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James Wu | 吴简凡 MD

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@MedicalCollege Heme/Onc Fellow & @nih_nhlbi R38 Scholar 🩺🥼 @ASH_hematology HONORS🩸@DukeU Alum 😈 Husband+Dad 👶🏻 #HealthEquity He/Him/他. My Opinions

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Vivek Subbiah, MD (@viveksubbiah) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧬 TWEETORIAL/X'torial: Why Every Rare Cancer Patient Deserves Molecular Profiling 🧬 1/15 🚨 Here's a shocking fact: Rare cancers make up 25% of ALL cancer cases, yet most patients never get the molecular testing that could save their lives. 👉In our policy & practice paper -

🧬 TWEETORIAL/X'torial: Why Every Rare Cancer Patient Deserves Molecular Profiling 🧬
1/15 🚨 Here's a shocking fact: Rare cancers make up 25% of ALL cancer cases, yet most patients never get the molecular testing that could save their lives.
👉In our policy & practice paper -
Annie Wong 黃毅敏 (@anmwongnz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Always so inspiring AACR President Lillian L. Siu Prof Lilian Siu’s Keynote insights ESMO - Eur. Oncology #ESMOTATAsia25 🌏Play to our strengths & 👀 opportunities to collab/complementary trials 🌏Strategies to improve equity/access to trials 🌏visions for P1 trials to be patient focus, not just 💊focused

Always so inspiring <a href="/AACRPres/">AACR President Lillian L. Siu</a> Prof Lilian Siu’s Keynote insights <a href="/myESMO/">ESMO - Eur. Oncology</a> #ESMOTATAsia25 

🌏Play to our strengths &amp; 👀 opportunities to collab/complementary trials

🌏Strategies to improve equity/access to trials

🌏visions for P1 trials to be patient focus, not just 💊focused
Nieves Martinez Lago MD PhD (@dramartinezlago) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📈 Early-Onset GI Cancers. A review. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… In 2022, CRC led (54%), followed by gastric (24%), esophageal (13%), and pancreatic (9%). 🧬 15–30% have germline variants 📉 Prognosis same or worse than later-onset ⚠️ Prevention & early detection needed

📈 Early-Onset GI Cancers. A review.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…
In 2022, CRC led (54%), followed by gastric (24%), esophageal (13%), and pancreatic (9%).
🧬 15–30% have germline variants
📉 Prognosis same or worse than later-onset
⚠️ Prevention &amp; early detection needed
Tian Zhang, MD, MHS (@tiansterzhang) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, FASCO reminds us to communicate clearly on both publications & end of life care, infused w a bit of humor & humanity. Checklist for RCT pubs: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39914429/ ANZUP #ANZUP25

<a href="/oncology_bg/">Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, FASCO</a> reminds us to communicate clearly on both publications &amp; end of life care, infused w a bit of humor &amp; humanity. 
Checklist for RCT pubs: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39914429/
<a href="/ANZUPtrials/">ANZUP</a> #ANZUP25
#FlorezLab (@florez_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵1/ 📢 Just published: Proceedings of the 1st biannual bridging the gaps in lung cancer conference - a landmark conference uniting top oncology experts to tackle today’s biggest controversies in lung cancer care. Let’s dive into the key takeaways 🔗 academic.oup.com/oncolo/article…

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📢 Just published: Proceedings of the 1st biannual bridging the gaps in lung cancer conference - a landmark conference uniting top oncology experts to tackle today’s biggest controversies in lung cancer care.

Let’s dive into the key takeaways

🔗 academic.oup.com/oncolo/article…
ACS Journal Cancer (@journalcancer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How accurately are racial minorities represented in US cancer registration systems? Analysis reveals disparities despite revisions to established standards for race data collection. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… National Cancer Institute OncoAlert

How accurately are racial minorities represented in US cancer registration systems? Analysis reveals disparities despite revisions to established standards for race data collection. 

acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn…

<a href="/theNCI/">National Cancer Institute</a> <a href="/OncoAlert/">OncoAlert</a>
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (@natrevdrugdisc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The rise of China’s pharmaceutical industry from 2015–2024 nature.com/articles/d4157… This new article analyses the growth in drug innovation in China, the underlying environmental factors and strategic trends such as the outlicensing of assets originating in Chinese companies

The rise of China’s pharmaceutical industry from 2015–2024 nature.com/articles/d4157…

This new article analyses the growth in drug innovation in China, the underlying environmental factors and strategic trends such as the outlicensing of assets originating in Chinese companies
ACS Journal Cancer (@journalcancer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Findings from this new National Cancer Institute researcher-led study underscore the importance of equitable access to healthcare advancements and the need for targeted interventions to address these disparities. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… OncoAlert #CancerDisparities

Findings from this new <a href="/theNCI/">National Cancer Institute</a> researcher-led study underscore the importance of equitable access to healthcare advancements and the need for targeted interventions to address these disparities.

acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn…

<a href="/OncoAlert/">OncoAlert</a> #CancerDisparities
Edward Christopher "Chris" Dee, MD (@echrisdee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📜 In SURGERY Journal led by Davidi Tawfiles, we describe the #global burden of #early onset #colorectal #cancer ❗We find that EOCRC rates are expected to double in many parts of the world 🙏 Our global team including patient advocates! 🌎 🌍 🌏 🔗 surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…

📜 In <a href="/SurgJournal/">SURGERY Journal</a> led by <a href="/DavidiTawfiles/">Davidi Tawfiles</a>, we describe the #global burden of #early onset #colorectal #cancer

❗We find that EOCRC rates are expected to double in many parts of the world 

🙏 Our global team including patient advocates!  🌎 🌍 🌏

🔗 surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…
ACS Journal Cancer (@journalcancer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

