Dr. Sung Choi Shares Her Best Advice Regarding Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD) as it affects children
Marrow Masters
English - July 19, 2021 21:28 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Education bone marrow transplant stem cell transplant graft versus host disease caregivers cancer survivor patient cgvhd acute gvhd immune system Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. Sung Choi is a pediatric bone marrow transplant physician at Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan).
Dr. Choi joins us today to discuss the unique challenges for pediatric patients as it relates to Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD). Passionate and knowledgeable, Dr. Choi will tackle it all, including target organ damage, the cytokine storm, clinical trials and much more.
Classic organs affected by acute GVHD include skin, liver and GI tract. Did you know that typically the skin is the most affected in both pediatric and adult patients struggling with GVHD? (Check out our other episode with Dr. Cowen of the NIH in this series for more on all things skin GVHD.)
Risk factors (of GVHD) are also discussed--how a mismatch between the donor and recipient influences the onset of GVHD as well as age, conditioning chemo and much more. High dose steroids are covered and did you know that pediatric patients do not always respond to steroids? Listen in for other options.
The information in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health care provider regarding your medical decisions and treatment. The listed resources are not intended to be endorsements.
Resources
Dr. Choi bio: https://www.uofmhealth.org/profile/263/sung-won-choi-md
National Bone Marrow Transplant Link - (800) LINK-BMT, or (800) 546-5268.
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