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Lymphoma
Melanoma
Pancreatic Cancer
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Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant
Prostate Cancer
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Patient Interviews

Blood Disorders
  Aplastic Anemia
  Multiple Myeloma
Brain Tumors
  Glioblastoma
Breast Cancer
Bone Marrow Transplant
  Aplastic Anemia
  Hodgkin Lymphoma
Cervical Cancer
Gastrointestinal Cancers
  Colon Cancer
  Stomach Cancer
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Leukemia
Lung Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Sarcoma
Testicular Cancer

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Blood Disorders

Terry B. Gernsheimer, MD: ASH 2011 Interview, Understanding Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
Dr. Gernsheimer is a University of Washington professor in the Hematology Division, and the director of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance’s Transfusion Services. In this video, she talks about thrombocytopenia, a clotting disorder where the immune system attacks the body’s platelets.

Multiple Myeloma

The following video interviews were filmed at our "Living Well With Multiple Myeloma" event held at SCCA in November of 2011. These interviews feature director of SCCA's Autologous Marrow Transplant Program, Dr. Bill Bensinger, who specializes in treating patients with multiple myeloma.

Sickle Cell Disease

Michael A. Bender, MD, PhD

  • ASH 2011 interview, click to view the video
    An expert in treating sickle cell disease and hemoglobinopathies, Dr. Bender talks about what sickle cell disease is, that the number of patients is going up, which means that people are living longer with this disease. He also talks about research that is ongoing and the benefit of patient education about this disease.
  • KIRO interview
    Listen as Penny LeGate talks to Dr. Bender about sickle cell disease.


Breast Cancer

Kimberly H. Allison, MD, Author of Red Sunshine

  • Introduction, click to view the video
    At the age of 33, Dr. Kim Allison, director of breast pathology at UWMC/SCCA, was diagnosed with breast cancer. In this passage, she reads from her book Red Sunshine about her decision to be screened for breast cancer.
  • Diagnosis, click to view the video
    Watch as Dr. Kim Allison explains how she received her stage III breast cancer diagnosis from her colleagues and friends at UWMC/SCCA. This passage from her book Red Sunshine explores her initial reaction to being diagnosed with cancer.
  • Gurus, click to view the video
    In this passage from her book Red Sunshine, Dr. Kim Allison tells us about the "gurus" who helped her through treatment, including fashion, nutrition, and even "check-on-my-parents" gurus. She emphasizes the importance of establishing a support system to help you through you cancer journey.
  • Survivor Support, click to view the video
    As she documents in her book Red Sunshine, Dr. Kim Allison learned through her journey that the support of cancer survivors was an important part of empowering and motivating her before, during, and after treatment. Watch this video to see how she found support of survivors.

Benjamin O. Anderson, MD: click to view the video
Watch as Dr. Ben Anderson, recipient of the 2011 ASCO Partners in Progress Award, discusses what true multidisciplinary care really is and its advantages, and how the Breast Health Global Initiative guidelines help define what care systems will work with existing resources in low and middle-income countries to optimize outcomes for patients.

Benjamin O. Anderson, MD: KOMO Interview, click to view the video
In this interview with KOMO TV, Dr. Ben Anderson explains the importance of mammography and early detection of breast cancer. He also tells us the difference between analog and digital mammography.

David R. Byrd, MD, FACS: click to view the video
Dr. Byrd is a surgical oncologist who specializes in treating pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and melanoma. Listen as he discusses the advantages of being a patient at SCCA, including the “cancer-focused” clinic and the benefit of having a multidisciplinary care team of clinicians who have expertise in your specific disease.

Julie R. Gralow, MD: click to view the video
Breast cancer specialist Dr. Gralow explains how SCCA patients are a part of their own care team and family members are encouraged to participate as well. She discusses individualized treatment plans based on the type and stage of disease, and also on each patients’ genetics, life circumstances, and other factors.

Julie R. Gralow, MD: Cancer Free Minute on KING, click to view the video 
Director of breast medical oncology at SCCA, Dr. Gralow stresses the importance of mammography and possible reasons for declining rates of mammography in recent years. SCCA is working hard to reverse this trend by providing greater mammography information and access to women of all income levels.

Constance D. Lehman, MD, PhD: KIRO Interview, click to view the video
Dr. Lehman, director of breast imaging at SCCA, discusses the importance of mammography. She advises women to begin getting annual mammograms at age 40 and explains that screening recommendations can differ for individuals based on age and family health history. If at high risk for breast cancer, doctors may recommend screening starting before age 40.

