
AML Progress in 2021 and a Look to the Future with Dr. Eytan Stein
Eytan Stein, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Interview Date: February 2nd, 2022
There is a tremendous amount of progress being made in AML. It was remarkable to see the significant work being done in the field of AML at the recent American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference in Atlanta in December 2021.
In this show, AML expert and Director of the Program for Drug Development in Leukemia at Memorial Sloan Kettering, Dr. Eytan Stein, shares his top abstracts of 2021 that were presented by himself and his AML colleagues at the 2021 ASH conference. He covers a breadth of topics such as treatment options in the newly diagnosed and relapsed setting, what's been learned about maintenance therapy and MRD status, how COVID-19 is affecting AML patients and the advancements of various immunotherapies. Dr. Stein summarizes topics to consider at each phase of AML in a clear and concise way. He ends by providing us his thoughts on what AML advancements and research to look out for in 2022.
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Katie Braswell
Katie joined the HealthTree Foundation as the Community Director for AML in 2021. She is a registered dietitian who previously worked at the VA hospital in Dallas, Texas where she coached veterans with blood cancer on how to use nutrition to improve their treatment outcomes and minimize cancer-related side effects. Katie is passionate about health education and patient empowerment. In her spare time, she loves to experiment with new recipes in the kitchen, spend time running outdoors, and travel to new places.

Eytan Stein, MD
Hematologist Oncologist, Director of the Program for Drug Development in Leukemia at MSKCC
