Event Series
Perspectives on Cancer and Aging
Blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) is an established curative therapy for patients with hematologic malignancies. Unfortunately, the high intensity of therapeutic exposures for BMT coupled with prolonged periods of immune suppression after BMT increase the burden of morbidity. In this webinar, Dr. Smita Bhatia described the current evidence regarding the impact of BMT on aging trajectories and explored possible mechanistic bases for accelerated aging associated with BMT. Dr. Ashley Rosko described the physiologic trajectories of aging among adult patients undergoing BMT and examined the use of aging biomarkers as objective measures of fitness during the peri-transplant period.
This webinar is part of the Perspectives on Cancer and Aging: The Arti Hurria Memorial Webinar Series. It is co-hosted by the NCI Behavioral Research Program and Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program.
Speakers
Director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship,
Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology,
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics,
School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,
Medical Director, Oncogeriatrics Program,
Cancer and Aging Resiliency Clinic Co-Director,
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Moderators
Program Director, Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch,
NCI Behavioral Research Program
Program Director, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Branch,
NCI Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program