This Week in Pediatric Oncology
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Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
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Join our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children's Hospital, as he’s joined with Dr. Jim Geller from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to discuss his expertise in pediatric liver cancer - hepatoblastoma. In this episode, we are also specially joined by Kelly & Jessica Woolwine as they tell their story of how they navigated the hepatoblastoma landscape to seek treatment for their daughter, Charlotte.
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
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
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This Week in Pediatric Oncology #105 - January 3, 2023
Happy New Year from the TWiPO team! We are opening up this new year with an episode on building a pediatric cancer disease community. Our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children's Hospital, with special co-host, Donna Ludwinski from Solving Kids' Cancer, is joined by Ann Graham - Executive Director & Founder of MIB Agents. Listen in as they discuss Ann's personal cancer journey, how it spearheaded her own advocacy efforts, starting MIB Agents & their role in advocating within the childhood cancer research landscape.
To learn more about MIB Agents, you can visit https://www.mibagents.org/
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.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
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Tune in as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Dr. Samuel Volchenboum who is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics from the University of Chicago. Dr. Volchenboum spearheaded an international effort through two data platforms called the Pediatric Cancer Data Commons (PCDC) & GEARBOx (Genomic Eligibility Algorithm at Relapse for Better Outcomes). Listen in as he explains the importance behind these two platforms, as well as the challenges and barriers to data collaboration.
To learn more about the Pediatric Cancer Data Commons, you can visit http://commons.cri.uchicago.edu
To learn more about GEARBOx, you can visit http://gearbox.pedscommons.org
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
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Hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined Solving Kids’ Cancer’s patient advocates, Nick Bird & Donna Ludwinski. Nick & Donna, along with other patient advocates, recently published a groundbreaking report, “When Innovation and Commercialization Collide: A Patient Advocate View in Neuroblastoma“. Listen in as they discuss the importance of advocacy and being the voice of cancer patients and their families, and how all stakeholders (i.e. academia, advocates, and big pharma) can collaborate and advance treatment options for pediatric cancer patients.
You can read their full paper here: https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.21.01916?bid=123546590&cid=DM9111
Have any thoughts? Questions? Ideas for future topics? Email us at TWIPO@solvingkidscancer.org.
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Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
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Tune in to the latest TWiPO episode as hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel, meet with Prof. Andy Pearson and Prof. Lou Chesler to discuss the ACCELERATE forums; Prof. Pearson & Prof. Chesler played pivotal roles in the start of the ALKi Pediatric Strategy Forum. Listen in as they discuss their experiences from the very first meeting, how topics are chosen, and the importance of bringing together key people from different industries. The ACCELERATE international platform provides a transparent forum to discuss and address, in a timely fashion, overarching issues in the development of innovative anticancer medicines for children and adolescents with cancer.
To learn more about ACCELERATE, please visit: https://www.accelerate-platform.org/
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
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Hosts Dr. Tim Cripe and Dr. Brenda Weigel met with Dr. Gilles Vassal and Patricia Blanc on the ACCELERATE Platform: Innovation for Children and Adolescents with Cancer. Dr. Gilles Vassal is the head of Clinical Research at Institut Gustave Roussy in Villejuif, France & he is also the Chair for the ACCELERATE Steering Committee. Patricia Blanc is the President & Founder of the Imagine for Margo Foundation and serves as a Patient Advocate for ACCELERATE. Listen in to hear how the ACCELERATE platform came to be & the advances they are making within the childhood cancer research landscape. The ACCELERATE international platform provides a transparent forum to discuss and address, in a timely fashion, overarching issues in the development of innovative anticancer medicines for children and adolescents with cancer.
To learn more about ACCELERATE, please visit: https://www.accelerate-platform.org/
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
• How is the pandemic changing current cancer care services?• What is the current state of open clinical trials and how will new, near-term trials be affected?• What is the impact on emerging new therapies and translational research?• Are there any silver linings to all of this for childhood cancer research?
These answers and more are discussed in this special episode for cancer families where leaders from COG, the NCI and the pharmaceutical industry lead a community discussion about the pandemic's impact on all aspects of pediatric cancer research including clinical trials and standard cancer care services, followed by Q&A with questions from families and attendees.
We are joined by:- Peter Adamson, MD – former Chair, Children's Oncology Group (COG) and current Global Head, Oncology Development & Pediatric Innovation, Sanofi
- Mark Kieran, MD, PhD – Pediatric Clinical Trial Lead, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Jeffery J. Auletta, MD - Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program and the Host Defense and Immunocompromised Infectious Diseases Program at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
- Carol Thiele, Ph.D, Deputy Chief, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Pediatric Oncology Branch
- Prof. Pamela Kearns President, European Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOPE), Director of Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit
Moderated by: Timothy P. Cripe, MD, PhD – Chief of Hematology and Oncology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Hosted by: Solving Kids' Cancer US & UK, and Max Cure Foundation