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Alvaro Alvarez Soto(he/him/his)

@alvarezsoto.bsky.social

-Hematology/oncology fellow at UCONN Health. -Passionate about health equity, global oncology, racial and ethnic disparities, Biomarkers in cancer.

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In other malignancies, like breast cancer, TP53 is not routinely testing (despite being common).

Reliably testing TP53 in breast cancer with IHC in breast cancer was difficult, but now that we have NGS and circulating tumor cells, should we look into this again?

The answer is absolutely!!!

28.12.2024 18:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reviewing next generation sequencing (NGS) from patients in the clinic is always interesting.

So many TP53 mutations and all of them seem different from patient to patient.

From CLL to uterine cancer, TP53 is used to risk stratify many cancer types. TP53 is anywhere you look!

28.12.2024 18:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Using the SEER database we are finding significant difference in pathological complete response between Black and White women with early stage Breast Cancer. Achieving pCR equalizes outcomes when all groups are combined.

12.12.2024 19:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Presented at #SABCS24:

This clinical trial found that among women with low-risk DCIS, active monitoring did not lead to higher rates of invasive breast cancer vs those who received guideline-concordant care.

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12.12.2024 16:04 — 👍 19    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 2
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December always takes me to San Antonio channels #SABCS #BreastCancer

09.12.2024 23:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Some results from our poster using the SEER database looking into outcomes disparities by race and socioeconomic status. Low socioeconomic status (SEE) means lower survival. When we stratify by race, Low SES means higher hazard risk of death in White and Hispanics but not in Black patients. #ASH

08.12.2024 01:41 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Getting ready for a Global Hematology talk at #ASH

07.12.2024 21:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today the UConn heme/onc fellows had our first book club session. Lots of interesting conversations from this book which is basically a classic for anyone training in cancer.
#cancer #uconn

06.12.2024 00:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Tomorrow morning we will have our Global Oncology and disparities of care program!

Genetic testing/counseling for patients at risk is common in the US, but great opportunity to learn about their implementation in LMICs.

Link to register:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

20.11.2024 23:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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