👍 Good news from this year’s #CancerAnnualReport: Cancer mortality has dropped in men & women for 20+ years, even during the 1st 2 years of the pandemic. Cancer incidence among children fell (2015–2021) & mortality keeps declining. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… OncoAlert National Cancer Institute

👍 Good news from this year’s #CancerAnnualReport: Cancer mortality has dropped in men &amp; women for 20+ years, even during the 1st 2 years of the pandemic. Cancer incidence among children fell (2015–2021) &amp; mortality keeps declining.

acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

<a href="/OncoAlert/">OncoAlert</a> <a href="/theNCI/">National Cancer Institute</a>
Yvonne Diaz (@yvonne_diaz_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Too many people are still diagnosed with #lungcancer far too late. We must find ways to detect this disease earlier — for everyone. Grateful for advocates like Leah & my friends at Young Lung Cancer Initiative leading the way. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wel… #LCSM The New York Times

Too many people are still diagnosed with #lungcancer far too late. We must find ways to detect this disease earlier — for everyone. Grateful for advocates like Leah &amp; my friends at <a href="/YoungLungCancer/">Young Lung Cancer Initiative</a> leading the way. 

nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wel…

#LCSM <a href="/nytimes/">The New York Times</a>
Aakash Desai, MD, MPH, FASCO (@adesaimd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New @NatureRevDrugDisc “Analyst’s Couch” on the NSCLC drug market: sales are projected to climb from US$31.7B (2024) to $56.1B by 2032 (Clarivate). NSCLC accounts for ~85% of lung cancers—major unmet needs persist across lines of therapy. Read more: nature.com/articles/d4157…

New @NatureRevDrugDisc “Analyst’s Couch” on the NSCLC drug market: sales are projected to climb from US$31.7B (2024) to $56.1B by 2032 (Clarivate). NSCLC accounts for ~85% of lung cancers—major unmet needs persist across lines of therapy. Read more: nature.com/articles/d4157…
Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO (@fumikochino) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In this analysis of >8k patients with #GIcancers: 👉45% (n=3,764) had a COST score of <26, indicating #financialToxicity 👉28% (n=2,321) reported at least 1 health related social risk... including > 1️⃣in🔟 who couldn't afford 🍔🥗, 🛏️🏡, or 🚗🚐 ascopubs.org/doi/pdfdirect/…

In this analysis of &gt;8k patients with #GIcancers:
👉45% (n=3,764) had a COST score of &lt;26, indicating #financialToxicity
👉28% (n=2,321) reported at least 1 health related social risk... including &gt; 1️⃣in🔟 who couldn't afford 🍔🥗, 🛏️🏡, or 🚗🚐

ascopubs.org/doi/pdfdirect/…
#FlorezLab (@florez_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers.” The New York Times tells the story of a shifting epidemic: lung cancer among people, mostly women — who’ve never smoked. The face of lung cancer is changing. 🔗 nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wel…

“Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers.”
<a href="/nytimes/">The New York Times</a> tells the story of a shifting epidemic: lung cancer among people, mostly women — who’ve never smoked. 

The face of lung cancer is changing.
🔗 nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wel…
Stephen V Liu, MD (@stephenvliu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Available JTO & JTO CRR - the 2024 IASLC Global Survey on Biomarker Testing. Majority (67%) reported most patients had biomarker testing (up from 39% in 2018) but 43% sometimes treated before results. Barriers: cost, time, tissue, access, awareness. jto.org/article/S1556-…

#FlorezLab (@florez_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🩸 Join the EQUAL Study! Asian or Hispanic & a non-smoker? Help us detect lung cancer early. ✅ Blood test ✅ Quick survey ✅ Optional focus group & biobank 💳 Gift cards included! Your participation matters. 🔗 equalstudy.dana-farber.org #LungCancer #EQUALStudy

🩸 Join the EQUAL Study!
Asian or Hispanic &amp; a non-smoker? Help us detect lung cancer early.

✅ Blood test
✅ Quick survey
✅ Optional focus group &amp; biobank
💳 Gift cards included!

Your participation matters.
🔗 equalstudy.dana-farber.org
#LungCancer #EQUALStudy
Farhad Islami, MD PhD (@farhadislami) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ACS Research led by Qinran Liu JNCI showed disparities in #breastcancer & cervical #cancer stage at dx by racial & economic segregation in #NYC. No disparities for #CRC may in part reflect local initiatives to ↑ #CRC early dx, eg, the C5 coalition. doi.org/10.1093/jnci/d…

<a href="/ACS_Research/">ACS Research</a> led by <a href="/QLiu_EPI/">Qinran Liu</a> <a href="/JNCI_Now/">JNCI</a> showed disparities in #breastcancer &amp; cervical #cancer stage at dx by racial &amp; economic segregation in #NYC. No disparities for #CRC may in part reflect local initiatives to ↑ #CRC early dx, eg, the C5 coalition.
doi.org/10.1093/jnci/d…
Kelly Meza, MD (@kellymezamd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hello friends😊 Just submitted my Hematology/Oncology fellowship application 🙌 Grateful to my #mentors, BCM Department of Medicine, and #friends/family whose support and encouragement shaped this journey 🌟📜 Looking forward to connecting with amazing fellows and faculty 🍀‼️

Hello friends😊
Just submitted my Hematology/Oncology fellowship application 🙌

Grateful to my #mentors, <a href="/BCMDeptMedicine/">BCM Department of Medicine</a>, and #friends/family whose support and encouragement shaped this journey 🌟📜

Looking forward to connecting with amazing fellows and faculty 🍀‼️