New year new social media platform! Radiation Oncology folks new to blue sky here is your chance. Introduce yourself below, and I can add you to the starter pack as well. #match2025 #radonc #medsky #oncsky 💕☢️🥳 go.bsky.app/TbynCkm

Surgery intern year ✅! This has been a busy year but one that has left me with an appreciation for the role of surgery in multidiscplinary oncology care, and where I have grown as a physician. Onto rad onc this week!! ☢️💕👩🏻‍⚕️ #radonc

#Radonc representation on @NCCN Treatment Guideline Committees is <10%, even for committees that recommend #radiation. Additionally, certain institutions have nominated relatively few ☢️👩‍⚕️ for their designated slots. Glad to see this 📰 finally published. www.advancesradonc.org/article/S245...

What is the current state of gender inequity in institutional leadership roles at US academic medical centers? Our systematic scoping review analyzed data from 94 articles between 2019-2022 focusing on deans, department chairs, division chiefs, and program directors. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Excited to share that our ASCO Educational Book chapter on sexual health after cancer is now published! Grateful for the opportunity to highlight this vital, often overlooked part of survivorship care. #CancerSurvivorship #SexualHealth

Welcome to everybody who just matched into Radiation Oncology! Introduce yourself below, and I can add you to the starter pack as well. #match2025 #radonc #medsky #oncsky 💕☢️🥳 go.bsky.app/TbynCkm

So honored and humbled to be nominated as a NextGen Disruptor for the #HealioInnovators awards! I look forward to a career in #radonc dedicated to improving women’s cancer care and advancing gender equity in our profession. 💕 Link to vote is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HealioInno... #medsky

Dr. Lin, a physician who is dedicated to addressing health disparities in lung cancer in non-smokers like himself, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and decided to teach a course on humanity in medicine. A truly powerful story. #lcsm www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Lung cancer screening saves lives. This month on Thoracic Surgery I have seen many patients diagnosed with lung cancer when it’s still early stage on screening! Criteria: age 50-80, current smoker or quit in past 15 years, >20 pack year smoking history. #cancerprevention

Great write up of the study featuring first author @morganslevy.bsky.social by @gohealio.bsky.social here! www.healio.com/news/hematol...

What are the costs associated with family building in physicians and medical students? Out today in @jama.com Network Open the latest chapter of the #SPACEStudy looks at costs associated with ART, Adoption, and Gestational Carriers in this sample. @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social

Cervical cancer mortality in US women <25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination. ja.ma/3CfjTPI #MedSky #OncSky

An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

HPV vaccines prevent cancer and save lives. As an oncologist in training, I regularly see the burden and suffering that HPV related cancers cause for my patients. It will involve continuing to build trust, but addressing vaccine hesitancy is vital. #radonc #gyncsm academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Short-Course Adjuvant Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy in Early Endometrial Cancer Compared with Standard of Care (SAVE): A Randomized Clinical Trial— new today from #JCOOA #oncsky #JCOOncologyAdvances #JCOJournals #gynonc ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

Following the Dobbs decision, what factors are driving the practice location preferences of medical students and physicians? Our work in IJMR analyzes qualitative data from the PRACTICE study. Link: tinyurl.com/practicequalitative @shikhajainmd.bsky.social @drjessigold.bsky.social #medsky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Day 10/20 #BookSky💙📚 #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi Bringing this back - starting off 2025 reading her newer book! Day 9/20 #BookSky💙📚 #BookChallenge

And just like that, 6 months of intern year are done! ✅ More reflections to come, my favorite rotations have been head and neck oncology, and urologic oncology. Ready for some time at home with my family, and to start my radiation oncology rotation in January! 🥰 #radonc

The prior authorization process has a corner of hell called peer-to-peer where you have to call and talk to a physician outside your specialty who works for the company Finding time for them is a PITA In my experience these are always immediately approved because you have jumped through the hoops

#SABCS24 #bcsm #OncSky #MedSky Following up with a few resources from FDA-@abreastcancer session today for #breastcancer #advocacy community Someone asked for email to report misleading drug ads: [email protected] /1 @oncoalert.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Read in 8th grade - career choice makes sense) Day 8/20 #BookSky💙📚 #BookChallenge

Interesting intra-patient randomized controlled trial design in #IJROBP: film vs gel for reducing radiation dermatitis, with one on each side of the same chest wall radiation area. #OncSky #bcsm #RadOnc @ijrobp.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination. ja.ma/4i9ghPC

