Episodes by disease or treatment

Empowering Lives: Advancements in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Join us as we sit down with Dr. Deborah Stephens from the University of Utah, as we discover the latest breakthroughs in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).  We also gain valuable insights into enhancing patient’s quality of life In this episode, Dr. Stephens emphasizes the importance of effective communication with your healthcare team, unveiling strategies […]

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Accelerating Hope for Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Delve into the complex landscape of non-Hodgkin lymphoma research, where a cure is pursued amidst a backdrop of over 100 subtypes of this disease. In this episode, Dr. Kieron Dunleavy, of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, breaks down the differences in treatments, prognosis and goals for both slow-growing and aggressive subtypes of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Discover the

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Treating Rare Disease with Compassion: Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)

While chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a rare disease, it is not rare to the patients and loved ones who are affected by it. In this episode, Dr. Mrinal Patnaik of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses the unique aspects of CMML and how it is classified and treated.  Dr. Patnaik shares the latest

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Community Outreach in The Field: Red, Bred & Led Houston

Please join us for the latest episode of our Community Outreach In The Field series, where our field correspondents, comprised of LLS Staff, will be on the ground interviewing health advocates, patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals in the communities in which they serve. These episodes will make listeners feel like they are right in the

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Fueling Hope: Nutrition Insights for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)

Nourishing your body after a cancer diagnosis can seem like an impossible task when your mind is focused on survival. Join us as we talk to chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patient, Jonathan Daige, and Registered Dietitian, Jennifer Redlich, about healthy eating and the benefits of a balanced diet. In this episode, Jonathan, a three-time cancer

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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma:  Cancer & Pregnancy

Join us as we highlight how pivots in therapy and self-advocacy were used to treat a young woman’s diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In this episode, Caitlyn Householder, diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in 2019, shares her incredible journey after finding out that she was pregnant the day she was admitted to the hospital to

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Tumor Lysis Syndrome: What Patients Need to Know

Most blood cancer patients can experience side effects from their cancer diagnosis, or its treatments. In certain blood cancers, an urgent condition called tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) can develop. Dr. Tina Bhatnagar of the West Virginia University Cancer Institute joins us in this episode to explain why tumor lysis syndrome occurs and how it is

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Healing Through Writing: An Odyssey Through Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

As a cancer patient or caregiver, telling your story can not only be a way to update loved ones about your condition or be a comfort to current patients, it can be healing for yourself. In this episode, we speak to Steve Buechler about his treatment for acute myeloid leukemia as well as his experience through

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Attacking the Cancer Cell: Advances in CAR T-Cell Therapy

Please join us as we speak about CAR T-cell therapy with Dr. Carlos Silva, a Moffitt Cancer physician at Memorial Healthcare System in Pembroke Pines, Florida. In this episode, we explore the latest advances and what the future holds for CAR T-cell therapy.    This comprehensive view of CAR T-cell therapy will give blood cancer

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Perspectives on Quality of Life: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)

Join us as we hear two different perspectives from people living with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML); Tim Sohn, a 16-year survivor and Becky Dame, a 32-year survivor. In this episode, we hear how CML treatment has changed since 1991, when Becky was diagnosed. Becky had a difficult journey through cycles of relapse, transplant, and remission,

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Hopeful Advancements for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)

Join us as we speak to Dr. Richard Larson and Dr. Anand Patel from University of Chicago Medicine about chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In this episode, they discuss the latest advances in treatment for CML and what is on the horizon. With decades of progress with targeted treatments, CML patients are now given more hope

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Give Yourself Grace: Overcoming Long-term Side Effects

Join us as we speak to Veronika Panagiotou, a non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor and Alique Topalian, a two-time AML survivor. In this episode, Veronika and Alique discuss the long-term side effects they have been experiencing as a result of their chemotherapy treatments. While their lives have been impacted by these treatments, they have been able to

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Improving Quality of Life Through Wellness Practices

Join us as we speak to Heidi MacAlpine, a chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patient and occupational therapist. In this episode, Heidi talks to us about her diagnosis of CLL and how she has utilized wellness techniques to reduce inflammation and maintain a good quality of life while on a watch and wait protocol.  This episode

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Making The Decision To Live: A Myeloma Story

