I met a mentor early on in med school and she became my model for what success looked like. As she introduced me to the field, I couldn’t see myself doing anything else.
🥲 I think I’ve definitely caught myself saying this before.
This is very cool! Can you share details of the case? I am a huge mixed reality enthusiast.
Viewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the NIH undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity. https://ja.ma/3FLvqHS
Congrats brother. Welcome to the best specialty!
How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts (and what we stand to lose)
@nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nytimes.com the largest central of scientific knowledge in the world (Pubmed) and the NIH website is down.
I know it’s a tall ask but any insights?
These is largely taxpayer-funded research and it was available to all - and now it’s not.
Francis Collins, longtime NIH director with bipartisan bona fides*, retires as of yesterday.
He returned to NIH in 2023 to focus on research in his own lab, in the NIH in-house intramural research campus.
His letter seems to imply he wasn’t ready to leave. NIH is being torn down. 1/🧪 #academicsky
Is there any “break glass in case of emergency” action we take?
Other than calling our representatives to yell at them?
5calls.org
More tragic news about NIH and NIH science. Grant system is frozen and intramural program is being slashed. All will claw back on treatments and cures for cancer and other human diseases. This can’t be what the public wants. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
JD Vance has expressed a “deep hostility to the entire academic enterprise, not just the so-called woke parts,” writes @michellegoldberg.bsky.social. "He wasn’t talking about making more room for right-wing ideas in universities or even dreaming of taking them over. He wanted to destroy it all."
Feels like we are all living in an idiocracy :(
Spectacular results! Consolidation #radiotherapy for gallbladder cancer improves survival and maintains quality of life.
Congratulations to the study team.
🔍 Does AI reduce #clinician workload?
@NEJM study on @NuanceDragon DAX Copilot, an AI-powered documentation tool, found minimal impact on EHR efficiency & financial metrics❗️
💡AI tools need to be developed in comjuction with 🩺🥼🧑⚕️ not in silos
#AIinMedicine #LLMs @oncoalert.bsky.social
What do you guys do at your institution for unresectable single lesions? We have been reserving SBRT for later due to concern for cumulative reductions in Veff. Especially in patients who may not be near transplant.
And yet another prospective trial confirming excellent efficacy of SBRT for localized HCC
- n=36 pts
- median tumor size 2.3 cm
- median FU 49 mo
- 3-year local control rate 93%
- Grade 3 AE 11%
www.redjournal.org/article/S036...
oncodaily.com/blog/proton-...
We just treated our 1000th patient on our proton linac! #radonc
The RACE-GB trial results are here! FIRST randomized controlled trial investigating radiotherapy (RT) in gallbladder cancer.
In a cohort of 135 patients the addition of RT after 4 cycles of chemotherapy (compared to observation) extended overall survival (OS) from 4 months to 10 months.@RadOnc
The last session of the Miami Symposium on Human Metabolism will focus on approaches in metabolism, including mass spectrometry imaging and engineering! Speakers include Erin Seeley @utaustin.bsky.social, Jens Soltwisch and Ashutosh Agarwal! @asms.org Travel awards considered! miamimetabolism.com
#medsky #radonc I’m about to go on paternity leave. What does parental leave look like at your institution? Did you take all of it? Did it impact your compensation? How did you mitigate loss of career momentum?
😂 these are so spot on.
Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead
Radiation Oncology is characterized by rapid innovation
Dissemination & implementation are important aspects to bring this progress to our cancer patients in daily practice
Well written review by Erin Gillespie and colleagues 👇
www.redjournal.org/article/S036...
Systematic review & meta-analysis of locoregional therapies for #HCC in @jama.com network open
✅Inclusion:
RCTs with PFS and OS as endpoints
✅Conclusions:
Resection > thermal ablation ~ RT ~ HAIC > embolization
#oncsky #radonc #radsky #liversky
ja.ma/3ONRpQ1
I can only imagine! Will have to wait for the results then
Man would love to see this trial in Miami.
Super proud of all my colleagues at James Cook University Hospital Cancer Centre who have now recruited 150 patients to the PACE-NODES trial! Huge amount of work and data collection involved. Let’s keep the momentum going. Massive thanks to all the patients. #PCSM #radonc #SBRT #SABR #NHS
Private insurance defenders, do you really believe that 1/3 of healthcare claims are for unnecessary or fraudulent things?
