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Understanding your AML Labs (and BMB Results)

May 05, 2022
04:00PM - 05:00PM EDT
Online Event
Overview

Nothing is more confusing than trying to read and understand your own medical labs and bone marrow biospy reports. Often they can be complicated combinations of numbers and results. Clear the confusion by hearing from AML expert, Dr. Margaret Kasner, who will walk you through your AML labs and clarify what common results mean and to which numbers you should be paying the most attention to. Come with your questions!

Agenda
04:00 PM
Introduction
Katie Braswell
Katie introduces the agenda for the event and featured speaker Dr. Margaret Kasner
04:05 PM
Presentation
Dr. Margaret Kasner
Dr. Margaret Kasner walks us through understanding our AML labs and bone marrow biopsy results.
04:35 PM
Questions and Answers
Audience
Type your questions in the chat and Dr. Kasner will answer them!
Speakers & Moderators
Healthtree contact Margaret Kasner, MD

Margaret Kasner, MD

Associate Professor of Medical Oncology in the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Division, Section Leader of the Leukemia Program in the Department of Medical Oncology and Co-Medical Director at the Clinical Trials Office, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
Healthtree contact Katie Braswell

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.