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#PatientAdvocate living with #metastaticbreastcancer since 2007 (treatment pause since 2020). Presenter, panelist and author for #breastcancer. Former managing editor.
๐๏ธ October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth!
๐The MRS honors survivors and researchers, including our MRS president, Dr. Alana Welm, who recently received Innovator of the Year award for advancing & sharing patient-derived breast cancer models enabling precision medicine. bit.ly/493BMiL
The Week in Cancer News: Some COVID-19 vaccines may strengthen immunotherapy's effectiveness, an antibody-drug conjugate and an immune checkpoint inhibitor improve survival for patients with bladder cancer, and more. buff.ly/Rt5VfsP
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๐ข #ACCFIT & #ACCEarlyCareer: Are you passionate about improving CV care in rural communities? Help lead impactful, community-based research & drive progress in โค๏ธ health. Apply for the Thad & Gerry Waites Rural CV Research Fellowship by Oct. 22! ๐ bit.ly/473XX5v
#ACCHealthEquity #CardioSky #MedSky
A research letter from JAMA, published online October 1, 2025, titled "Clinical Characteristics of Adults at Risk of Medicaid Disenrollment Due to HR 1 Work Requirements." The letter discusses the impact of HR 1 on Medicaid recipients.
Approximately 5 million adult #Medicaid beneficiaries risk losing coverage due to HR 1's work requirements, with a substantial portion having chronic conditions, particularly among those aged 50 to 64.
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2026 PhD recruitment is now open.
As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:
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New open-access article in Supportive Care in Cancer: Evaluating the role of montelukast on doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients
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#SuppOnc #bcsm
Think you're "OK" because you had a negative mammogram? Nothing showed up on my mammogram yet #Inflammatorybreastcancer was growing! Don't rely on a mammogram for #IBC....keep pushing for answers! www.ibcresearch.org
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Super honored to be visiting @danafarber.bsky.social to deliver the 2025 Harriet Tischler Memorial Lecture hosted by the amazing Nelly Polyak. Thanks for the invitation!
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What a fantastic day of learning courtesy of @mskcme.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social !
Canโt wait for tomorrowโs sessions!
Thank you @billyrosaphd.bsky.social & your planning team ๐!
JAMA article: "Federal Student Loan Limits and Implications for Physician Workforce Diversity" by Jeremy W. Jacobs, MD, MHS; Garrett S. Booth, MD, MS, published August 25, 2025. Discusses loan limits impact on medical education.
๐ฌ Viewpoint: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's federal loan caps may exacerbate socioeconomic disparities in #MedEd, worsening the Matthew Effect and hindering diversity and equity within the physician workforce.
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Johns Hopkins sophomore student Florin Selaru develops a new scheme to deconvolve colors in histological sections for digital pathology.
It greatly outperforms traditional linear color deconvolution.
Congrats Florin!
Read his paper here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
JAMA graphs show childhood insurance dynamics. Graph A: Medicaid/CHIP coverage vs. age. "Ever in Medicaid" peaks at 61%. Graph B: Uninsurance vs. age. "Ever uninsured" reaches 42%, while "Always uninsured" is 0%. Published Sept 24, 2025.
An estimated 61% of U.S. children have been enrolled in #Medicaid or CHIP and 42% have experienced periods of uninsurance by age 18, with insurance disruptions being more common in states with restrictive Medicaid policies.
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Selfie at the Sisters Network Breast Cancer Summit to share info about IBC!
I am super excited to be presenting information about inflammatory breast cancer to the sisterโs network breast. Cancer summit for black women today in Houston, Texas! IBC is more common in black women: outcome disparities can be erased w/ prompt diagnosis & guideline driven care!! #thinkibc #bcsm
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9-month-old Mohamat died of malaria in Cameroon. Before U.S. aid cuts, he likely would have survived. Malaria deaths are rising after years of progress. Abrupt and irresponsible budget cuts can have deadly consequences.
04.10.2025 18:37 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2Are 90% of cancer-related deaths due to metastasis? Apparently the overuse of this percentage in reviews has created confusion and questioning of whether this is true. The answer, which is as always cancer type dependent, may be in these references that also people claim they cannot find.
28.09.2025 16:39 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2Thank you, Dr. Davis, for your persistence.
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Bridging the Gap between Genomics and Social Determinants:
Melissa B. Davis, Brittany D. Jenkins-Lord, and Michelle J. Lee addressed this topic in an #AACRdisp25 plenary session chaired by Christopher R. Flowers.
@MeliD32 @ChrisRFlowersMD
In the latest episode of the JAMA Medical News podcast, Felix Mahfoud, MD, chair of the Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Basel, shares clinical research highlights from the recent European Society of Cardiology Congress:
Listen now: ja.ma/42zYevz
โWe canโt think about one anymore without the other,โ says Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC on the link between treating the kidney and protecting the heart.
"We should aim to reduce the progression of chronic kidney diseases in order to reduce the possibility of heart disease." #ACCLATAM #ACCIntl
One of the premier U.S. graduate fellowships is mired in uncertainty as would-be applicants await overdue details about how to apply for the upcoming yearโs awards. https://scim.ag/4nlRhqc
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Worldโs first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life. #Nature
Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant strains of bacteria.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The 2022 ACC/AHA/HFSA #HeartFailure guideline provides patient-centric recommendations for clinicians to prevent, diagnose, & manage patients w/ heart failure.
Access the guideline, key takeaways, & more in the #JACC HF Guideline Hub: https://bit.ly/47T4JgI
#ACCLATAM #ACCIntl #CardioSky #MedSky
Amping up TILs. Wish study would have included people with mTNBC. โฆโช@KSQ_TXโฌโฉ
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It's like we're living a nightmare. We have conspiracy wackos running our nation's most important health agencies. And people are going to die.
This shouldn't be another left/right, red/blue issue. RFK Jr. has to go. And Republicans should just say what they know is true.
Republicans aren't going to save us. The mainstream media isn't going to save us. The Supreme Court isn't going to save us.
We will not stop Trump from destroying our democracy through de-escalatory politics. We need to fight fire with fire.
Public health agencies, including the CDC, have achieved extraordinary, quantifiable successesโmillions of lives saved, trillions of dollars returned. I share some major examples in my new piece.
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MASCC is pleased to endorse Fast Facts: Biosimilars, a global resource addressing concerns around biosimilars, including quality, safety, economic benefits, switching from biologics to biosimilars, and more.
You can access this resource for free here: mascc.org/wp-content/u...
JAMA medical news report: "New Report on School Active Shooter Drills Weighs Psychological Effects" by Lauren Schneider. Published online September 5, 2025. Article information and author affiliations provided.
Active shooter drills are now near-universal in US schools.
Although theyโre an important aspect of emergency preparedness, they may also cause some students psychological distress.
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