Are Blood Borne Cancers Treatable with Stem Cell Techniques or other New Advances?

 


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Air date: Monday, June 20, 2005, 11:00:00 AM
Category: Special
Runtime: 02:05:56
NLM Title: Are blood borne cancers treatable with stem cell techniques or other new advances? [electronic resource] / Wyndham Wilson, Ken Anderson, and Robert Soiffer.
Author: Wilson, Wyndham Hopkins.
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Publisher: [Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2005]
Abstract: (CIT): NCI and Dana-Farber science writers' seminar. Welcome and message from Dana-Farber's director on its role as an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center / Ken Anderson -- Multiple myeloma: new therapies using old drugs (e.g., thalidomide) / Robert Soiffer -- Stem cell transplantation as a tool for treating blood-borne cancers / Mr./Mrs. X (patient at Dana-Farber) -- What it means to be a survivor of a blood-borne cancer and the role of Dana-Farber in treatment / Wyndam Wilson -- The latest advances in leukemia research and where the cancer community is headed in treating blood-borne cancers.
Subjects: Antineoplastic Agents
Neoplasms--therapy
Stem Cells
Publication Types: Government Publications
Lectures
NLM Classification: QZ 266
NLM ID: 101268815
CIT File ID: 12715
CIT Live ID: 4092
Permanent link: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?12715