Two Onc Docs

This week’s episode will be focusing on one of the myeloproliferative neoplasms, Essential Thrombocythemia (ET). We will go over the important details on the diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment.

This week’s episode will be discussing Pancreatic Cancer. We will go over testable facts on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of both localized & metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

This week’s episode will be focusing on Sickle Cell Anemia. We will go over important details on sickle cell diseases including the pathophysiology , diagnosis and treatment of this group of diseases.

This week’s episode will be focusing on gastric adenocarcinoma. We will go over high yield testable facts on the risk factors, diagnostic work-up, staging and treatment for both local/regional disease and metastatic gastric cancer.

This week’s episode will be discussing chimeric antigen receptor modified T cell (CAR-T) immunotherapy. We will go over important details on what it is, how it works, when it is used, and key toxicities.

This week’s episode will be focusing on alpha thalassemia. We will go over details on the pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of alpha thalassemia variants.

This week’s episode will be focusing on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We will go over high yield facts on the staging, and treatment options for both locoregional and advanced HCC.

This week’s episode will be focusing on head & neck cancers. We will go over high yield testable facts on the epidemiology, diagnosis, staging and treatment of head & neck cancers.

This week’s episode will be focusing on Beta Thalassemias. We will go over all the quick facts on normal hemoglobin composition, as well as  the diagnosis and treatment of  beta thalassemia minor, intermedia and major.

This week’s episode will be focusing on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). We will go over quick facts on the diagnosis, prognostic factors, and treatment options for both B-cell & T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias. 

This week’s episode will be focusing on gastrointestinal stromal tumors, known as GIST. We will go over all the important details on the diagnosis, mutations, and treatment of local and metastatic GISTs for health care providers.

Since this is something we are often asked, in this week’s episode will be discussing our favorite heme/onc board review resources for those in hematology/oncology fellowship. 

Happy 2023! In this week’s episode we kick off Season 2 with a re-introduction and an explanation of why we picked hematology/oncology as a speciality (& why we both love what we do).

Today’s episode will be focusing on primary brain tumors within neuro-oncology. We will primarily be discussing the classification of gliomas and management, including oligodendrogliomas, ependymomas, astrocytomas, and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

This week’s episode will be focusing on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia  (CLL) for health care providers. We will go over all the important details on presentation, diagnosis, prognostic factors, and treatment options.

This week’s episode will be focusing on neuroendocrine tumors (NET), their characteristics, diagnosis, associated syndromes, and focus mostly on gastro-enteropancreatic NETs.

This week’s episode will be focusing on a bleeding disorder, Von Willebrand disease (VWD). We will go over all the important details on the diagnosis, types of VWD (& ways to remember them!) as well as treatment options.

This week’s episode will be focusing on details of the hematology & oncology board exams, how we prepared the days leading up to our exam, and we cover some highly tested topics in both hematology & oncology. We wish the best of luck to everyone taking their boards this year!

This week’s episode will be focusing on Cervical Cancer facts for health care providers. We will go over important details on prevention, risk factors, diagnosis & NCCN category 1 treatments.

This week’s episode will be focusing on porphyrias, we will go over quick facts on the need to know facts regarding  acute & chronic porphyrias from presentation to  treatment.

This week’s episode will be focusing on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia or CML for health care providers. We will go over all the important details on the genetics of CML, diagnosis and treatment algorithms.

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month & this week’s episode is the last of 3 episodes covering breast cancer facts for health care providers. We will go over the NCCN guidelines for systemic therapy related to metastatic breast cancer, as well as common side effects of these therapies.

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month & this week’s episode is part 2 of 3 covering breast cancer facts for health care providers. This will summarize treatment options for localized breast cancer. We will go over important details on indications for radiation, as well as systemic therapies based on the ER/PR/her-2 receptor status.

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month & this week’s episode is the first of 3 episodes covering breast cancer facts for health care providers. Today’s episode will include a quick overview on  breast cancer screening, prevention & hormone therapy (as well as side effects), ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), as well as introduce invasive localized disea...

This week’s episode will be focusing on Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura ( ITP).   We will go all the important details on causes, mechanism, diagnosis and treatment.