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11/29/2025

When Tiffany Bucklin’s husband was treated for acute myeloid leukemia at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Bucklin was impressed when the staff greeted her family with warm smiles and the nurse remembered their kids’ names. “We never felt like just another patient,” she said.

In this episode of our Bench to Bedside and Beyond podcast, Bucklin connects the personalized care her entire family received with her determination to land a job at Fred Hutch, one way or another.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LWzRD0

11/28/2025

Big news! Two Fred Hutch researchers just earned prestigious R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance global health and cutting-edge science.

🌍 Dr. Katrina Ortblad will use her $3.8M award to improve HIV prevention care in Kenya.
🧬 Dr. Jingyi Jessica Li received $2.4M to develop computational tools that make complex “omics” data more reliable for research.

The R01 is considered the most prestigious of the research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health. Awards are typically valued in the millions of dollars and support a single multi-year research project with potentially far-reaching influence in the life sciences.

Read more: https://bit.ly/47X5lBu

11/26/2025

We have so much to be grateful for at Fred Hutch:
💙 Our patients, whose strength inspires us every day.
💙 Our researchers and clinicians, whose dedication drives lifesaving discoveries.
💙 Our community, whose support makes our mission possible.

Thank you for being part of our work and impact. Wishing you and your loved ones a warm, safe, and joyful Thanksgiving week.

11/26/2025

Learn more about Spot on CML, an inexpensive and low-tech approach to diagnostic testing for chronic myeloid leukemia developed by Fred Hutch's Dr. Jerry Radich in collaboration with The Max Foundation 👇

At 27, Kabitha from rural Nepal was facing mysterious symptoms—crushing fatigue, unexplained bruising, and a sense that something was wrong. Her journey led her to B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, where doctors suspected chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). But without access to costly molecular testing, diagnosis seemed impossible.

Instead of facing the impossible choice between expensive testing in India or going without diagnosis, however, her doctors did something extraordinary: they placed four drops of her blood on a special card and mailed it to Seattle. Weeks later, the results came back with CML confirmed. Treatment could begin immediately. Hope was restored.

This is Spot On CML, a collaboration with the Fred Hutch Cancer Center that's revolutionizing cancer care in Nepal and beyond. For decades, patients in Nepal faced a devastating paradox: life-saving CML treatments were available, but diagnosis required expensive testing abroad. Spot On CML changed everything.

💡 With just a few drops of blood on a specialized card—no refrigeration, no high-tech labs—samples travel thousands of miles for advanced genetic testing. The result? Access to diagnosis for anyone, anywhere.
🧬 Diagnostics aren’t a luxury—they’re the gateway to treatment and survival with dignity.

👉🏽 As approaches, we invite you to help us expand access to diagnostics. Because no one should be denied care simply because they were born too far from a lab.

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11/26/2025

is almost here, but you don’t have to wait to make a difference. Your gift today helps advance life-changing research at Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

Support scientists like Fred Hutch’s Evan Newell, PhD, who is exploring how specific T cells can guide personalized treatment for multiple myeloma — and Amanda Phipps, PhD, MPH, of Fred Hutch and University of Washington, who is studying how immune cells inside tumors can help predict patient outcomes.

Make your gift today and help accelerate discoveries that lead to better care. Give early: https://bit.ly/3KmlFTe

11/26/2025

The holidays aren’t just for sharing good food and time with loved ones, they’re also a great chance to talk about your family’s health history. National Family Health History Day, observed on Thanksgiving, encourages families to come together and discuss potential , including inherited illnesses and cancers.

Here are 4 ways you can participate and empower your family to make informed decisions about their well-being.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3XFrAG2

11/24/2025

Self-care in the midst of caregiving is vital, but caregivers don’t always feel like they can take the time and space they need to focus on themselves. Yet when they do, both the patient and caregiver are better equipped to continue with their treatment.

“One of the major issues that comes up for a lot of my patients is the fear of being a burden,” said Rae Wiseman, a Spiritual Health clinician at Fred Hutch. “When caregivers take care of themselves, this patient fear can be somewhat alleviated. When patients can see that their caregiver is healthy and thriving, patients feel safe.”

As a caregiver, do you struggle with self-care? You're not alone. Here are five self-care tips you might find helpful.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4oe1THs

11/23/2025

Dr. Annemarie Shepherd talks about something that many people don't know about lung cancer.

11/22/2025

Earlier this month, Fred Hutch’s Dr. Scott Ramsey dedicated the Value In Cancer Care summit to patient advocate and Cierra Sisters Inc. founder Bridgette Hempstead, who died of metastatic breast cancer last December. “Bridgette was an inexhaustible reservoir of energy. She was passionate about raising awareness about the problems that Black patients with cancer are facing. She inspired me, she challenged me, but she always uplifted me. As she did with everyone she met.”

Read more about the summit: https://bit.ly/4odLNO9

11/21/2025

“Our ultimate vision is whole person care,” said Fred Hutch Cancer Center’s Veena Shankaran, MD, MS, in her opening remarks at the Value in Cancer Care (VCC) Summit, held Thursday, November 6, at Seattle’s Bell Harbor International Conference Center. “But there are barriers.”

Patients struggle with navigating insurance benefits, financial stress, burnout and treatment side effects, she said, while providers have to deal with administrative overload, prior authorization, charting and EHR (electronic health record) frustrations.

Unfortunately, these and other challenges are “set against the backdrop of … a data tsunami in health care, especially oncology,” Shankaran said, pointing to precision medicine and genomics, adoption of AI in clinical care and the ever-increasing amount of information patients and providers need to consume and understand.

The VCC conference, put on by the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research, or HICOR, focused on many of these challenges with speakers and attendees digging into burnout; information overload; pain management and substance use; the escalating costs of care, as well as mistrust, misinformation and missed care opportunities, particularly in the realm of palliative medicine.

But the annual “meeting with a mission” also offered practical solutions, valuable insights, a raft of resources and proven methods to help overcome, or at least ameliorate, many of them.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3XDKop3

11/20/2025

Many people are taking the step to quit smoking today for the Great American Smokeout. Here is a very important piece of advice that will lead you on your path to be to***co free: before you quit smoking, figure out your reason for quitting. Is it for your family? Your health? Whatever it is, it will be your north star guiding you when times get tough.
There are many resources for you to quit smoking, here are a couple:
1. Chatbot developed by Dr. Jonathan Bricker: https://quitbot.net/
2. NCI's cancer information center where you can speak with a trained specialist: https://www.cancer.gov/contact