{"id":176446,"date":"2026-02-13T11:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176446\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:29:44","slug":"advancing-blood-cancer-research-and-treatment-in-long-beach-brand-stories-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176446\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing blood cancer research and treatment in Long Beach \u2022 Brand stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next chapter in hematology is being written\u00a0at City of Hope.<\/p>\n

For patients\u00a0navigating\u00a0blood cancers like leukemia,\u00a0lymphoma\u00a0or\u00a0multiple\u00a0myeloma, having access to\u00a0specialized experts and\u00a0the most advanced treatments can mean everything.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs part of a nationally ranked cancer research and treatment organization,\u00a0our\u00a0hematology\u00a0teams at City of Hope bring decades of\u00a0focused\u00a0expertise in blood cancer,\u201d says\u00a0Karla Olmedo, M.D.,\u00a0a medical oncologist-hematologist and associate clinical professor at City of Hope\u2019s\u00a0Long Beach Elm and Long Beach Worsham locations. \u201cWe are innovators in lifesaving treatments\u00a0like\u00a0CAR T cell therapy, bispecific antibody therapies, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and more.\u201d<\/p>\n

City of Hope offers\u00a0hematology patients a level of advanced care that is difficult to find elsewhere:<\/p>\n

Leukemia.\u00a0City of\u00a0Hope\u2019s renowned\u00a0physician-scientists\u00a0are at the forefront of leading-edge\u00a0leukemia\u00a0treatments and technologies\u00a0including\u00a0CAR T cell\u00a0immunotherapy, mutation-specific\u00a0drugs\u00a0and novel\u00a0approaches to\u00a0stem cell\u00a0transplant \u2014\u00a0innovations that have\u00a0contributed to better outcomes for patients.<\/p>\n

Lymphoma.\u00a0City of Hope is\u00a0a leader in\u00a0research and testing\u00a0of\u00a0breakthrough\u00a0treatments\u00a0for lymphoma, including\u00a0targeted\u00a0drugs,\u00a0blood and\u00a0bone marrow\u00a0transplants, gene and vaccine therapies,\u00a0combination treatments\u00a0and\u00a0advances in CAR T cell therapy\u00a0that have\u00a0resulted in partial and complete remissions.<\/p>\n

Multiple\u00a0myeloma.\u00a0At\u00a0City of Hope\u00a0Orange County\u00a0Lennar Foundation\u00a0Cancer Center,\u00a0autologous stem cell transplants\u00a0are offered\u00a0on an outpatient basis for patients with multiple myeloma.\u00a0Many\u00a0patients can return home nightly during their transplant treatment, in contrast to the extended hospitalization typically\u00a0required\u00a0elsewhere.<\/p>\n

City of Hope has performed more than 20,000 bone marrow and stem cell transplants,\u00a0a milestone that reflects decades of\u00a0pioneering science, clinical excellence and lives\u00a0forever changed.<\/p>\n

The next chapter of hope is here<\/p>\n

City of Hope\u2019s two Long Beach locations are\u00a0part of a\u00a0regional network of\u00a0advanced cancer care\u00a0that\u00a0includes a 72-acre academic research campus\u00a0in Irvine and\u00a0locations throughout\u00a0the region.\u00a0The research campus is home to\u00a0an outpatient cancer center\u00a0and Orange County\u2019s only cancer specialty hospital.<\/p>\n

Patients also have expanded access to more than 700 innovative Phase 1 to 3 clinical trials led by City of Hope \u2014 more than anywhere else in California \u2014 including first-in-human clinical trials and trials requiring inpatient care.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0standard cancer care. This is lifesaving cancer care. This is Hope.<\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0CityofHope.org\/OC<\/a>\u00a0or call (888) 333-HOPE (4673).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next chapter in hematology is being written\u00a0at City of Hope. For patients\u00a0navigating\u00a0blood cancers like leukemia,\u00a0lymphoma\u00a0or\u00a0multiple\u00a0myeloma, having access…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,45246],"class_list":{"0":"post-176446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news","11":"tag-sponsored-by-city-of-hope-orange-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}