WATCH RECORDING: "What's in Your Blood?" an OHE Event

UPDATE (September 16, 2021): This event took place on August 19, 2021

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Approximately every three minutes, one person in the U.S. is diagnosed with a blood cancer, accounting for approximately 10% percent of all new cancer diagnoses each year.

On August 19, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Duke Cancer Institute Office of Health Equity (OHE) will host a public discussion — “What’s in Your Blood? A Look into Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Multiple Myeloma.” The program will center on risk factors to be aware of, signs and symptoms to watch out for, methods of diagnosing and staging and the latest treatment options available. Attendees will also learn how patient navigators can help cancer patients minimize or eliminate any barriers to care they may face, including transportation, lodging and financial concerns.

Nelson Chao, MD, MBA, and Carlos De Castro III, MD, Duke Cancer Institute physician-scientists who research and treat blood cancers, will be joined by Mildred Bethea — a certified patient navigator, OHE Community Health Ambassador, and two-time cancer survivor — for this virtual and free-of-charge event. Bethea, who under the care of Chao and De Castro underwent a stem cell transplant in 2007 to treat recurrent leukemia (a few years after beating breast cancer), will share her personal journey through cancer in addition to her expertise in patient navigation.

OHE senior program coordinator and certified patient navigator LaSonia Barnett, MA, will serve as moderator.

This event is the August installment in OHE’s monthly "Conversations with Our Community" series. Attendees are invited to submit, during the registration process, any questions they would like the speakers to address. This event is open to all community members, so please share with others.

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*Registration to attend the event is required and must be completed by August 19 at 5 p.m. The hour-long event begins at 6:30 p.m. A Zoom link will be provided on the day of the event. At the conclusion of the program, Alex Alvarez, MS, senior manager of Patient and Community Outreach, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, will share with attendees a list of (and links to) helpful resources.

Email Aretha Rice or call 919.684.0409 for more information.

Learn More About the Oncologists

Nelson Chao, MD, MBA, is a cellular therapy specialist and stem cell transplant specialist who sees patients in the Duke Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinic at the Duke Blood Cancer Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.

Chao is the Donald D. and Elizabeth G. Cooke Cancer Distinguished Research Professor and division chief in the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. He is also a professor in the School of Medicine Departments of Immunology and Pathology and a research professor of Global Health with the Duke Global Health Institute. His research interests are in clinical hematopoietic stem cell and cord blood transplantation and in laboratory studies related to graft vs. host disease and immune reconstitution.
 

Carlos De Castro III, MD, is a hematologic oncologist and hematologist (malignant) who sees patients at the Duke Hematologic Malignancies Clinic at the Duke Blood Cancer Center. He is board certified in Hematology, Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine.

De Castro is a professor in the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, whose clinical research projects have focused on new and innovative treatments for myelodysplastic syndromes, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, and adult leukemias and lymphomas.