In this Oncology Brothers podcast episode, Naval Daver, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, discusses treatment strategies for both therapy‑related and de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML), focusing on cases…
Tara Lin, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, discusses how she approaches choosing induction therapy for patients with treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia, emphasizing that fitness…
Faith Davies, MD, shares insights from the IMS 2024 session on high-risk disease, highlighting the debut of a unified high-risk definition. This new framework incorporates 17p deletions, mutations,…
Muneeb Shah MD, and Luke Maxfield, MD, break down the essentials of skin cancer, explaining the causes, symptoms, and treatments of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and…
The dialogue between Venugopal, MD, and Nabhan, MD, delves into unresolved challenges in treating chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Venugopal emphasizes the need for targeted therapies in CML blast…
Lobular breast cancer presents unique challenges in detection and treatment due to its diffuse growth pattern and differences from ductal cancers. Liz O’Riordan, MD, shares her personal journey,…
Pompe disease is a progressive, life-threatening genetic neuromuscular disorder. Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD), affecting individuals over one year old, leads to trunk and proximal muscle weakness, often impacting…
Beth A. Vogt, MD discusses Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis (GN), often following strep infections, affects children aged 5-15. Symptoms typically emerge 7-14 days post-infection and include cola-colored urine, edema, hypertension,…
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the colon and rectum, causing symptoms like abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, rectal urgency, and fatigue. Sanjay Murthy, MD,…
The FDA has approved MTAV, a groundbreaking treatment for melanoma, a potentially deadly skin cancer. Known as tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, this innovative approach uses a patient’s own…
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic condition causing cysts to grow in the kidneys, potentially leading to kidney failure. Symptoms may include back pain, blood in urine,…
Melanoma’s link to sun exposure may not be as straightforward as commonly thought. While outdoor workers have higher UV exposure, studies like a European case-control study and the…
