
How does COVID-19 affect patients with hematologic malignancies? The ASH registry provides some answers
The ASH Research Collaborative COVID-19 Registry for...
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Dec 17 2020 26m
News from ASH 2020: 'Practice-changing' results with ruxolitinib in chronic GVHD and no benefit seen with tranexami...
News from ASH 2020: No benefit from tranexamic acid...
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Dec 15 2020 9m