Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

A groundbreaking study reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically longer than those who didn’t. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

New data have revealed “a widening gap” between inflation and Medicare reimbursement for oncology services. Presented at #ASCOQLTY25. shorturl.at/wPB3z

These aren’t “kids,” JD.

"I have trouble with the term 'liberal Zionism'" Anti-Zionist Jewish Hollywood star Hannah Einbinder on the "settler colonialist ideology" and "apartheid" of Zionism, in the new Zeteo podcast 'Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman'. Full show: zeteo.com/p/beyond-isr...

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Vancomycin-resistant 𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙪𝙢 (VRE) thrives in the antibiotic-perturbed gut VRE gobbles up enriched sugars and amino acids, and loss of short-chain fatty acids (acetate, propionate, butyrate) eliminates natural growth brakes Therapeutic angle: Prebiotic SCFA mixtures block VRE growth!

Tomorrow is ours if we want it. zohranfornyc.com/gotv

We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort. On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you. zohranfornyc.com/gotv

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

A message from Bernie as we head into the final weekend before the election.

Kids DO get more shots now than they did decades ago. There’s also a lot less death from preventable illnesses. That’s a win! Let’s dive into the wonderful world of Vaccine Schedules. The AAP first took ownership of schedules back in the late 1930s and we continue to recommend the vaccine schedule.

The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

I heard this morning that my informatics colleague Dr. Atul Butte passed after a battle with cancer. He was a giant in the field & inspired many of us over his distinguished career. He was a passionate champion of the power of big data & his impact on our field is immeasurable. RIP Atul & thanks.

Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.

lol, people only complain about noise if it comes from transit. Large trucks and SUVs are notoriously silent

Congratulations to first-author Dr. Gaurav Sharma who is completing his heme-onc fellowship this month at the University of South Alabama! Paper on uncovering IO biomarkers for anal cancers - published today @myesmo.bsky.social journal ESMO Open www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Today, @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social staff sent a powerful letter to the NIH Director outlining serious concerns about the agency’s direction. Thousands have already signed in support—add your name. – Mary Munson, ASCB President www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

This was pure propaganda and we were too slow to call it out. It would have been bad manners.

As a commentary on online engagement: sometimes it's a good thing that a technology or social media is fundamentally 'limited engagement.' Being persistently online has some very obvious mental health downsides.

Welp, I guess it wasn’t a lie.

Join our collaborators at VJ Oncology for a series of post #ASCO25 webinars on breast, skin, lung, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal cancers, hosted by renowned international experts. REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/4jtNGoi

You’ll never believe it, but when we design bike infrastructure with paint/signs (& in this case, allow parking for a few hours per week)… drivers will decide it’s ok to unsafely & illegally park in the bikelane pretty much 24/7, risking bicyclists’ safety & lives. We can & should do better.

While I will review these data and do a deeper breakdown, they highlight an intrinsic truth: Academic research institutions are critical to the conduct of clinical trials. Decimating their funding will make it harder for patients to access these studies and for new drugs to come to market.

A study finds, US based academic research institutes account for 50% of new medical drugs in the last 4 years. 🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u... #science #savescience #stat

Reposting this for no particular reason

Vinay Prasad explains why not everything can be studied via RCT, now that he has power. youtu.be/2CzXwT-m09Y

Many thanks to Megan Thomas for the opportunity to chat about a range of hot topics in #oncology. From my #podcast interview with Drug Discovery World: Find the DDW Podcast on Spotify/Google Play/Apple Podcasts. ddw-online.com/in-conversat... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Such a good video getting into the messed up game of telephone that is "Science News". www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgDx...

Science communicators, please do NOT link to science journalism, which is often empty of relevant data and overstates conclusions. You are the experts. Link to the primary data (or better yet share an explanatory image/figure) and give your perspective.

All of us, at some point, need screening for colorectal cancer. New blood tests aren’t perfect but might be an option if you don’t have a family history of colorectal cancer and aren’t otherwise at high risk for the condition. Talk to your medical provider!

Correct sciencebasedmedicine.org/viralmandate/

Where was this important 1st randomized trial performed? China Where are 8 of the 10 most productive research institutions in the world as of March 2025? China nature.com/nature-index... What country is radically defunding research and will lose its competitiveness? USA

“No matter what (Jay Bhattacharya) tells himself to sleep at night, people will suffer and potentially die because of the policies he’s allowing at NIH under his leadership.” www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

Does the ATOMIC trial blow up our standard treatments for stage III dMMR colon cancer? #ASCO25 @ascocancer.bsky.social meetings.asco.org/abstracts-pr...

On Day 1 of #ASCO25, I had the privilege to discuss three abstracts at the Developmental Therapeutics oral abstract session. Select slides on Liquid biopsy: Some perspectives on ctDNA, from a #cellbiology point of view. Not all cells and tumors shed DNA! www.slideshare.net/slideshow/li...

On #SocialMedia + Presentations at #ASCO25: no different than other yrs our South American and compatriot colleagues elevate the #oncology discourse in meaningful ways on #Instagram. And presentations from our French and Italian colleagues at the podium are enchanting. Bravo @ascocancer.bsky.social

GI Cancers took center stage at #ASCO25 (figuratively and literally!). Here, our #OnlyOncs team broke down the details on a Phase III trial in stages I-III pancreatic carcinomas, comparing standard mFOLFIRINOX chemo to PAXG. @shaalanbeg.bsky.social @shrutipatelmd.bsky.social @onclive.bsky.social

Ok this is my favorite #ASCO25 poster thus far. We oncologists both 1) beat GPT4 by a wide margin 2) pass the Turing test I literally lol’ed at the examples in the bottom left. So obvious who is who - only a human doc knows to factor an insurance denial into their recs! 😂

What's 'a matter with MATTERHORN? #ASCO25 @ascocancer.bsky.social Chemotherapy vs chemoradiation in resectable gastroesophageal cancers has been complex. CheckMate 577 showed adjuvant Nivolumab doubled (!!) disease free survival after chemoradiation from 11 to 22 months www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Over the past decade, our role as oncologists during @ascocancer.bsky.social Annual Meetings has evolved. We are here to lear & network, and also #SciComm has become a necessity, no longer an option. How we convey the importance of #research advances from #ASCO25 will have real-world consequences.

🚨 MS4 Brandon Godinich is presenting his #ASCO25 @ascocancer.bsky.social research today! "Cancer #misinformation and trust in doctors and scientists among cancer survivors." Poster Board: 463 This is such a vital topic. 🚨 📍Quality Care/HSR Posters 📆 TODAY, May 31 ⏰ 1:30 - 4:30 PM CDT 🧭Hall

What is the Breakthrough of BREAKWATER at #ASCO25? www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... The addition of targeted therapy toward BRAF V600E mutant colorectal cancers in first-line treatment led to a large improvement in survival (15 months!!) in a subtype of CRC which is historically deadly.

Took a necessary break from social media. Now back to fight the good fight on science communication and clinical trials. Excited for cancer clinical trials in 2025-26!