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Will tweet some pearls from @Sisk_MD's (young investigator award winner) plenary talk on communication breakdown in #pediatriconcology #phodocs here at #ASPHO2021 1/n 
Communication has lots of functions -- not just passing information. @Sisk_MD outlines 8 here. 2/n
He did qualitative research with a total of 80 parents of children with cancer across different time points and different ages. ... 95% of parents experienced negative communication experiences! (with everyone - ALL team members) 3/n
I was diagnosed with #childhoodcancer stage III Wilm’s tumor when I was four years old. I received a nephrectomy, full abdominal and pelvic radiation, and a year and a half of chemotherapy including #vincristine. You all knew this was coming.... thread 👇🏻 #cancermeds4kids /1
If you haven't heard, we are facing a massive disaster in #pediatriconcology right now because there is a shortage of the chemo drug, #vincristine, which is used to treat (and often cure) a ton of types of #childhoodcancer including mine. Pardon me, but this is super fucked up /2
The drug company, @TevaUSA (@tevapharm) decided to discontinue #Vincristine because of “business reasons.” Which we all know is code for profitability. They did not give enough notice to the other supplier, @pfizer, to have enough time to ramp up production and meet demand /3
