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Keeping Hope Alive: Alternative Options for Bone Marrow Transplant

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When someone needs a stem cell transplant, finding a match is your first, and sometimes, most difficult challenge.  Some people have little hope of ever finding a match. Fortunately, researchers like Dr. Paul O’Donnell from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) are making it possible to receive a transplant without an exact match. In this program Dr. O'Donnell discusses alternative donor programs available at SCCA, including haploidentical and double cord transplant.  You'll also hear from two patients, Jessie and Ronni, who are doing well post-transplant.

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EXPERTS & GUESTS:
Paul O'Donnell, M.D., Ph.D. Paul O'Donnell, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Director, Adult Stem Cell Transplant Service, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Dr. Paul O'Donnell is the medical director of the Adult Transplant Service and is also a researcher in the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, working on leading-edge research using alternative donors for bone-marrow transplantation. He also serves as Associate Professor in the Medical Oncology Division at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. O'Donnell's clinical... more >

Ronni Maestas Ronni Maestas,
Hodgkin's Disease Survivor
Since 1994 Ronni has battled lymphoma. Her fight with Hodgkin’s Disease has included a dozen surgeries, radiation, chemo, different chemo, bone marrow transplant, clinical trial, more chemo and finally a clinical trial bone marrow transplant in 2005. Her transplant was a haploidentical transplant using stem cells from her sister, Vicki, and was performed at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.  She’s... more >

Jessie Quinn Jessie Quinn,
AML Survivor
Jessie Quinn was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in March of 2010.  Because the cancer was affecting her central nervous system, doctors informed her that she would most certainly need a bone marrow transplant. Given that Jessie is bi-racial, she knew this would be a challenge and began her own research about her condition where she learned of cord... more >

TRANSCRIPT:

  1. Introduction LISTEN
  2. Ronni's Story LISTEN
  3. Haploidentical Transplant LISTEN
  4. Jessie’s Story LISTEN
  5. Double Cord Transplant LISTEN
  6. Mini Transplant LISTEN
  7. Clinical Trials and the Evolution of Transplant LISTEN

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