Michael LaPelusa, MD (@michaellapelusa) 's Twitter Profile
Michael LaPelusa, MD

@michaellapelusa

Hematology/Oncology Fellow @MDAndersonNews | QI Chief | Alum @VUMCMedicineRes | Member @ASCOTECAG | Views mine.

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Dr. Nina Niu Sanford (@niusanford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Anal Cancer 101 video! Treatment for anal cancer relatively straightforward for most, but several nuances (i.e. anal margin, etc) & trials coming down pipeline aiming to better tailor care to stage/biology. I review in this 17 min video. Full video link & slides below 🧵. 1/6

Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center (@dfci_breastonc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out this recent Annals of Oncology #ctDNA review and meta-analysis👉Circulating tumor DNA clearance as a predictive biomarker of pathologic complete response in patients with solid tumors treated with neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors. 👉pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40187491/

Check out this recent <a href="/Annals_Oncology/">Annals of Oncology</a> #ctDNA review and meta-analysis👉Circulating tumor DNA clearance as a predictive biomarker of pathologic complete response in patients with solid tumors treated with neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors. 
👉pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40187491/
Arndt Vogel (@arndtvogel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Long-Term Efficacy of Pembrolizumab and the Clinical Utility of ctDNA in Locally Advanced dMMR/MSI-H Solid Tumors Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s41467… 👉undetectable ctDNA after pembrolizumab were more likely to have pCR and higher 2-year EFS rate 🧐ctDNA helpful for decision

Long-Term Efficacy of Pembrolizumab and the Clinical Utility of ctDNA in Locally Advanced dMMR/MSI-H Solid Tumors
<a href="/NatureComms/">Nature Communications</a> 
doi.org/10.1038/s41467…
👉undetectable ctDNA after pembrolizumab were more likely to have pCR and higher 2-year EFS rate
🧐ctDNA helpful for decision
Ranjan Upadhyay (@ranjanmdphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a way to start #ASCO25 with this stellar group! Congratulations to all awardees from the Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation ASCO from MD Anderson Cancer Center! And special thank you to my mentor Hind Rafei and fearless leader Christopher Flowers for joining the ceremony :) #endcancer #conquercancer

What a way to start #ASCO25 with this stellar group! Congratulations to all awardees from the <a href="/ConquerCancerFd/">Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation</a> <a href="/ASCO/">ASCO</a> from <a href="/MDAndersonNews/">MD Anderson Cancer Center</a>! And special thank you to my mentor <a href="/HindRafei/">Hind Rafei</a> and fearless leader <a href="/ChrisRFlowersMD/">Christopher Flowers</a> for joining the ceremony :) #endcancer #conquercancer
HemOnc Today (@hemonctoday) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The NextGen Disruptor Award, given in partnership w/ Healio Community, goes to Nazli Dizman! Dr. Dizman is... 💚 a second-year fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center 💚 a voice for international medical graduates 💚 contributing to renal cell carcinoma research Congratulations!

The NextGen Disruptor Award, given in partnership w/ Healio Community, goes to <a href="/NazliDizman/">Nazli Dizman</a>!

Dr. Dizman is...

💚 a second-year fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center
💚 a voice for international medical graduates 
💚 contributing to renal cell carcinoma research
Congratulations!
Diane Bodurka (@dianebodurka) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to the MD Anderson Cancer Center trainees who received 2025 Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation Young Investigator and Merit Awards for their contributions to cancer research! Extremely grateful for your hard work and commitment to our mission to #EndCancer. So well-deserved!

Congratulations to the <a href="/MDAndersonNews/">MD Anderson Cancer Center</a> trainees who received 2025 <a href="/ConquerCancerFd/">Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation</a> Young Investigator and Merit Awards for their contributions to cancer research! Extremely grateful for your hard work and commitment to our mission to #EndCancer. So well-deserved!
Jarushka Naidoo (@drjnaidoo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The new tumour board? ⁦Nature Cancer⁩ - multimodel AI agent integrates patient data using GPT-4, MSI/KRAS/BRAF slides, radiologic images, OncoKB/PubMed/Google - AI agent makes correct clinical decision in 91% cases ⁦Jakob Nikolas Kather⁩ ⁦OncoAlert⁩ nature.com/articles/s4301…