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Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease and the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver

Presented by Daniel Couriel MD, MS, Huntsman Cancer Center, University of Utah and panelist Kimberly Powers, MA, CPNP, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Run Time: 30 minute presentation, 30 minutes Q&A

Made possible, in part, by a grant from the Meredith A. Cowden Foundation

Dr. Couriel discusses:

  • how chronic GVHD affects the esophagus, upper and lower GI tract, and liver
  • drugs and infections that can cause symptoms similar to chronic GVHD
  • symptoms of GVHD in the esophagus, upper and lower GI tract, and liver
  • ways to address weight loss caused by chronic GVHD
  • other treatment options
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