Chemo doctor, hypoxia scientist and mom. Realistic optimist striving for that elusive work-life balance and making cancer a chronic disease.

Toronto
Joined April 2014
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Four important studies from #ESMO26 today: 1. Endometrial cancer (Lancet): Sacituzumab tirumotecan (TROP2-targeted ADC) improved median overall survival from 12.1 to 19 months after prior chemotherapy and immunotherapy. 2. dMMR endometrial cancer (Lancet): First-line pembrolizumab alone improved median PFS (time without progression) from 8.4 to 38.2 months vs chemotherapy alone. A promising chemo-free option, although chemo plus immunotherapy remains the current standard. 3. Osteosarcoma (ARTEMIS-011): Risvutatug rezetecan (B7-H3-targeted ADC) improved median PFS from 1.4 to 5.5 months vs chemotherapy in heavily pretreated patients, including adolescents. A rare positive phase 3 trial in this disease. 4. An important caution (MOIO): In patients whose advanced cancer was responding after 6 months of immunotherapy, extending treatment intervals to every 12 weeks was unexpectedly associated with higher observed mortality (19.9% vs 10.5%) compared with standard dosing. The phase 3 trial was stopped early. Important advances, but also a reminder that less treatment is not always better.
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#UCSFMHP2026: Sam Brondfield (@s_brond) on what hospitalists need to know about inpatient oncology. Nice graphic of types of cancer Rx (along with risk of immunosuppression for each), and another with overall prognosis of patients with metastatic cancers of various types.
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Kicking off the 30th (!) annual @UCSF Management of the Hospitalized Patient conference, with 500 attendees here in SF. I'll tweet 1-2 key points for each talk for the next few days at #UCSFMHP2026.
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🧵 1/10 The arc: POLAR - MDF – TIE Pancreatic cancer is profoundly resistant to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Yet, POLAR (pembrolizumab plus olaparib) trial showed that a subset of patients, especially with HRD (gBRCA2/1m or gPALB2m) tumors, can achieve remarkably durable control. That led us to two questions: #1 👆🏼what makes these tumors immunogenic? #2 ✌️what makes that immunity actually work? 👑 #2. POLAR TIE @biorxivpreprint biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #1. MDF biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #0. POLAR @NatureMedicine nature.com/articles/s41591-0… #cancer #immunotherapy #PancreaticCancer #ICI #BRCA #HRD #3episodes @MSKCancerCenter @MSK_DeptOfMed @CpcrMsk @ldiaz1971 @debschrag @PanCAN @oncodaily @OncoDailyGI @OncoAlert @OncBrothers @brunolarvol – at Manhattan, NY
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🚨 The @FDA has granted “Breakthrough Therapy” designation to FMISO, a specialized imaging tracer that can help identify patients with #HPV-positive #throatcancer who may safely receive less-intensive radiation treatment. “This has been an absolute game changer for treating certain people with throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus or HPV,” says MSK radiation oncologist @imrtlee, who pioneered the approach. Learn more: bit.ly/4AbDBoW
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Four areas of opportunity highlighted in @theNCI FY2028 Annual Plan: -Advancing Functional Precision Medicine -Expanding the Reach of Cell-based Immunotherapies -Fully Utilizing Pediatric Cancer Data -Leveraging Tumor Atlases to Predict Cancer’s Evolution cancer.gov/research/leading-…
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Had a lot of fun @I95Metro showcase! Went 2 for 2 at the plate, 2 stolen bases and made a couple of good plays at SS and 2B. Thank you to all of the coaches in attendance for this amazing opportunity! #685 @TorontoMets @CPBLeague @OBC_Recruits @CDNBaseballNet @BlueJaysAcademy
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Top Outfield, Infield, and Firstbase Velocities from the 2026 PG WWBA Workout Showcase (July 5th) in Marietta, GA. Check out the full Workout Results here: perfectgame.org/Events/Defau… @PGShowcases @PerfectGameUSA
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Top 10 Yard Splits and 60 Yard Dash Times from the 2026 PG WWBA Workout Showcase (July 5th) in Marietta, GA. Check out the full Workout Results here: perfectgame.org/Events/Defau… @PGShowcases @PerfectGameUSA
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Nice hit @RoShowBaseball!!! was great to spend #Canada day watching you represent 🍁 @PrepBaseballNY #NYSgames lots more baseball to come!
