This Week in Pediatric Oncology

March 11, 2014 New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology (TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced that John Goldberg, MD, from The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami, is a featured guest on its most recent episode. In this episode, Dr. Golberg talks about the challenges of phase I pediatric cancer clinical trials with hosts Dr....

February 26, 2014 New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology (TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced that Patrick Brown, MD, from The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, is a featured guest on its most recent episode. In this episode, Dr. Brown  talks about treating infant leukemia and the challenges of doing clinical trials in this patient populatio...

January 27, 2014 New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology (TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced that Kathleen Neville,MD, from Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, is a featured guest on its most recent episode. In this episode, Dr. Kathleen Neville talks about the challenges of drug development in pediatric cancer with with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nat...

December 02, 2013 New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology (TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced that Robert Johnson, PhD, is a featured guest on its most recent episode, In this episode, Dr. Johnson speaks with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's Hospital) and co-hosts Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children's Hospital and Dr. Lionel Chow (Cincinat...

November 14, 2013 New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology (TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced that Nancy Ratner, PhD, is a featured guest on its most recent episode, In this episode, Dr. Ratner speaks with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's Hospital) and co-host Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children's Hospital). Dr. Ratner is interested in und...

October 31, 2013 New York, NY—This Week in Pediatric Oncology (TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced that Gavin Lindberg is a featured guest on its most recent episode, entitled Effective Advocacy. In this episode, Mr. Lindberg speaks with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), and co-host Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), about h...

October 18, 2013 Eric Kodish, MD, is a featured guest on the recent episode of This Week in Pediatric Oncology. In this episode, Dr. Kodish speaks with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), and co-host Dr. Andy Kolb (AI DuPont), about informed consent and ethics surrounding childhood cancer clinical trials.

October 03, 2013 Dr. Joseph Neglia (University of Minnesota) is nationally and internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of childhood cancer long-term effects. He is the featured guest in this week's podcast episode, and answers questions from host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), and co-hosts Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), Dr. Andy Kolb (AI D...

September 19, 2013 Recently, several published papers have discussed the risk of cancer among family members of children with cancer. TWIPO host Dr. Timothy Cripe and fellow co-host Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children's) break down the topic of familial cancer risk with certified genetic counselor Elizabeth Varga (Nationwide Children's) and Donna Ludwinski (Solving Kids' Cancer) and what familie...

September 05, 2013 New revelations in DNA damage and cell repair mechanisms in childhood cancer may help scientists identify the underlying cause of pediatric solid tumors and lead to the development of new therapies. Dr. Peter Houghton (Nationwide Children's) speaks with TWIPO host Dr. Timothy Cripe and fellow co-hosts Dr. Lionel Chow (Cincinatti Children's) and Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Child...

August 15, 2013 TWIPO host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's) and co-hosts speak with Vickie Buenger from Texas A&M University about her role as a childhood cancer advocate. A founding member of the Coalition Against Childhood Cancer, Buenger discusses the organization's principles and future projects to bring the childhood cancer community together.

August 01, 2013 In this new episode, host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's) and co-host Dr. Jeffrey Auletta (Nationwide Children's) interview Solving Kids' Cancer co-founder and Executive Director Scott Kennedy and co-director of research programs Donna Ludwinski. Both Scott and Donna share their personal stories that led them to Solving Kids' Cancer and their shared passion to improve surviva...

May 07, 2012 In this interesting episode, host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's) and co-hosts Dr. Lionel Chow (Cincinnati Children's), Dr. Andy Kolb (AI DuPont), and Donna Ludwinski (Solving Kids' Cancer) quiz Dr Paul Sondel and Dr. Ken DeSantes (both from University of Wisconsin - Madison) on NK cells and the implications of KIR/KIR-ligand mismatch (killer immunoglobulin-like receptor) with r...

April 05, 2012 Host Dr. Tim Cripe welcomes back co-host Dr. Lionel Chow to discuss somatic mutations in pediatric brain tumors. After recapping the consensus paper on molecular subgroups in medulloblastoma discussed in TWiPO episode 22 (Brain Tumor Round Robin) Dr Chow highlights the significance of the driver mutations in histone H3.3 in pediatric glioblastoma. Results of whole exome sequencing h...

