Episode 170: Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplants Can Increase Donor Options for BIPOC
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ONS member Naomi Cazeau, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s outpatient bone marrow transplant unit in New York City and member of the New York City ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss haploidentical stem cell transplants to increase donor options for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust)" by Kevin MacLeod

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The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities). 
• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 59: Blood and Marrow Transplant Nursing)
• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 148: Stem Cell Transplant Nursing in the Home Setting)
• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 163: HLA Testing and More for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Donor Selection)
• • ONS Voice* article: The Case of the Cord Blood Match)
• ONS STAT Sheet: Cytokine Release Syndrome)
• ONS book: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Manual for Nursing Practice (third edition))
• BMTCN® certification)
• American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy)
• National Marrow Donor Program)
• U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration information on transplants)
• 2019 meta-analysis of post-transplant cyclophosphamide therapy)
• 2019 study of racial disparities in access to HLA-matched, unrelated donor transplants)
• 2019 trial comparing Black and White patients following post-transplant cyclophosphamide-based haploidentical transplant)
• 2020 study of cord blood versus haploidentical transplant in Black patients)

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