SS/RHP Rohan Persad 2027, @TorontoMets @PB_Uncommitted Persad drills this one into the LCF gap for a triple. The two-way out of the Met’s system collects his second hit this game. #NYSGames || @RoShowBaseball
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SS/RHP Rohan Persad 2027, @TorontoMets @PB_Uncommitted Persad laces this one thru the right-side for a backside single. Two-way out of the Mets’ system w/ a fastball the reaches the mid-80s. #NYSGames || @RoShowBaseball
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Good job @RoShowBaseball! Nice work at the plate and on the mound (& double-play!) keep being that triple-threat ballplayer ⚾️💪🏽 #BetterEveryDay
Highlights from the #MPL26 tournament in Indiana @Bullpenevents @prepbaseball @PrepBaseINScout @PrepbaseballON Clip 1: Base hit to center field. Clips 2 & 3: 2 Ks as the Closer to secure the Mercy for @TorontoMets @CPBLeague @richleitch47 @RDM_26 @DuncanWatt19 @ding3722
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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads spending “their” day driving to baseball diamonds & the like. we see you and appreciate everything you do everyday for the ones who made you the dads you are. Missing the dads and grand-pas who left us way too early 💔
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It was a fun experience at the @PGShowcases #JrNational Showcase in Georgia! Hit a stand up oppo double during game play. Thank you @pg_int1 @PerfectGameUSA PGTV @JeredGoodwin3 @PG_Uncommitted @TorontoMets @CPBLeague @richleitch47 @OBC_Recruits @CDNBaseballNet @BlueJaysAcademy
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Great job this weekend @RoShowBaseball keep working hard 💪 we’re very proud of how far you’ve come & looking forward to more great baseball ⚾️ @TorontoMets
High speed BP swing from '28 SS Rohan persad (ON CAN)... #BeastoftheEast @pg_int1
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‘28 Rohan Persad (ON-CAN) @pg_int1 #JrNational
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Neesha Dhani retweeted
"Grateful, but I don't like any of it." I asked Bassitt about the standing ovation he got from the Blue Jays' crowd yesterday. Covering Cbass for his years in Toronto, I know he doesn't like a fuss made about him, but if you don't, Bassit hates getting attention: @6ixinningpod
Forever OUR Hound on the Mound 🐶 Welcome back, @C_Bass419!
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Neesha Dhani retweeted
#ASCO26 This one is special. This is the hottest paper of 2026 and potentially in the history of pancreatic cancer. Let’s dive in. RASolute 302: Daraxonrasib vs investigator’s choice chemotherapy in previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer Abstract LBA5 (soon!) Presentation: May 31, 2026, 3:21-3:33 PM CDT For decades, pancreatic cancer has been where good ideas go to die. We have optimized chemotherapy. We have sequenced chemotherapy. We have celebrated modest gains. But the central driver of PDAC has always been sitting there in plain sight: RAS. More than 90% of pancreatic cancers have oncogenic RAS mutations, and until recently, we had essentially nothing direct to do about it. Daraxonrasib is an oral RAS(ON) multiselective inhibitor targeting the active GTP-bound state of mutant and wild-type RAS. And in RASolute 302, it delivered. Quick hits: 📌 Phase 3 international randomized trial 500 patients with previously treated mPDAC Daraxonrasib vs investigator’s choice chemotherapy 🧬 RAS G12 population 91.8% of patients had RAS G12 mutations 📈 OS in RAS G12 population 13.2 vs 6.6 months HR 0.40 P<0.001 📈 OS in overall population 13.2 vs 6.7 months HR 0.40 P<0.001 📊 PFS in RAS G12 population 7.3 vs 3.5 months HR 0.45 P<0.001 📊 PFS in overall population 7.2 vs 3.6 months HR 0.49 P<0.001 🔥 12-month OS Overall population: 53.2% vs 17.3% ⚠️ Toxicity matters, but this was not just more efficacy for more toxicity Grade ≥3 AEs: 61.8% vs 69.6% TRAEs leading to discontinuation: 1.2% vs 11.2% This is the kind of survival curve we almost never get to see in pancreatic cancer. This validates RAS(ON) inhibition in the most RAS-addicted major cancer. It takes a target we have talked about for decades and turns it into a clinically meaningful survival benefit in a randomized phase 3 trial. The next questions come fast: 1L combinations, maintenance, perioperative disease, sequencing, resistance, toxicity management, and whether this becomes a new backbone. RAS is here, and it couldn’t have come sooner. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE… @TheGutonclab @UGrewalMD @TimothyJBrownMD @OncoAlert @Onco_Nexus @ASCO @NazliDizman @LauraAlderMD @DVAraujoMD @DrBarbiOnc @LauraEsfeller @FunchainMD @YGaritaonaindia @DrSAHaddad @jgong15 @iandresmeraz @SakditadMD @RamilaShilpakar @RohitBanwar @lungoncdoc
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1/ the @NHS-Galleri trial is 1st RCT for molecular screening for early cancer detection. 142K participants; found ~1400 cancers overall (i.e. 1% ). No sig reduction in incidence rates of stage III/IV cancers. No change in rate @ prevalent vs incident rds.
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