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Todo Sobre El Cáncer: Guia Para Adolescentes (A Teen's Guide to Everything Cancer)

Irene Ghobrial, M.D., is trying to identify what causes myeloma cells to become drug resistant.  She is also leading research to try to understand how to treat premalignant conditions like monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smoldering myeloma before they become the more deadly acute myeloid leukemia and myeloma, respectively. Dr. Ghobrial, along with DFCI’s Robert Soiffer, M.D., also leads LLS and DFCI’s collaboration through LLS’s Therapy Acceleration Program to bring clinical trials to local community cancer centers. Dr. Ghobrial currently leads an LLS Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) grant, and also has a Translational Research Program grant.

Irene

Researcher

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Nicole

B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL)

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Michele

Leukemia Survivor

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Nate

ALL Survivor

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Kamal

Leukemia Survivor

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Lisa

Lymphoma survivor

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Minerva

AML Survivor

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James

Volunteer and survivor

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Volunteer

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Deanna

ALL Survivor

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Todd

Volunteer

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Joan

double-hit lymphoma (DHL)

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Jill

Caregiver, family member, advocate, healthcare professional, supporter

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