March 06, 2012 Dr. Tim Cripe welcomes Dr. Andy Kolb from AI DuPont in this episode of TWiPO, and special guest Dr. Andromachi Scaradavou, the Medical Director of New York Blood Center's National Cord Blood Program. NYBC is the world's oldest and largest public cord blood bank, and collects, processes, tests and stores cord blood that mothers donate shortly after birth. The cord blood is for childr...

January 26, 2012 In 2011 there were over 1300 new articles published on neuroblastoma in the medical literature. Join Dr. Tim Cripe and his co-host Dr. Lars Wagner in a fast-paced, in-depth, and comprehensive survey of 18 of the most important papers on neuroblastoma published in 2011. Dr. Cripe and Dr Wagner explore and discuss the compelling evidence reported on a variety of topics, including ep...

December 05, 2011 Join Dr. Tim Cripe and his co-host Dr. Lionel Chow for a fast-paced, in-depth, and comprehensive survey of 15 important recent papers on pediatric brain tumor research, addressing medulloblastoma, ependymomas, and gliomas. Dr. Cripe and Dr. Chow explore and discuss the compelling evidence reported on a variety of topics, including viral causes and therapeutic implications, biomar...

November 29, 2011 Dr. Tim Cripe and co-hosts Dr. Maureen O'Brien and Dr. Raj Nagarajan interview a pediatric hematology/oncology legend, Dr. Beatrice Lampkin, who served as Director of Cincinnati Children's Division of Hematology/Oncology in the 1970’s. This enlightening and inspiring discussion explores her career and her contributions to leukemia therapy and the challenges she faced as an early...

November 15, 2011 Today’s episode features an impressive lineup for a hot topic. Host Dr. Tim Cripe warns: “If your blood isn’t boiling by the end, you weren't listening.” Hear Tim and co-host Dr. Lionel Chow discuss pediatric cancer research funding with guests Dr. C. Patrick (Pat) Reynolds, Dr. E. Anders (Andy) Kolb, and parent Joe McDonough. Dr. Pat Reynolds puts government spending on the numb...

October 30, 2011 Several just-published papers in the literature relate to recent podcast episodes, and host Dr. Tim Cripe and co-host Dr.  Lionel Chow review these interesting developments. 0:55 Hedgehog Signaling: Recent papers discussing this pathway in neuroblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma are discussed, with implications for treatment in these tumor types with itraconozole. 6:40 Cell phone and b...

October 18, 2011 Host Dr. Tim Cripe and co-host Dr. Lionel Chow welcome special guest Dr. Jeff Toretsky on TWiPO to discuss his clinical and research interest in Ewing's sarcoma. Dr. Toretsky explains the challenges of developing a clinical grade drug from a small molecule for a specific target such as EWS-FLI1. The small market for a disease like Ewing's creates formidable hurdles for researchers...

October 13, 2011 Host Dr. Tim Cripe and co-hosts Dr. Lars Wagner and Dr. Lionel Chow welcome guest Dr. Giselle Sholler on this episode of TWiPO. Dr. Sholler gives the background to her current research interest in neuroblastoma, and describes her nifurtimox trials and how she formed the Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium ( NMTRC ). The physicians also discuss the s...

October 07, 2011 Dr. Tim Cripe and co-hosts Dr. Lionel Chow and Dr. Lars Wagner welcome special guest Dr. Stephen Lessnick for an in-depth discussion on the progress to date in understanding the genetics of Ewing's sarcoma. The challenges of interpreting the gene expression data as well as the ethics of collecting tumor specimens for research purposes are also explored. Dr. Stephen Lessnick is a P...

September 28, 2011 Join host Dr. Tim Cripe with his co-hosts Drs. Jim Geller, Lionel Chow, and Lars Wagner in a robust discussion with special guest Dr. Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp on the implications of DICER1, rare tumor registries, and difficult issues surrounding genetic counseling. Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Pathology and Pulmonary Biology at Cincinn...

August 24, 2011 In this enlightening interview with Dr. Kate Matthay, a reknown leader in the neuroblastoma research community, host Dr. Tim Cripe draws out the inspiration for her early interest in medicine and why her career grew with a focus on neuroblastoma. Dr. Matthay explains the history and challenges of clinical research for neuroblastoma: 10:00 challenges in planning and conducting the C...