Getting Elacestrant combos approved and thus accessible is going to be a big deal for many MBC patients.

OncLive@onclive.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Elacestrant-Based Combinations Show Efficacy, Safety in ER+, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer @sabcs.bsky.social #SABCS25 #bcsm www.onclive.com/view/elacest...

An important negative trial!

MedPage Today@medpagetoday.com · 10mo ago

The ADC sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy) failed to outperform chemotherapy as first treatment after endocrine therapy for metastatic hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer, a randomized trial showed. #SABCS25 @breastcancerdoc.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

New research from #SABCS25 suggests acupuncture may help ease “chemo brain.” 🎧 Hear Dr. Jun Mao of @mskcancercenter.bsky.social explain more about the results of his research on our podcast today: https://bit.ly/4pE6TH1 #BreastCancer #Breastcancerresearch

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’ I have been forced to move my classes online. If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

So much great research coming out at #ASCO25 that will have a major impact for patients with #breastcancer And as a community med onc, thrilled to see new data come out for several agents we have in clinical trials & can offer to our patients close to home! 🏡

The OncoAlert Network 🚨@oncoalert.bsky.social · last yr.

The #ASCO25 #OncoAlertTOP10 Abstracts in #BreastCancer These are some of our picks of TOP abstracts we look forward to be presented at the upcoming ASCO Meeting in Chicago🇺🇸 @elisaagostinetto.bsky.social‬ @erikahamilton9.bsky.social‬ @drsgraff.bsky.social‬ @elisabettabonzano.bsky.social‬

Researchers at MD Anderson are leading the way with studies like the Diet and Immune Effects Trial (DIET), which explores how diet may impact response to cancer treatment. New results from this important study will be shared at #ASCO25. Learn more: http://spr.ly/63324N2YtA #EndCancer

Nutrivention: Food as medicine

Nutrivention is using dietary interventions to impact response to cancer treatment. Increasing fiber intake can improve response rates for patients undergoing immunotherapy treatment for melanoma because fiber is a food source for beneficial bacteria in our gut microbiome. Increasing fiber intake to even just 30 grams per day may lead to positive changes.

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In advance of #ASCO25, @cmannunziata.bsky.social told me, “We are worried that the cuts to the NIH will drastically impact our ability to do research, to find these new molecular mechanisms of cancer and develop new cures. If we don't have the funding to do the research, this will not happen.”

#ASCO25: Artificial Intelligence assistance can help improve accuracy in identifying HER2-Low and HER2-Ultralow breast cancers, avoid misclassification www.saluteh24.com/il_weblog_di...

#ASCO25: Artificial Intelligence assistance can help improve accuracy in identifying HER2-Low and HER2-Ultralow breast cancers, avoid misclassification

“Accurate HER2 scoring is important to ensure that patients receive the best treatment for their breast cancer. This international study shows that an AI-assisted approach improved HER2 scoring, inclu...

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Join us for the Final Quackdown practice picket, march, and rally on Friday, March 14th, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting at the Ford Alumni Center. A massive turnout sends a powerful message—drop everything and be there!

Look for UA in today's Eugene Weekly. There is an article on page five and this beauty!

This could mean we patients won’t get the next breakthrough treatment.

Seth Judson@sethjudson.bsky.social · 2y ago

A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants. #IDsky #Medsky #Episky www.science.org/content/arti...

🗃️ CFP for a special issue of The Public Historian.

Sergio González@smgonzalezwi.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨Check out this CFP! 🚨 Excited to be co-editing a special issue of The Public Historian with Delia Fernández-Jones and Chantel Rodriguez on Public History in the Latinx Midwest. Proposals due May 31, articles due early next year. Send us your pitch! online.ucpress.edu/tph

That’s the same basic idea behind the current system of indirect cost rates for universities. A university has buildings with labs and furniture and electricity and IT systems (and on and on). They don’t need to buy those things all over again each time a new research study is funded. 7/

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From @aaup.bsky.social, what to do if ICE is on your campus.

I’m trying to figure out where all my cancer meds are manufactured tonight while worrying about access and shortages. It sure is a fun time to have cancer!

Let’s try something. We here at @altnih4science.bsky.social want to boost descriptions of NIH-funded science. If you’re a scientist with a post or thread that describes your work, please tag us or DM us, and we’ll repost. We’ll use the #NIHFundsGreatScience hashtag so people can read in future. 🧪

Follow this link to find out how to advocate for MBC patients in light of the recent directive to halt external communications from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

Mitchell Armentrout@mitchtrout.bsky.social · 2y ago

Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...

Formerly incarcerated firefighter Eddie Herrera just wants people to treat incarcerated firefighters like human beings.

What it’s like to be an incarcerated firefighter  - High Country News

Eddie Herrera, a formerly incarcerated firefighter, talks about the job and how he sees what’s happening in Los Angeles.

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random sampling of 100 major grant-in-aid programs in no particular order and with no particular selection rule.

#Eugenics on a global scale

Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

Who knew “and then they came for the cancer patients” was gonna be so high up in the poem?

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 2y ago

The administration is murdering cancer patients

Does anyone have advice on how to write a strong appeals letter? My insurance company won’t cover the medications keeping my liver, brain, and bone mets (from breast cancer) stable. I feel like my life is riding on this appeal…because it kinda is. #bcsm #cancer

I was set to enter a clinical trial in February. It's since been canceled. You are spot on with "cancer itself will not agree to such a delay." #Cansky

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · 2y ago

"...if NCI-supported trials really are delayed or suspended for a meaningful amount of time, that means delayed discoveries, delayed drug approvals, delayed potential treatments for people whose cancer will not itself agree to such a delay." I talk to multiple people inside NCI and NIH:

Most folks do not understand how far in advance the planning and logistics of NIH grants take. We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year. This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.

Today a reporter reached out to me after seeing posts I made on Bluesky about what’s going on at NIH. Keep typing, keep talking, keep shouting, because your voice goes beyond the void.

I know there’s a lot happening, but this is critical: Study sections at the NIH have been shut down. ➡️ No reviews = No grants ➡️ No grants = No research ➡️ No research = No NIH This threatens the future of science & medicine. #MedSky #HealthPolicy #NIH

Oncology starter pack volume 1 (all cancer types). go.bsky.app/GKXp9Fy Scroll up for more including the #ASCO #GI25 starter pack I created specifically for 🚨🧪GI cancer research coverage🧪🚨. Have a favorite abstract? Post a link and ask to join! Don't forget the🧪!