Marrow Masters

Are Most Eligible or Ineligible for CAR T-cell Therapy?

Episode Summary

CAR T-cell Therapy can be a life-saving targeted treatment, but many people don't know they're eligible. Dr. Kent Holland helps us bust that myth.

Episode Notes

This episode will focus on CAR T-cell Therapy.

Dr. H. Kent Holland, is board certified in the subspecialties of oncology and hematology. He is Medical Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital and Co-Director of the Northside Hospital Stem Cell Processing Laboratory. Dr. Holland is also a Northside Hospital Leukemia Program physician. An expert on this topic, Dr. Holland will share how it works, who is eligible, and much more.

CAR T-cell Therapy is a game changer. Listen to learn more about this therapy and the many patients who will qualify. Many who may have very few options after relapsing from remission are learning that CAR T-cell Therapy is life-saving, targeted cellular therapy.

Get ready to be educated, inspired and much more as we bust this myth and many others throughout this series.

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