Dr. Hugo Fernandez is Associate Chair, Associate Member and Clinical Director of the Blood & Marrow Transplantation department at Moffitt Cancer Center.
Moffitt has integrated basic science and clinical science "to a point where we're improving the outcomes of patients with cancer," he said.
Listen to Dr. Fernandez discuss lymphoma cancer treatment and leukemia cancer treatment, along with other blood cancers, including causes, symptoms and treatments.
Dr. Fernandez's video en españolVideo List
- How common are blood cancers in America?
- Do doctors have any idea what causes these cancers?
- What are some of the early symptoms of blood cancers?
- Do people with anemia have a higher chance of developing blood cancers?
- Are there any ways to detect blood cancers early?
- What is MDS
- What is AML?
- What is lymphoma?
- What is multiple myeloma?
- Which type of blood cancer is the most common?
- What are the traditional treatment options for multiple myeloma?
- Why do one quarter of patients typically not respond to multiple myeloma treament?
- Are people with a family history of blood cancers at a higher risk than the general population?
- Do patients with blood cancers typically need a bone marrow transplant?
- What advice would you give someone who was diagnosed with blood cancer?
- Why should someone with blood cancer come to Moffitt?
