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Health Matters: Innovative CAR T Cell Therapy for Blood Cancer

Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters, we explore CAR T cell therapy, an innovative immunotherapy cancer treatment, newly available at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center in Shreveport in North Louisiana, to treat blood cancers.

Dr. Randall Brewer is joined by Dr. Richard P. Mansour, Professor of Medicine, Director of Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, and Fellowship Associate Program Director; and Dr. Shashank Cingam, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center to talk about how this treatment works, who may benefit from it, what patients can expect during treatment, and what researchers are discovering about its future.