Overview

Leukemia is a cancer of blood-forming tissues, hindering the body's ability to fight infection. Cancer specialists at SIU HealthCare employ the most advanced therapies and treatments in combatting this disease.

Specialty care

 

Care team

Profiles

Edem Agamah, MD

Oncologist Internal Medicine | Hematology-Oncology
315 W. Carpenter St. 1st Floor, Clinic B Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Dodie Gazda, ANP-BC

Certified Nurse Practitioner Cancer Care
315 W. Carpenter St. 1st Floor, Clinic B Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Aziz Khan, MD

Executive Director of Simmons Cancer Institute Cancer Care
315 W. Carpenter St. 1st Floor, Clinic B Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Mohammad Hussain, MD

Hematologist/Oncologist Cancer Care
315 W. Carpenter St. 1st Floor, Clinic B Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Gregory Brandt, MD

Pediatric Hematology Oncologist Pediatrics | Hematology-Oncology
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Megan Strohm, NP-C

Certified Nurse Practitioner Internal Medicine | Hematology-Oncology
1600 W. Walnut St. 2nd Floor, East Bldg Jacksonville, IL 62650

 

Care facilities

Locations

 

Clinical trials

Trial
Simmons Cancer Institute

KO-MEN-008: Phase 1 Study to Determine the Safety and Tolerability of Ziftomenib Combinations for the Treatment of KMT2A-rearranged or NPM1-mutant Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Active recruiting

Examining the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of investigational drug ziftomenib in combination with standard of care treatments for patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia. The study drug will be examined with the following agents: FLAG-IDA, low-dose cytarabine, and gilteritinib.