
Kim Newcomer
@coloncancergal
Living life to the fullest with stage IV colorectal cancer. Senior Director of Research Programs at Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
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04-03-2015 14:21:37
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Excellent insights from Richard T. Lee, MD, FASCO, on Integrative Oncology! 🌱 Evidence-based approaches like these are essential for improving the quality of life for GI cancer patients. 🙌 Glad to see the stigma around cannabis finally fading. 💡 #GI25 Colorectal Cancer Alliance

🌟 Such an important topic! 🙌 Chloe E. Atreya, MD, PhD of UC San Francisco, highlighting mindfulness-based practices to support health during treatment. 💙 As a survivor, I’m grateful for ASCO and @IntegrativeOnc’s efforts to spread awareness. 🧘♂️🧘🧘♀️ #GI25 Colorectal Cancer Alliance

🔎 Check out the results of our mCRC survey! We’re at #GI25! 📌 Poster Alert: C17 ✨ Treatment Experiences & Decision-Making in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Four amazing groups – Colorectal Cancer Alliance, BLKHLTH, COLONTOWN & Family Reach – partnered with Takeda Oncology 👏

Important work! 🙌 Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH from NYU Grossman School of Medicine presenting on the performance of a blood-based test for colorectal cancer screening adjusted for US census age and sex distribution. Excited for the impact this could have! 💡 ASCO #GI25 Colorectal Cancer Alliance


Incredible work by Dr. Marwan G. Fakih at #GI25! 💥 The phase II Bot + Bal trial shows promising results for MSS multi-refractory mCRC: 👉 219 patients treated 👉 Bot + Bal outperforms SoC with prolonged responses for some patients 👉 Safe profile, 75mg dosing moving to Phase 3


Looking forward to this exciting debate! 🔥 Arvind Dasari, MD, MS & Kristen Ciombor will tackle the question: Is blood-based screening ready for the clinic? What are your thoughts? 🩸💬 #GI25 ASCO Colorectal Cancer Alliance

🚨 Update from Scott Kopetz MD Anderson Cancer Center on 🌊BREAKWATER: encorafenib + cetuximab + chemo = new standard of care for BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer! ✔️ Improved tumor shrinkage ✔️Early data suggests longer survival- more follow-up is needed to confirm. #GI25



If you attend our Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center Annual Patient & Family Forum on Sat 3/29/25, you will get this cool hat & so much more 💙 Dana-Farber's Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center Dana-Farber Dana-Farber News Fight Colorectal Cancer Colorectal Cancer Canada Colorectal Cancer Alliance Prevent Cancer Foundation Register below 👇



🎉 Headed to #AACR2025? Find us at the Advocacy Pavilion — Booth AP23! Learn more about Project Cure CRC and how we're advancing CRC research. 💙 See you there! #ProjectCureCRC #ColorectalCancer 💙 #AACR2025 Colorectal Cancer Alliance



New research from #AACR25 shows an ultrasensitive ctDNA assay could detect colorectal cancer recurrence after surgery much earlier than imaging! Exciting results shared by @Emma_Titmuss. Read more: aacr.org/about-the-aacr… Colorectal Cancer Alliance


Happening now: Dr. Emil Lou Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP presents first-in-human trial of CRISPR-edited T cells targeting CISH in metastatic #colorectalcancer at #AACR25 #SSP


BREAKTHROUGH in BRAF V600E metastatic colorectal cancer! 🌊BREAKWATER trial reveals that combining encorafenib, cetuximab, and mFOLFOX6 as first-line therapy significantly enhances patient outcomes compared to standard care. #ASCO25 Colorectal Cancer Alliance


We are at @asco presenting our poster on understanding and addressing unmet needs in CRC. Stop by poster 245 and learn more. #ASCO25 Colorectal Cancer Alliance

