
Brandon Lau
@brandonbzlau
Australian medical oncologist 🧬
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12-08-2019 23:59:03
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Grateful to present results of investigator-initiated phase 1 #hitman study of #subaitraconazole and #hydroxychloroquine in #prostate at #gu21. Thanks to ONCODOC Brad Wouters 🇨🇦 and team. Excited about the phase 2 study opening at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre soon!



First Nations People are systemically excluded from #clinicaltrials, because of: 1. Study design: exclusion criteria being "overly & unnecessarily strict" 2. Gatekeeping by clinician: are trials offered or patients pre-judged on risk of non-compliance? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

High PD-L1 expression associated with shorter PFS and OS to 1st/2nd gen TKIs in EGFR NSCLC in ethnically diverse cohort. Great to work with so many thoracic onc + pathologist across Sydney to get this published! Malinda Itchins Adnan Nagrial Michael Boyer Prunella Blinman Megan Barnet

Our paper published today in NatureRevClinOncol discussing the dropping of bar for approval of cancer drugs. These two examples highlight why we all should seriously be concerned about this low bar. nature.com/articles/s4157…


Great kick off of the inaugural Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA) #OPAL21 Leadership Course. Much gratitude to Sandra Turner Lucinda Morris Matthew Seel Ben Kong & jess smith for making it happen 👏👏👏



Hi, #ASCO21 world. As you get bombarded with news of the remarkable new therapies, I request you to kindly read these 3 papers to put things into context. 1. Trials that are flawed in design, analysis, and interpretation can give false signal of benefit- esmoopen.com/article/S2059-… 1

A nice read from JAMA Oncology by Simon Van Wambeke and Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, FASCO on what happens when you deviate from your statistical analysis plan in a randomized trial: You cannot fool all of the people all of the time. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…


Amazing work by Preston Ngo: Lung cancer treatment patterns and factors relating to systemic therapy use in Australia #lcsm #lungcancer Cancer Council NSW University of Sydney onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…



We are testing a new rapid method of measuring cognition. We need people who have had #BreastCancer & others who have not to complete our 30-45min online study. sydneypsy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3j… #BCSM #SuppOnc #SurvOnc #PsyOnc #HelpAResearcher NBCF Australia


Immune checkpoint inhibitors are used to treat many types of cancer, but talking with patients about immunotherapy can be confusing. Ronac Mamtani Erin Bange MD MSCE and I developed a JAMA Oncology Patient Page to help clinicians and patients with this conversation. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