Constance D. Lehman, MD, PhD: click to view the video
Listen to Dr. Lehman explain the importance of mammography, a breast cancer screening tool. Dr. Lehman has expertise in breast imaging, diagnostic oncology, and clinical research. She discuses the advances that are being made every day that translate into earlier methods of detection, more accurate ways to diagnose, and more effective treatments.

Janice N. Kim, MD: click to view the video
Watch Dr. Janice Kim explain her role as a radiation oncologist and how she uses radiation to destroy cancer cells left over after chemotherapy and surgery in order to reduce the risk of disease recurrence. She also discusses the benefit of SCCA’s multidisciplinary approach to treating patients

Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation

Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD: Bone Marrow Tranplant Program, click to view the video
Executive director at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and a professor in the Hematology Division at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Dr. Appelbaum and colleagues talks about the broad experience of our bone marrow transplant program.

Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD: click to view the video
Executive director of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and a professor in the Hematology Division at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Dr. Appelbaum talks about the future bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for many diseases along with the outstanding outcomes of our BMT patients.

Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD: click to view the video 
Executive director of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and a professor in the Hematology Division at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Dr. Appelbaum talks about the physicians and their individual specialized treatment approaches at SCCA.

Michael Boeckh, MD: ASH 2011 interview, click to view the video
A specialist in treating infectious diseases as Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, listen as Dr. Boeckh talks about the challenges of bone marrow transplantation and how to keep patients undergoing this treatment safe from infection.

Paul V. O'Donnell, MD, PhD: click to view the video 
Medical director of the Adult Transplant Service, Dr. Paul O’Donnell talks about SCCA’s exceptional outcomes in bone marrow transplantation and the outstanding work in our alternative donor program, providing transplants for patients who don’t have a matched donor

Bart Lee Scott, MD: ASH 2011 interview, Bone Marrow Transplant for Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Dr. Scott specializes in caring for people who have myelodysplatic syndrome and leukemia. In this video, he talks about what MDS is and treating MDS with bone marrow transplantation.

F. Marc Stewart, MD: click to view the video 
Medical director at SCCA, Dr. Stewart talks about the steps taken at SCCA to protect patients, as research leads to new treatments, including treatments with bone marrow transplants.

Rainer F. Storb, MD: click to view the video 
Dr. Storb is a professor of medical oncology at UW and an expert in bone marrow transplantation at SCCA. He talks about his history as a physician in the development and success of BMT as a treatment for blood cancers, including the mini-transplant.

Gastrointestinal Cancers

David R. Byrd, MD, FACS: click to view the video
In this video, patient-focused, Dr. Byrd, UW professor of surgery, section chief of surgical oncology, director of the Pancreas Cancer Specialty Clinic, and the co-director of the Melanoma Center, talks about the personalized approach of SCCA to each patient.

Colon Cancer

Anthony L. Back, MD: click to view the video
A professor in medical oncology at University of Washington, Dr. Back talks about his philosophy in caring for patients who have cancer and the benefits of seeking treatment at a center like Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

Samuel H. Whiting, MD, PhD: KOMO Interview (one), KOMO Interview (two)
SCCA colon cancer expert, Dr. Whiting talks about important facts about colon cancer, which is curable if detected early. Know your family history, report symptoms.

Gynecologic Cancers

Barbara A. Goff, MD

Benjamin E. Greer, MD: click to view the video
Gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Greer talks about his approach to compassionate patient care and the benefit of seeing a specialist for specific diseases.

Lung Cancer

Renato G. Martins, MD, MPH: click to view the video
Medical director of Thoracic/Head and Neck Oncology at SCCA, and associate professor at University of Washington School of Medicine talks about providing patients with the best options for care in a highly specialized setting, including clinical research that leads to new, better treatments.

Michael S. Mulligan, MD

  • Meet Dr. Mulligan
    Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery at University of Washington Medical Center, Dr. Mulligan talks about what it takes to treat and cure cancer, why he's passionate about being a surgeon, and how he can make a difference in peoples’ lives with new techniques like VATS surgery.
  • KOMO Interview (one)
    Watch Dr. Mulligan talk about new surgical treatments, including robotics
  • KOMO Interview (two)
    Dr. Mulligan dicusses curing lung cancer, which is not a death sentence anymore, especially at SCCA where data shows that patients do better there than anywhere else.

Douglas Wood, MD: click to view the video
Chief of  the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UW School of Medicine speaks of his privilege for caring for patients at SCCA, the importance of effective staging of cancers, and the exciting new surgical treatments now available.