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Day 7/20 #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Being a surgery intern rotating on surgical services treating cancer patients as an incoming rad onc resident 🤝 talking to patients about the role of radiation in their cancer treatment in combination with surgery. Learning so much and grateful for this experience! #radonc #medsky

"Advances in ☢️⚡️ will give the #breastCancer team a growing array of tools to customize treatment plans to individual pt risks & toxicity concerns... with the ultimate goal of promoting high-quality, personalized, & patient-centered cancer care" #bcsm #radonc link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Overall, women account for only 25% of Department Chairs and this is increasing at a snail's pace. Source: AAMC Women in Academic Medicine Report 2023-2024 www.aamc.org/data-reports...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Legacy by Uche Blackstock Twice as Hard by Jasmine Brown Day 5&6/20 #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #BlackMedSky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Day 3&4/20 #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Has anybody attended a leadership conference that they would recommend? Looking for one that would be appropriate for a resident. Bonus points if it relates to oncology or gender equity in some way! #medsky #gyncsm @womeninmedicine.bsky.social

Study in #JAMAOnc from Scotland/Wales of nearly 50k #breastcancer patients suggests vaginal estrogen use *NOT* associated w increase risk of breast cancer-specific mortality. More reassuring data 👍 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. How Do You Feel? by @drjessigold.bsky.social Day 2/20 #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Since #oncsky is forming here just wanted to post about the origins of the healthcare hashtags, all of which used "sm" to anchor = social media jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/3

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. In Shock by @ranaawdish.bsky.social - my most recommended book! Day 1/20 #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge @kemimdrad.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/CG2PNDo who should we add? Drop your suggestions in the comments @voices4vaccines.bsky.social

Surveyed surviving caregivers had worse experiences including lower ratings for timely care & symptom management when their loved one died in hospices owned by private equity firms. 🏥💸⚕️More evidence that, when you run healthcare like a business, people suffer. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Hi. I am an oncologist and #VaccinesSaveLives. Hit the follow button if you agree! #MedSky

I absolutely LOVE using social media to keep up with the latest research in my field and this is a critical part of my workflow as a trainee. My 🔑 to actually reading the papers I 📌 is to regularly file them into a “to read” folder in my paperpile account. Bonus: ready to cite! #medsky

I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.

Thanksgiving as an intern = 2 weeks early, nothing traditional about the food other than the pumpkin pie, and gratitude for my family, their health and a week at home after 4.5 crazy months of residency. 💕 #medsky

How can clinicians help their patients afford costly medications?? 💊💰 In a recent JAMA review, we outlined an algorithm and talk about the pros and cons of several options, including copay cards, pharmacy coupons, and more. #Medsky 🩺📊 @portalresearch.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I’d add oncologists #OncSky. The HPV vaccine has been a game changer. I worry about all the youngsters that we’ll see in the future with cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, head and neck cancer, anal cancer, penile cancer. It doesn’t have to be this way. Vaccinations prevent cancer!

In honor of this welcoming space for ~science~ 🎉 So excited to be an American Cancer Society National HPV Vaccination Roundtable Emerging Leaders Fellow! Look forward to learning, growing, and discussing HPV related cancer prevention. 💉 #gyncsm #radonc #hpv @voices4vaccines.bsky.social

"the new generation of cancer survivor [is] younger, less financially secure, and still having to navigate life after treatment, from dating to career, sex and child rearing" So glad that #AYAcsm #survonc #financialToxicity & #MBC issues are getting time on NPR www.npr.org/2024/11/11/n...

Remember FollowFridays? Let’s get one going #MedSky — introduce yourself below and we’ll follow! Let’s support one another and help amplify our community:

#RadOnc starter pack loading! Please let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/TbynCkm #oncsky #bcsm #gyncsm #hncsm

🧵#Oncology #bcsm #MedSky NEW Study of genetic testing in 729 ppl w/ any stg new #breastcancer: 👉7.3% had def/likely pathogenic mutation 👉5.3% were BRCA 1/2 or PALB2 (1/3 PARPi-eligible) Highest odds: fam w/ ovarian ca (9.8x), age <40 (6.8x), TNBC (3.2x). jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

HPV is contagious & is associated with >90% cervical & anal cancer 70% vaginal & vulvar cancer 60-70% oropharyngeal cancer 60% penile cancer Over 46,000 HPV associated cancers occur each year in the US alone. But the good news is ✨Vaccination Works✨

Only 1/2 of patients with cancer age 18-49 have discussed fertility preservation with a provider prior to treatment. Knowledge is power, and we must ensure this growing population is empowered to make choices that align with their reproductive goals. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #oncsky