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Thoracic/Phase 1 Oncologist @ONealCancerUAB, Asst Prof @UABMedicine | Alum @MayoHemeOnc @UConnIM @MDAndersonNews| Co-Host @HemOncFellows @LungCancerRX
Jul 12, 2022 16 tweets 137 min read
@TumorBoardTues @HwakeleeMD @manalipatelmd @jillfeldman4 @JackWestMD Alright lets go!
1/18 #TumorBoardTuesday #LCSM #OncTwitter
63 yo 👩🏻
🚭 never smoker
C/O: shortness of breath presents in 2017
PMH: None
🫁 PET: shows a RLL mass and pleural effusion
ECOG PS: 0
🔬cT2, cN2, pM1a (Stage IVA) lung adenoCA

🤨What is the next step? @TumorBoardTues @HwakeleeMD @manalipatelmd @jillfeldman4 @JackWestMD 2/18 #TumorBoardTuesday #LCSM
Case continued..
🦠 Tissue NGS and IHC was sent 🧬
🔬 NGS: EGFR p.A767_V769dup; c.2300_2308dupCCAGCGTGG (exon 20 ins)
🔬 PD-L1 negative

🤨 What treatment plan do you initiate next? @HemOncFellows @OncBrothers @OncoAlert @lcsmchat
Sep 20, 2020 11 tweets 28 min read
Folks! We return for #HOTrainees with the exciting #Day2 @myESMO #ESMO20 and some more #practice relevant studies in #breastcancer #ProstateCancer #lungcancer #GI, so sit back, relax and lets go through some data (#HO #trainee-style!) Shout out to @peters_solange @OncoAlert 1. #BreastCancer: We have #monarchE and #IMPassion031 hoping to hear from experts @ErikaHamilton9 @NicoleKuderer @DrSGraff @matteolambe @tmprowell @GeorgeSledge51 @VukovicPetra for more insights- please link to your discussions here for #trainees:
Sep 19, 2020 19 tweets 39 min read
@myESMO #ESMO20 as a #trainee can be #overwhelming! So many good studies, some more #practicechanging then others, if you missed some and want to understand (albeit at a simplistic #trainee level), sit back, relax and enjoy as we go through some great data #ESMO20 @OncoAlert 1. #NSCLC: 2 major studies #ADAURA #CROWN for adjuvant #EGFRmNSCLC, and advanced #ALK+ experts can provide better perspective @JackWestMD @n8pennell @StephenVLiu @AMansfieldMD @CharuAggarwalMD @NarjustDumaMD @GlopesMd @DevikaDasMD @OncoAlert
Apr 28, 2020 12 tweets 21 min read
Missed #COVID19nCancer plenary in #AACR20 @AACR?
Here’s a thread to catch up on all the fascinating global research presented by:
@AACR @AACRPres #AntoniRibas #LiZhang @marinagarassino @barlesi #CarlosGomez #LouisVoigt #HongbingCai cc:@OncoAlert @COVID19nCCC @ASCO @ASH_hematology #1: Chinese Experience by #LiZhang and #HongbingCai

More evidence of increased prevalence of #Cancer among #COVID19, ~2% similar to what we found in our #metanalysis @ASCO_pubs #JCOGO here: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO…
Feb 2, 2020 11 tweets 6 min read
"Fall in US cancer death rates: Time to pop the champagne?": the amazing @oncology_bg and myself comment on the big debate about who deserves credit for the progress in our @EClinicalMed commentary: thelancet.com/journals/eclin…. Read along for a brief tweetorial! Researchers found that since 1991 the cancer death rate has dropped 29%, but the 2.2% decline in mortality rates from 2016 to 2017 was the largest single-year decline in cancer mortality ever reported. Image