Director of Breast Cancer Research Program at Sarah Cannon Research Institute | Wife | Mom to 2 Girls | Tweets are My Own #Oncology #BCSM, #Cancer, COI at link.
FMHx: maternal aunt had gastric cancer & paternal cousin had CRC
Tx with neoadjuvant AC ----> T with some response but significant residual disease. 😥
What info would you need to treat this patient?
May 16, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Want to hear a happy inspiring 🧵 from oncology clinic? A story of perseverance and grit?
I saw a young woman this month in f/u that I first met almost 7 years ago...
At that time, she was homeless. Living in shelters night to night homeless....not even a friend to stay with.
Single. Raising a teenager in the shelters with her!
Had a large node positive HER-2 positive cancer. Had been there for some months with no way to seek care.
Sep 11, 2021 • 31 tweets • 6 min read
A 🧵:
For any of you that haven't read the full transcript of Todd Beamer's call from United flight 93 ✈️ on #September11.
Didn't take being a 👮♂️ or 👨🚒 to be a hero that day. Nope. Sure didn't. There were many heroes.
Todd: Hello… Operator…listen to me…I can’t speak very loud. – This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco.. We have a situation here….Our plane has been hijacked…..can you understand me?
Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand…
