Leukemia and Lymphoma (Part 2)

Overview:
Discussion of the cancers of blood, bone marrow or lymphatic system such as leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

Part One:
Leukemia types:
- Acute vs. chronic
- Lymphocytic vs. myelogenous
Leukemia symptoms
Childhood leukemia
Leukemia treatments
Targeted therapies including Gleevec
Bone marrow transplants

Part Two:
Multiple myeloma
Lymph nodes
Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Lymphoma symptoms
Research/Clinical trials
"Mini" transplants

Dr. Maria Baer is the head of the Hematologic Malignancies Program at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dr. Baer is also a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Links:

Leukemia and Lymphoma (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpT-36JYo28

Leukemia and Lymphoma (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1uhbAeKySw

Maryland Hematologic Malignancies Program
http://www.umgcc.org/hem_malig_program/index.htm

Dr. Maria Baer
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/maria_r_baer.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Acute
• Leukemia
• chronic
• Lymphocytic
• myelogenous
• Gleevec
• Bone
• marrow
• transplants
• Multiple
• myeloma
• Hodgkin's
• disease
• non-Hodgkin's
• lymphoma
• mht
• ummc
• umgcc

[mehdi7687]

Thank you so much for posting.

[conie013]

very informative!! thanks



[5montour]

Thank you very much for posting. Knowledge is power, I'll be able to be supportive if needed when my friend's diagnosis is formulated.

[baysideful]

I was just diagnosed with smoldering Lymphoma. Going 4 a 2nd opinion.

What exactly is Walderstroms Lymphoma?

[sangretaina1986]

Very helpful post. Put this part of hematology into perspective! Thanks.

[makawan82908]

Thank you for upload. I had NHL 3 times,on remission for 23 months, recently 1.22.10 the PET/CT scan diagnosed of recurrence #4. any advises will be appreciate. thanks

[causalbody]

Wonderful and very informative post...Thanks a lot..With insights like this we can certainly understand the disease better..

[locutus12]

Thankyou for this, I am currently waiting for results to see if I have lymphoma :( any info is helpful.

[Jessecraft1954]

Thank you for uploading these videos. I also and thankful to the doctor and the interviewer for this discussion about Leukemia. I had an uncle and a friend who had Leukemia. I am so glad the study of this illness is making progress in finding new and better ways of fighting this illness. I am very thankful for the researchers and doctors who work so hard sacrifice so much of their lives to help so many people. Your years of study gives the gift of life to so many. God bless.