Blood Cancer

GRACE sat down with Dr. Marco Ruiz to discuss information regarding all diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and are they made equally ("¿Todos los linfomas difusos de linfocitos B (DLBCL) están hechos iguales?"). Stay tuned for more on our continuing video series with our Spanish speaking faculty on updates in blood cancer treatments, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia & Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, (Leucemia crónica linfocítica y linfoma no Hodgkin).

We would like to thank the following company for their support of this program:

For this series, GRACE sat down with Marco Ruiz, MD, an oncologist at Memorial Cancer Institute specializing in hematologic or blood cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and myelofibrosis. He is also an experienced bone marrow transplant specialist and is active in cancer research.

Malignant Hematology

Progress in understanding DNA changes in lymphoma has already provided improved and highly sensitive tests for detecting this disease. Such tests can identify lymphoma cells based on changes such as chromosome translocations or rearrangements or specific gene mutations. Some of these tests are already in use, and others are being developed. They may be used to:

Many physicians worship evidence-based medicine, which is generally a very good practice that ensures that medical practice isn’t dictated by our biases and assumptions but rather on interventions that we have proven show benefits that exceed their anticipated risks.

Two of GRACE's earliest followers, Laya Dogmetchi and Jim Celebucki, talk about how the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education helps cancer patients and their families make informed decisions about their care.

Buddy Scalera is a podcaster and Senior Director of Content Strategy in Global Health Science at the Medicines Company, and has been a member of the GRACE board of directors since 2011.   We are thankful to Buddy for his ongoing input to GRACE, and allowing us to share this interview with GRACE founder and president Jack West, MD.