Know Your Myeloma Therapy: What's Available for Consolidation Therapy?
Myeloma specialist Dr. Sam Rubinstein joins us to share the answers to questions like: Is consolidation therapy used in every myeloma patient, and if not, why?
What treatment regimens are normal for consolidation therapy and how long do they last?
And what is the end goal of consolidation therapy? Find out the answer to these questions and more of your own by attending our event!
Audrey introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Dr. Rubinstein.
Dr. Rubinstein joins us to share the answers to questions like: Is consolidation therapy used in every myeloma patient, and if not, why?
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Audrey Burton-Bethke
Audrey joined the HealthTree Foundation as the Myeloma Community Program Director in 2020. While not knowing much about myeloma at the start, she has since worked hard to educate herself, empathize and learn from others' experiences. She loves this job. Audrey is passionate about serving others, loves learning, and enjoys a nice mug of hot chocolate no matter the weather.
Dr. Samuel Rubinstein
Dr. Rubinstein is an assistant professor and malignant hematologist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and an associate member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. His primary clinical and research area of interest is plasma cell dyscrasias, and he is focused on clinical trials designed to improve the standard of care of patients with these disorders. In addition to clinical trials, Dr. Rubinstein has an informatics background, which he has leveraged to develop multiple prognostic scoring tools that are useful in the management of patients with plasma cell dyscrasias. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Rubinstein also developed an interest in the impacts of COVID-19 on patients with cancer. He serves as the site PI of the COVID-19 and cancer consortium (CCC19) at UNC, and in this capacity has contributed to a number of studies derived from CCC-19 data to answer clinically relevant questions about the epidemiology and outcomes of patients with cancer and COVID-19.