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A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN — PATIENT JIM KAHAN AND CITY OF HOPE

Jim Kahan was battling an extremely rare group of blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). After looking for answers at major comprehensive cancer centers across the country, he found City of Hope.

Guido Marcucci, M.D., chief of the Division of Leukemia and chair of the Department of Hematologic Malignancies Translational Science, put Kahan together with his ‘rising star’ researcher, Idoroenyi Amanam, M.D. His rise to stardom included a stellar academic record and a Congressional award for ongoing selfless acts of kindness.

Kahan’s best hope would be a stem cell transplant, which meant a month at City of Hope. Amanam visited him and his wife Diane almost every night, guiding the path to wellness. The transplant went exceptionally well, and Kahan’s hemoglobin count is approaching normal. MPNs once had very little research taking place.

Now, at City of Hope, innovation happens here.

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