Kitko and Patel Emphasize the Importance of GVHD Research and Awareness

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In today’s episode, sponsored by Sanofi, we had the pleasure of speaking with Carrie L. Kitko, MD, and Sagar S. Patel, MD, to contribute to the discussion around optimal disease management and research in graft-vs-host-disease (GVHD).

Kitko is an associate professor of pediatrics, the medical director of the Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Program, and the Ingram Professor of Pediatric Oncology at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee. Patel is the director of Communications and Media Relationships for the Division of Hematology at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City.

On February 17, 2024, the GVHD Alliance held the Second Annual GVHD Day, flooding Twitter with the hashtag #GVHDDay in recognition of all those who are affected by GVHD. In our exclusive interview, Kitko and Patel discussed the signs of disease recognition, principles around treatment selection, and ongoing research with novel agents and biomarkers of response.

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