Lymphoma

Ajay K. Gopal, MD: click to view the video
Medical oncologist, Dr. Gopal talks about multidisciplinary specialized care at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and a few of the keys treatments for lymphomas offered here.

Ajay K. Gopal, MD: ASH 2011 interview, click to view the video
Sunny San Diego is the site of this interview with Dr. Gopal, who talks about Hodgkin’s lymphoma and how the disease often affects younger people. A disease once a death sentence is now a huge success story as many can now be cured of this disease.

Oliver W. Press, MD, PhD: click to view the video
There are 67 different types of lymphomas. In this video Dr. Press, a medical oncologist at SCCA  and professor of medical oncology at the UW School of Medicine who specializes in treating this disease, talks about the expertise of the physicians here and new treatments we offer including monoclonal antibodies that have dramatically helped lymphoma patients.

Melanoma

David R. Byrd, MD, FACS: click to view the video
In this video, Dr. Byrd talks about the care he and the team of providers work in the Melanoma Clinic and the Breast Cancer Specialty Center, as well as the focus of care patients receive from every provider at SCCA.

Kim A. Margolin, MD: click to view the video
Melanoma expert, Dr. Margolin talks about big news for patients with melanoma. There is a survival advantage for half of patients who carry a particular mutation to the cancer gene and the way a new drug targets this mutation. Listen to learn more!

John A. Thompson, MD: click to view the video
Co-director of the Melanoma Clinic, Dr. Thompson talks about the progress of research in the treatment of melanoma and kidney cancers at SCCA.

Pancreatic Cancer

David R. Byrd, MD, FACS: Meet Dr. Byrd, pancreatic cancer
Dr. Byrd talks about personalized medicine and how he makes sure his patients feel better when they leave the clinic than when they arrived, even with a tough diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Sunil R. Hingorani, MD, PhD: click to view the video
He focuses on nothing but pancreas cancer. In the lab and with patients, it’s more than a vocation for Dr. Hingorani… it’s his mission. Learn more about this important researcher and his story, as well as the exciting work being done for new treatments for this disease.

Venu G. Pillarisetty, MD
Dr. Venu Pillarisetty is a surgical oncologist at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance who cares for patients with pancreatic cancer and other gastrointestinal malignancies. In this video, he discusses new advances on the horizon for treatment of pancreatic cancer and he shares why he chose to focus on this difficult-to-treat disease.

Patient Support

What is SCCA?: click to view the video
Watch and learn more about SCCA, who will provide your leading-edge, advanced treatments and therapies, as well as where we are located and how to reach us.

An Introduction to SCCA: click to view the video
Welcome to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Watch, listen, and learn more about SCCA to ensure you’ll be confident about where you are receiving care for your serious illness.

An Introduction to SCCA (Spanish language): click to view the video
Welcome to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Translated into Spanish, watch, listen, and learn more about SCCA to ensure you’ll be confident about where you are receiving care for your serious illness.

David R. Byrd, MD, FACS: KIRO Interview - Personalized Medicine 

Julie R. Gralow, MD: Shine, Cancer Specialty Store, click to view the video
Dr. Gralow is a medical oncologist ho specializes in researching and treating breast cancer at SCCA. In this segment, she talks about the benefits her patients receive at a specialty store SCCA opened called SHINE.

Patient Support Services: click to view the video
In this three-minute video, listen to providers at SCCA as they talk about what it’s like to be a patient at SCCA and what we’re doing to support our patients.

Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant

Colleen S. Delaney, MD, MSC, Jean E. Sanders, MD, and E. Donnall Thomas, MD: click to view the video
In this six-minute video, three leading professionals at SCCA, Seattle Children’s, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center talk about bone marrow transplantation for children and our unparalleled success and survival outcomes. Learn about the newest transplantation techniques and what we’re doing to help children with this life-saving treatment.

Julie R. Park, MD: click to view the video
Dr. Park loves working with children and talks about why in this video about Seattle Children’s and the care provided there.

Prostate Cancer

Bruce L. Dalkin, MD: click to view the video
Dr. Dalkin talks about why where you’re treated fist matters, especially with prostate cancer. He is a medical oncologist who talks about why SCCA is the best place for men to receive their treatment.

Celestia S. Higano, MD: click to view the video
Dr. Higano talks about exciting treatments men have access to for serious metastatic disease and how SCCA is poised to treat men with new treatments because of our connection to research.

Robert Bruce Montgomery, MD: click to view the video
Dr. Montgomery talks about today’s research leading to tomorrow’s treatments at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. He talks about personalized medicine for prostate cancer and the opportunity to provide great impact on his patients’ lives.

