
Alok Khorana, MD
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Hardis Endowed Chair, FACP, FASCO, Prof Med, Vice Chair Taussig Cancer Ctr, Dir GI Cancers, @ClevelandClinic. Writer. Opinions my own. I have #FCOI.
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https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/17885-alok-khorana 10-12-2011 22:51:13
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Time to treatment initiation for patients with cancer. From 2004-2015, treatment time⬆️7 days, from 21 to 28. Cancer stage (especially I) was biggest predictor for increase. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40393016/ Gianna D'Afflisio Ming Wang_CWRU Daniel E Spratt Raed Zuhour Alok Khorana, MD Karl Bilimoria




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Perioperative radiochemotherapy vs Gem/Cis in locally advanced gallbladder cancers #ASCO25 🔎POLCAGB phs-III 👉ORR 74% vs 35% 👉mEFS 10 vs 4.8 mo 👉mOS 21.8 vs 10 mo 🧐 small trial, but very interesting efficacy data in cT3/4 cN+ ESMO - Eur. Oncology @easledu ILCA Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation








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