Join us as we speak to Tim Cooper, a multiple myeloma patient and caregiver. In this episode, Tim discusses how he was diagnosed with myeloma after sustaining a neck fracture. Unlike many patients, he was familiar with myeloma, as his mother had been diagnosed with myeloma years prior.   After multiple treatments, including chemotherapy and stem

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Statistics Don’t Color My Outcome: A CAR T-cell Therapy Success

Join us as we speak to Laurie Adami, a follicular lymphoma (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) survivor. In this episode, Laurie shares her long journey through multiple cancer treatments, which eventually led to CAR T-cell therapy and complete remission. Hear one patient’s story of hope, as new treatments continued to come out, keeping her stable until the one

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Engaging with Loved Ones: A CaringBridge Story

Join us as we speak to lymphoma patient, Leona, her husband and caregiver, Howell, and Tia Newcomer, the CEO of CaringBridge®. In this episode, Leona and Howell discuss the benefits of utilizing patient and caregiver support resources like the online journaling site, CaringBridge, to communicate with loved ones after Leona’s diagnosis. They were comforted that

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A Young Adult’s Journey Through Two Leukemia Diagnoses

Join us as we speak to John Falco, who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in 2019 and then later diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in his brain in 2021. This incredibly rare second diagnosis changed the course of John’s treatment and thankfully led to him achieving a complete remission after a stem

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Cancer Doesn’t Define My Life: A Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Story

Don’t miss this story of a patient who refuses to let cancer define his life.   Join us as we speak to Bruce Rieder, who was diagnosed in 2019 with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In this episode, Bruce shares about his diagnosis and subsequent search for a clinical trial. He connected

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Community Outreach In The Field: Blood and Chess Atlanta

Please join us for a brand new series called, Community Outreach In The Field, where our field correspondents, comprised of LLS Staff, will be interviewing health advocates, patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals in the communities in which they serve. These episodes will give the listener the feel that they are right in the middle of

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Achieving Long-term Remission with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Please join us as we speak to Dr. Matthew Davids of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In this episode, Dr. Davids discusses current treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and the exciting possibilities for the future using immunotherapies. Dr. Davids shares how the goal of treatment is long term remission and quality of life. Since 2010, BTK

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Support and Stability: Living with CMML

Please join us as we speak to Howard Willens, a chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) patient. In this episode, Howard shares how he was diagnosed with this rare blood cancer. He shares how patient support groups have assisted him, and how he no longer feels alone. His story encourages CMML patients to focus on stability and

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Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) Part Two: CAR T-Cell Therapy

Join us as we speak to Dr. Benjamin Lampson of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. In Part Two of this two-part series on mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), Dr. Lampson discusses the development and utilization of CAR T-cell therapy for MCL. Approved in July of 2020 for relapsed or refractory MCL, CAR T-cell therapy has

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Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) Part One: Treatment Advances

Join us as we speak to Dr. Benjamin Lampson of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. In Part One of this two-part series on mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), Dr. Lampson discusses the latest treatment advances for MCL. With more treatments available than just a few years ago, Dr. Lampson shares how his conversations with his

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Mental Health and Myeloma: A Story of Resilience

Join us as we speak to Damion Davis, a myeloma patient and licensed professional counselor. In this episode, Damion talks about his myeloma diagnosis and how he reached remission after a stem cell transplant. Dealing with the difficulty of a cancer diagnosis as a husband and father of young daughters, Damion knew the benefits that

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Patient-Doctor Perspectives: Hope in the Uncertainty of AML

Join us as we speak with Charles Huang and Dr. Gabriel Mannis in honor of AML Awareness Day (April 21st). In this episode, Charles tells us about his treatment for AML, participation in clinical trials, and shares about his struggle to find a bone marrow donor as an Asian Pacific Islander. Charles then turned his

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Innovative Therapies for Acute Leukemias

Join us as we speak to Dr. Hongtao Liu and Dr. Adam DuVall from University of Chicago Medicine, about current and emerging cellular therapies for acute leukemias. These innovative therapies include CAR T-cell therapy, modified Natural Killer (NK) cells and stem cell transplantations. In this episode, we discuss how these groundbreaking therapies have changed the

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Patient-Doctor Perspectives: Shared Decision Making

Join us as we speak with Donnie Hill, a chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) / small cell lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) patient and his doctor, James Essell, MD, of Oncology Hematology Care, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH. In this episode, Donnie and Dr. Essell discuss the importance of shared decision making (SDM) and how they worked together to

