This Week in Pediatric Oncology
immunotherapy
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
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Tune in as our host, Dr. Brenda Weigel from the University of Minnesota, is joined by Dr. Garrett Brodeur to discuss his expertise in genetic predispositions in childhood cancer. Dr. Brodeur is the Director of the Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) - and listen in as he discusses his journey leading up to cancer predisposition, what the program entails, as well as the process of screening & surveillance protocols.
To learn more about this program, please visit https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/hereditary-cancer-predisposition-program
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
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This Week in Pediatric Oncology #102 - November 10, 2022
Tune in as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined again by Dr. Douglas Hawkins - who is the current Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). They discuss in depth the findings of a presented published paper regarding the inequities of childhood cancer outcomes based on external socioeconomic factors such as neighborhood and household poverty.
To read the full paper, visit https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC7936051&blobtype=pdf
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
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Happy 100th Episode to the This Week in Pediatric Oncology Podcast! In this special milestone episode, our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Scott Kennedy & Donna Ludwinski from Solving Kids' Cancer to reminisce on the history & creation of TWiPO and talk about their favorite podcast episodes from over the years.
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
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Listen in as our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe, is joined by Dr. Jonathan Finlay to discuss his acclaimed & reputable career within the pediatric cancer landscape. Dr. Finlay reflects on his distinguished journey including how he got into pediatric immunology, how the field has evolved throughout his medical career, his views on exciting technologies & strategies, and how his personal experience as a patient influenced his position and mindset as a physician.
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Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
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Listen in as our host, Dr. Brenda Weigel from the University of Minnesota, is joined by Dr. Robbie Majzner - an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Stanford University's School of Medicine. Dr. Majzner goes into great detail about his recent clinical trial on GD2-CAR T cell therapy for H3K27M-mutated Diffuse Midline Gliomas - the findings, the process, and what the future holds. You can read more about Dr. Majzner's study here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04489-4
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Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
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Listen in as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Dr. Kristopher Bosse: an attending physician in the Division of Oncology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Dr. Bosse discusses his latest project that focuses on GPC2 Directed Immunotherapy, including what makes it a better target, the benefits & challenges of selecting new targets, as well as the strategy & applicability of the immunotherapy towards solid tumors.
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Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
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Tune in as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel, meet with Dr. Rimas Orentas - the Scientific Director of Caring Cross & a Professor from Seattle Children's Hospital. In this episode, Dr. Orentas discusses his expertise in cellular gene therapy - the accessibility, production, testing, and the importance of diversity and inclusion amongst research subjects.
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Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
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Hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Dr. Mariella Filbin from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Filbin discusses her expertise within DIPG including transcriptomics and epigenomics, as well as what is on the horizon for research - both challenging and exciting advances.
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Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
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Listen in as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined in this episode by Dr. Lisa Diller from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. Dr. Diller discusses the possibilities of genetic testing for pediatric cancer predisposition syndromes in newborn screening programs, but with uncertain benefits and costs. She recently authored a paper exploring mathematical modeling of a screening program for cost and benefit.
You can read her full paper here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33767345/
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
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Hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined in this episode by Dr. Andras Heczey from Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. Listen in as they discuss Dr. Heczey's expertise & research in utilizing Natural Killer (NK) T-cells for pediatric immunotherapy treatment and the process of doing so.
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