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Overview: Discussion of the cancers of blood, bone marrow or lymphatic system such as leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Part One: Leukemia types: - Acute vs. chronic - Lymphocytic vs. myelogenous Leukemia symptoms Childhood leukemia Leukemia treatments Targeted therapies including Gleevec Bone marrow transplants Part Two: Multiple myeloma Lymph nodes Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Lymphoma symptoms Research/Clinical trials "Mini" transplants Dr. Maria Baer is the head of the Hematologic Malignancies Program at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dr. Baer is also a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Links: Leukemia and Lymphoma (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpT-36JYo28 Leukemia and Lymphoma (Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1uhbAeKySw Maryland Hematologic Malignancies Program http://www.umgcc.org/hem_malig_program/index.htm Dr. Maria Baer http://www.umm.edu/doctors/maria_r_baer.html

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http://www.thedoctorsvideos.com/video/6690/Multiple-Myeloma


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