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Addressing Racial Health Disparities Through Community Outreach

Join us as we speak to Dr. Lorna McNeill, a Professor and Associate Director for Health Disparities and Community Outreach at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, along with a special guest from our LLS Patient and Community Outreach team, Erika Pomares. In this episode, Dr. McNeill shares how people of color, particularly African

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Anxiety and Hope: Living with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Join us as we speak to Donnie Hill, a patient living with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small cell lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). In this episode, Donnie shares his experience and the stresses of living with a chronic disease like CLL/SLL, the various treatments he has had since he was diagnosed in 2008 and how he

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Parent’s Cancer – Survivorship

Join us for our special series where we focus on adult child caregivers of a parent with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a parent’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, the role reversal from child to

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Parent’s Cancer – Role Reversal

Join us for our special series where we focus on adult child caregivers of a parent with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a parent’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, the role reversal from child to

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Transplant Support and Graft-Versus-Host-Disease (GVHD)

Join us as we speak to Dr. Mariam Nawas and Dr. Satyajit Kosuri from University of Chicago Medicine, about graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) and the Transplant Optimization Program (TOP). In this episode, we discuss stem cell transplants, how GVHD occurs and what can be done to manage and treat symptoms. The doctors also share how the

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Parent’s Cancer – Treatment

Join us for our special series where we focus on adult child caregivers of a parent with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a parent’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, the role reversal from child to

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Parent’s Cancer – Diagnosis

Join us for our special series where we focus on adult child caregivers of a parent with cancer. In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a parent’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, the role reversal from child to

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Patient-Doctor Perspectives: Hope for Myeloma Patients

Join us in this next installment of our series, Patient-Doctor Perspectives, where we explore a diagnosis from the view of a patient and doctor. In this episode, we speak to Bryon Daily, a myeloma survivor and Dr. Scott Solomon from Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Diagnosed in 2018, Bryon shares his experience living with myeloma after

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Child’s Cancer – Survivorship

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of children with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and parent caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a child’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment survivorship, and the child going back

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Child’s Cancer – Schooling

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of children with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and parent caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a child’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment survivorship, and the child going back

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A New You: You Made It Through (NHL)

Join us as we speak to Lyneshia Johnson-Woodland, an internet radio show host, actress and comedian who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in September 2020.  In this episode, Lyneshia shared how she was diagnosed with lymphoma and the difficult treatments she endured during the COVID-19 global pandemic. She also discussed the emotional impact of cancer

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Child’s Cancer – Treatment

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of children with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and parent caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a child’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment survivorship, and the child going back

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Child’s Cancer – Diagnosis

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of children with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and parent caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a child’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment survivorship, and the child going back

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Hope for Rare Cancers: Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (BPDCN)

Join us as we speak to Dr. Eunice Wang, the Chief of Leukemia Service and Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY. In this episode, Dr. Wang delves into the rare blood cancer, blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN). Usually identified by characteristic deep purple lesions, oncologists continue to raise

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Patient-Doctor Perspectives: Groundbreaking Research in CML

Join us in this next installment of our series, Patient-Doctor Perspectives, where we explore a diagnosis from the view of a patient and doctor. To celebrate the 100th episode of The Bloodline with LLS, we will be speaking with Mel Mann, a chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) survivor and Dr. Brian Druker, a physician researcher at Oregon Health Sciences University

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Young Adult’s Cancer – Survivorship

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of young adults with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and parent caregiver as they navigate the various stages of the young adult cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment survivorship, and the young

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Young Adult’s Cancer – Moving Home

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of young adults with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and parent caregiver as they navigate the various stages of the young adult cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment survivorship, and the young

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Young Adult’s Cancer – Treatment

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of young adults with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and parent caregiver as they navigate the various stages of the young adult cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment survivorship, and the young

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Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Young Adult’s Cancer – Diagnosis

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of young adults with cancer.  In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and parent caregiver as they navigate the various stages of the young adult cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment survivorship, and the young

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Patient-Doctor Perspectives: CLL and a Decade of Transformation

Join us in this next installment of our series, Patient-Doctor Perspectives, where we explore a diagnosis from the view of a patient and doctor. In this episode, we speak to Dr. Larry Saltzman, a Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) survivor and physician researcher and Dr. Steven Coutre from Stanford Medicine. Dr. Larry shares his experience living with

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