Weill Cornell’s Rebecca Elstrom, MD was interviewed for the Lymphoma Foundation of America’s Lymphoma Help webcast series. Dr. Elstrom discussed Indolent Lymphomas. Click the player below to listen to the discussion with Dr. Elstrom.
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Weill Cornell’s Dr. Ruben Niesvizky and Dr. Ellen Ritchie Raising Funds for LLS Man/Woman of the Year
Drs. Ellen Ritchie and Ruben Niesvizky are campaigning for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Woman and Man of the Year awards. The campaign is a 10-week competition to raise at least $20,000 each in honor of four local pediatric cancer patients. The candidates who raise the most money will be awarded the titles. The money raised in this campaign provides funds for LLS education and support services for patients and their families as well as cancer research.
Please help raise funds for Ellen and Ruben between now and May 19. Click here for Dr. Ritchie’s fundraising page. Click here for Dr. Niesvizky’s fundraising page.
Treatment Research Study Available for Untreated Hodgkin Lymphoma
Pilot study of abbreviated chemotherapy based on early positron emission tomography in Hodgkin lymphoma
Update: this study is closed to enrollment.
Patients in this study will be treated with ABVD (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine) on Days 1 and 15 of each cycle according to standard treatment guidelines. The purpose of this study is to determine the progression-free survival at 36 months for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma who achieve a response after one cycle of ABVD chemotherapy.
Click here for more information on this study for people with untreated Hodgkin lymphoma or call June Greenberg, RN at (212) 746-2651.
Click here for the clinical and research profile of Rebecca Elstrom, MD, the physician leading the study at Weill Cornell Medical Center.
New Developments in Lymphoma 