TWiPO #6 ~ Interview with Dr Archie Bleyer - a podcast by Solving Kids Cancer

May
26, 2011

In this sixth episode of TWiPO, Dr. Tim Cripe
interviews Dr. Archie Bleyer about his career and research interest in
improving survival rates in adolescents and young adults (AYA) affected by
cancer.

Dr. Bleyer is the Medical Director of ,
Clinical Research at St. Charles Cancer Care in Bend, Oregon and a Clinical
Research Professor at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland. He
also is a Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Texas Medical School at
Houston and Senior Advisor of the Aflac/CureSearch Adolescent and Young Adult
Cancer Research, and founding member of the LiveStrong Young Adult Alliance.

Dr. Bleyer chaired the Children’s Cancer Group
for 10 years, then the world's largest pediatric cancer research organization,
and the Department and Division of Pediatrics at the University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center. He was the American Cancer Society Professor of
Clinical Oncology and in charge of the cancer curriculum in the University of
Washington School of Medicine. During the past three decades, Dr. Bleyer was
awarded research grants totaling more than $75 million as a principal
investigator from the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer
Society, and the Leukemia Society of America. His research has been published
in more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books.

This is an inspiring and enlightening
discussion of the progress and challenges of the past 3 decades of treating
children and young adults with cancer, and an optimistic view of future
improvements in survival, quality of life, and reducing late effects in
survivors. Listeners are welcome to send thoughts and comments to
twipo@solvingkidscancer.org

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