🧬 TWEETORIAL/X'torial: Why Every Rare Cancer Patient Deserves Molecular Profiling 🧬
1/15 🚨 Here's a shocking fact: Rare cancers make up 25% of ALL cancer cases, yet most patients never get the molecular testing that could save their lives.
👉In our policy & practice paper - 20th anniversary of @JCOOP_ASCO @ASCO @JCO_ASCO Our position 👉 Comprehensive molecular profiling must be standard care for rare cancers 🦓-#RareCancer #precisionMedicine Let's dive in @OncoAlert @Dr_R_Kurzrock 🧵
Free Link: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/OP…
2/15 📊 The numbers are staggering:
~200 types of rare/ultra-rare cancers exist
Rare = <15 per 100,000 people
Ultra-rare = <1 per million/year
Yet together they affect MILLIONS of patients worldwide
Each deserves a fighting chance. 💪ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/OP…
3/15 🎯 Here's the game-changer: The FDA has approved 9 tissue-agnostic therapies that work across cancer types based on molecular features, not where the cancer started.
But here's the catch - you can ONLY access them if your tumor gets molecular profiling (NGS). 🔬acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/ca…
🚨 @ASCO #ASCO25 was absolutely incredible! 🧬✨ So many groundbreaking advances in oncology and exciting publications that are going to change patient care.
👉Sharing the key ones below @TheLancet @TheLancetOncol @JCO_ASCO @JAMA_current @JAMAOnc @CD_AACR - Also added the 10+ simultaneous @NEJM links
👉What other important studies from #ASCO25 should be on everyone's radar? @OncoAlert
Please add any I missed! 👇
1/ Claudin-18 isoform 2-specific CAR T-cell therapy (satri-cel) versus treatment of physician's choice for previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (CT041-ST-01): a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial @TheLancet @oncodaily @ASCO #ASCO25 thelancet.com/journals/lance…
2/Efficacy and safety of selumetinib in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1 and symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas (KOMET): a multicentre, international, randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel, double-blind, phase 3 study @TheLancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…
🚨 Wow! #ASCO25 @ASCO was absolutely massive!
10 @NEJM papers published simultaneously 👉 all practice-changing studies ! 🔬✨🧵 See below for these studies 👇@oncoalert
1 /Tarlatamab in Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Platinum-Based Chemotherapy @g_mountzios @OncoAlert #ASCO25 @ASCO nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
2/ Adjuvant Cemiplimab or Placebo in High-Risk Cutaneous Squamous-Cell Carcinoma @NEJM #ASCO25 @ASCO nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
💥🚨 A tweetorial/ X'torial on the paper published today "Tissue-agnostic cancer therapies: promise, reality, and the path forward"
@NatureComms @NaturePortfolio
👉The Future of Cancer Treatment is Here: Tissue-Agnostic Therapies @OncoAlert @ASCO #ASCO25
A Thread 🧵 1/15 nature.com/articles/s4146…
2/ What if we treated cancer based on its MOLECULAR drivers instead of where it started in the body?
This isn't science fiction—it's tissue-agnostic therapy, and it's revolutionizing oncology 🚀
3/ 📊 THE NUMBERS:
9 FDA-approved tissue-agnostic therapies
3 categories: Targeted therapies, immunotherapies, antibody-drug conjugates
Pembrolizumab made history in 2017 as the first approval
These treat 30+ cancer types based on biomarkers, not tumor location 🎯 nature.com/articles/s4146…
🚨🥁🥁🥁By popular demand, I’m pleased to share the top Precision Oncology papers of 2024! 📚✨
#HappyNewYear2025
👉Please feel free to add your favorite papers to the X thread. Let’s celebrate the advancements in our field together & looking forward for ground breaking advances in 2025! #PrecisionOncology #TopPapers2024 @OncoAlert 1/n
1/n The ESMO Tumour-Agnostic Classifier and Screener (ETAC-S): a tool for assessing tumour-agnostic potential of molecularly guided therapies and for steering drug development #TissueAgnostic #PrecisionMedicine
👉The ESMO PMWG proposes a framework to foster and accelerate tumour-agnostic drug development for patients with cancer @BenWestphalen @GPentheroudakis @curijoey @FAndreMD @myESMO @Annals_Oncology annalsofoncology.org/article/S0923-…
2/n Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Microsatellite-Instability–High Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
This represents the perfect marriage of the field of genomics and immunology. Combined Immunecheckpoint therapy in MSI-H cancers @NEJM @MyriamChalabi @DrChoueiri
🚨Artificial intelligence #AI is poised to shape medicine, oncology research & cancer care in the next decade.
📍Presenting the "Top AI in Oncology articles of 2023"
👉Remember, this list isn't exhaustive!
👉Feel free to Tag, add, tweet, X & share your must-reads with this list. Let's keep the knowledge flowing!
#AI #artificialintelligence #PrecisionMedicine #PrecisionOncology #genomics #immunotherapy
@OncoAlert @sama #chatgpt4 @TargetedOnc @OncLive @gotoPER @FDAOncology @OncBrothers @oncodaily @Annals_Oncology @NEJM @NEJM_AI @JAMAOnc @Nature @NatureMedicine @JCO_ASCO @TheUSONetwork @SarahCannonDocs 🧵
There is an urgent need to reinvigorate clinical trials through drug discovery, interpreting imaging, streamlining electronic health records, and improving workflow, over time advancing public health. AI can aid in many of these aspects in all stages of drug development.
👉Timeline of drug development from the present to the future @naturemedicine nature.com/articles/s4159…
Artificial intelligence-supported screen reading versus standard double reading in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a clinical safety analysis of a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority, single-blinded, screening accuracy study
👉AI lowered screen-reading workload #AI @TheLancetOncol thelancet.com/journals/lanon…