
Lymphoma 1: Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's (x4)
Lymphomas make up about 11% of childhood cancer, and there are several different types. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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2 Nov 2015
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Highlights of ASCO: Two transplants for neuroblastoma??
At the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in June 2016, a study was presented looking at using two autologous bone marrow transplants in neuroblastoma. The results were exciting.... Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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8 Aug 2016
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in Childhood
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Chemotherapy 7: Ifosfamide
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Fevers: why are the doctors so obsessed with fevers?
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Rhabdomyosarcoma
All about rhabdomyosarcoma. What sort of tumour is it? Where does it occur? What tests are needed? How is it treated? Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Chemotherapy for Childhood Cancer Episode 1: Introduction
Introduction to chemotherapy in the treatment of childhood cancer. Dr Geoff explains what chemotherapy is, how it works, and what side effects may occur. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Chemotherapy Drugs 6: Cisplatin.
Cisplatin is a chemotherapy drug that is particularly used in osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, germ cell tumours and others. This episode describes how it is given and the important side effects. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Nutrition 4: Total Parenteral Nutrition
When eating and nasogastric feeding aren't working, we may need to give nutrition straight into the vein. That's called TPN or hyperalimentation. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Nutrition 2: Quinoa or KFC?
If nutrition is so important, then what food should kids eat while on chemotherapy? Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Interesting article: do children with cancer have an underlying gene abnormality?
Parents always ask why their child developed cancer. They ask if it is genetic, meaning is it something hereditary, or some abnormality in the DNA that the child was born with. In this episode I discuss a recent paper that examined this question. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"A Selfless Act": my reading of an article on clinical trials in childhood cancer.
In this episode I read out for you an article written by Dr Susan Cohn from the University of Chicago. Dr Cohn is an eminent paediatric oncologist, and a world expert on children's cancer trials, particularly in neuroblastoma. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Nutrition 1: Why is Nutrition an Issue?
Children on chemotherapy can really struggle to maintain their weight. This episode explains why. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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G-CSF and PEG G-CSF: drugs to boost the bone marrow.
Chemotherapy can make the white blood cell count drop, predisposing to infection. These drugs work to boost white blood cell production. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Why does my child need a heart test? Echo's and ECG's.
We often need to evaluate heart function during chemotherapy. This episode explains what the tests are, and why we need to do them. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Immunotherapy 4: Those amazing new antibodies against cancer
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Lumbar Puncture 1: what is a lumbar puncture?
We often need to take samples of the spinal fluid, and regularly inject chemotherapy drugs there too. We do this using a lumbar puncture. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Bone Tumours in Children and Young Adults 1: Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma
What are the main types of bone tumours in children and young adults? What is Ewing sarcoma, what is osteosarcoma? Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Personalised Medicine 4: How DNA gets messed up to cause cancer.
There's multiple ways the DNA code can get messed up and lead to cancer. This episode describes some of them, along with some little green men. Link to Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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