Radiation Oncology

Shilpen A. Patel, MD: click to view the video
You’re not just a number at SCCA. Dr. Patel talks about patient care like family care and the benefit for patients to be as educated as possible about their disease.

Proton Therapy: click to view the video
Bringing the most precise form of radiation therapy to the Pacific Northwest, this video talks about the exciting groundbreaking for the new SCCA Proton Therapy Center being built on the Northwest Hospital campus and the perspective of one patient who has benefitted from this type of treatment.

Patient Interviews

Blood Disorders

Aplastic Anemia

Matt Fioretti:click to view the video
Watch aplastic anemia survivor Matt Fioretti share his story about the day he was diagnosed. Matt, a Himalayan guide for 20 years, was in perfect shape. Shocked to learn his diagnosis, Matt was devastated and in denial. Three days later he decided to face his treatment journey like a long expedition. His advice to other patients: think positively and keep your body moving. This helped Matt make it through his bone marrow transplant.

Multiple Myeloma

The following video interviews were filmed at our "Living Well With Multiple Myeloma" event held at SCCA in November of 2011. These interviews feature patients who volunteered to participate in the patient panel portion of this educational event.

Brain Tumors
Glioblastoma

Jairo Venegas: click to view the video
Jairo Venegas shares his story about the day he found out he had glioblastoma/brain cancer. After visiting the doctor for a headache, Jairo got a CT scan and was shocked to find out that there was something abnormal in his brain. Just a week later, he was scheduled to have surgery. Through his experience, Jairo found that having a smile on his face, being patient and upbeat helped him a lot as he faced his diagnosis, surgery, and the struggle with temporary memory loss.

Breast Cancer

Camille Mills: click to view the video 
After having two breast biopsies and then receiving a call from her doctor the very next afternoon, Camille Mills says that she instinctively knew she had cancer. She was diagnosed with stage I non-aggressive ductal invasive carcinoma. Watch as she discusses the first question she asked the team of doctors who treated her. Camille also shares about her treatment, which included a lumpectomy as well as interstitial breast brachytherapy, a type of radiation.

Debra Jarvis: click to view the video
Breast cancer survivor Debra Jarvis was diagnosed just five days after her mother was also diagnosed with breast cancer. She discusses her unique perspective as a patient and a chaplain who worked at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance at the time. Watch as she talks about the importance of mammography, shares about her struggles with treatment, and acknowledges the many “teachers” she felt she had along the way who helped her through it all.

Diane Larkin: click to view the video
Watch as Diane Larkin, breast cancer survivor, talks about being diagnosed while coping with her daughter going through cancer treatment. She discusses how her daughter provided her with tips for getting through treatment, like sucking on ice chips during chemotherapy. Diane was inspired to share her story after experiencing the support she and her daughter found in this shared journey.

Kelly Larkin-Holmes: click to view the video
At the age of 31 and two weeks after she got married, Kelly Larkin-Holmes felt a lump in her breast. Watch as Kelly discusses her diagnosis with stage I-B breast cancer, her concerns about experiencing early menopause as a result of treatment, and the possibility of not being able to have children. She also shares her experience with her mother’s diagnosis, which came the day before Kelly started chemotherapy.

Bone Marrow Transplant

Aplastic Anemia

Matt Fioretti: click to view the video
Watch aplastic anemia survivor Matt Fioretti share his story about the day he was diagnosed. Matt, a Himalayan guide for 20 years, was in perfect shape. Shocked to learn his diagnosis, Matt was devastated and in denial. Three days later he decided to face his treatment journey like a long expedition. His advice to other patients: think positively and keep your body moving. This helped Matt make it through his bone marrow transplant.

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Pamela Clark: click to view the video
Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, Pamela Clark, suspected something was wrong when she had a nagging cough and felt a lump on her neck. Diagnosed at age 33, Pamela explains the difficulty she encountered in telling her father about her cancer and how she decided to have a bone marrow transplant.

Cervical Cancer

Emily Wyse: click to view the video
Emily Wyse was diagnosed with cervical cancer at age 30. In this video, she discusses feeling overwhelmed yet comforted when meeting her team of doctors for the first time at SCCA. Emily also shares the impact her cancer journey has had on her husband, two children, and her parents.

 

Gastrointestinal Cancers
Colon Cancer

Anita Mitchell: click to view the video
SCCA patient and stage IV colon cancer survivor, Anita Mitchell shares her story about the day she found out she had cancer. She explains her feelings of shock after hearing her diagnosis, her fear of going into surgery, and the importance of having hope during the journey.

