Improving CAR-T Access

About this episode

Dr. Chino discusses CAR-T therapy with Dr. Majhail and patient advocate Laurie Adami, focusing on access and administration of this advanced cancer treatment.

Dr. Chino talks with Dr. Navneet Majhail and patient advocate Laurie Adami about CAR-T therapy, an advance cancer treatment that biologically engineers a patient's own T-cells to recognize and kill cancer cells. This discussion will be based off the JCO OP article, " Outpatient Administration of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy Using Remote Patient Monitoring ," on which Dr. Majhail served as lead author. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put into Practice , the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice. I'm Dr. Fumiko Chino, an associate professor in radiation oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. CAR T-therapy is an advanced cancer treatment that biologically engineers a patient's own T cells to recognize and kill cancer cells. It has shown remarkable benefits, leading to long-term remission or even cure for select patients with hematological cancers that have not responded to other treatments. Primary trials were exclusively conducted in the inpatient setting due to high risk of quick onset and life-threatening toxicities requiring close monitoring and immediate treatment. Advances in symptom…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chino, Fumiko Chino, Fumiko

Guests: Laurie Adami, Dr. Navneet Majhail

Topics covered

• CAR-T therapy
• cancer treatment
• patient advocacy
• healthcare access
• remote patient monitoring

Keywords

• Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy
• outpatient administration
• remote patient monitoring
• cancer cells
• T-cells

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Kite CAR T-therapy, CAR T

Books & works: Improving CAR-T, Outpatient Administration of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy Using Remote Patient Monitoring, Put into Practice

Places: LA, US

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