Barbara Crummins: click to view the video
Watch as Barbara Crummins explains that what she thought was just a bad stomach ache turned into a colon cancer diagnosis and surgery the very same day due to the severity of her diagnosis. After leading a healthy lifestyle, Barbara expresses her shock at being diagnosed with cancer in her 40s and her disbelief at hearing she may only have up to eight months to live.

Gaetano Boriello: click to view the video
In this video, Gaetano Boriello talks about having severe anemia, which lead him to have a colonoscopy. Diagnosed with colon cancer, Gaetano tells about the treatment he endured, which included having one-third of his colon removed, surgery to remove cancer from his liver, and finally, chemotherapy.

Moon Wong: click to view the video
Colon cancer survivor Moon Wong was scared on the day he found out he had stage IV cancer. He talks about seeking help from an SCCA counselor to help deal with his diagnosis, especially how to tell his children. After having surgery to remove about 10 inches of his colon and two months of intense chemotherapy, Moon underwent another operation and more chemotherapy.

Stomach Cancer

Ritsuko Hamai: click to view the video
Ritsuko Hamai received her stomach cancer diagnosis at age 37 and was given little hope of survival. Too young to die, Ri found Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Watch as she tells about her surgery experience and life as a survivor and how her sister, a nurse, helped Ri face her treatment journey with calmness and strength.

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Pamela Clark
Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, Pamela Clark, suspected something was wrong when she had a nagging cough and felt a lump on her neck. Diagnosed at age 33, Pamela explains the difficulty she encountered in telling her father about her cancer and how she decided to have a bone marrow transplant.

Leukemia

 

Danel Lawrence: click to view the video
An athlete on his high school’s track team, Danel Lawrence was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) at age 15. Danel began treatment the day he received his diagnosis and was in the hospital for the next 10 months. Watch as he discusses his concerns as a young patient, like returning to high school, graduating on time, and explaining his diagnosis to his friends. Danel, now a college graduate, shares his plans for the future and his advice for others.

 

Lung Cancer

Janet Burts: click to view the video
SCCA patient and lung cancer survivor, Janet Burts, talks about the importance of hearing from her doctor that cancer is not a “death sentence.” She shares her feelings of hesitation to participate in a clinical trial and then her joy when she discovered that the chemotherapy she was receiving through the trial was shrinking her tumor.

Prostate Cancer

Drew Bouton: click to view the video
Drew Bouton was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer at age 45. He was surprised to hear that for the cancer to have reached such an advanced stage, he must have had it for about 10 years. In this video, Drew expresses how glad he was to be treated at SCCA, where he had access to leading-edge research and therapies.

Mike McKelheer: click to view the video
Watch as Mike McKelheer, prostate cancer survivor, describes how he found out that he had cancer and tells about his treatment experience. Mike opted to be treated with radiation rather than having surgery to remove the cancer. He emphasizes the importance of learning as much as he could about his diagnosis and participating in support groups.

Robert Feutz: click to view the video
When Bob Feutz was first diagnosed with prostate cancer, he contacted his friend who was the chair of the Washington State Prostate Cancer Coalition and a prostate cancer survivor. On a recommendation from this friend, Bob chose to be treated at SCCA and to participate in a clinical trial. The clinical trial therapy, which included Provenge, had a significant positive impact on his cancer.

Sarcoma

Rebecca Greenway: click to view the video
At the young age of 17, Becky Greenway had surgery to remove a “benign” growth from her tibia and woke up to the news that she had cancer and that it had to be left in for the time being. In this video, Becky talks about facing a year of chemotherapy and multiple surgeries. Watch as Becky explains her treatment experience with her “extended family” at Seattle Children’s.

Warren Bailey: click to view the video
Diagnosed with rare leiomyosarcoma, Warren Bailey decided to travel from his home in Anchorage to Seattle to be treated at SCCA. The cancer in Warren’s leg had metastasized to his lungs and within a month after diagnosis, he had been through three surgeries. A top-ranked international racquet ball player, Warren uses athletics as a platform to spread awareness about cancer.

Testicular Cancer

Scott Whittman: click to view the video
Watch as Scott Whittman, testicular cancer survivor, shares his story about being diagnosed with cancer. A husband and father, he discusses the difficulty in telling his family of his diagnosis. He also talks about his recurrence after chemotherapy and multiple surgeries, and his referral to SCCA for high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. Scott’s advice to other patients: don’t be a patient, be an advocate for your own health.

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