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TW: my thread here talks about #Cancer #chemotherapy #Grief #Loss #COVID19 #forgotten500k #ClinicallyVulnerable if any of these topics are painful for you, this might not be a helpful thread to read. 🙏🏼 please sign this petition asking for #MasksInHealthcare
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Two years ago my mum died in hospital from v rare #chemo complications Bcs of covid rules we hadn’t been able to see her during her 3 wk hospital stay apart from briefly in her last 48 hrs on compassionate grounds. We had just come out of the horrific winter20/1 wave
Two years ago my mum died in hospital from v rare #chemo complications Bcs of covid rules we hadn’t been able to see her during her 3 wk hospital stay apart from briefly in her last 48 hrs on compassionate grounds. We had just come out of the horrific winter20/1 wave
2/Of course I wanted to see my mum prior to that though initially the gravity of her symptoms weren’t known. I WANTED her to be on a ward with restricted visits & mask mandates bcs I appreciated she & other patients on the oncology ward were very vulnerable…
1) Welcome to a new #accredited #tweetorial, "Utilizing Immunohistochemistry Testing, Biomarkers, and Targeted Therapeutics to Optimize Outcomes in Patients with NSCLC," featuring the highlights of a symposium presented at the #ESMOIO22 congress.
@myESMO #LCSM #FOAMed
@myESMO #LCSM #FOAMed
2) The faculty for this outstanding program were @peters_solange (Chair) 🇨🇭, @HosseinBorghaei 🇺🇸, Natasha Leighl MD 🇨🇦, and @dplanchard 🇫🇷. A truly international roster of experts in #oncology!
Don't miss prior accredited courses in this space at oncologytweetorials-ce.com/category/lung-….
Don't miss prior accredited courses in this space at oncologytweetorials-ce.com/category/lung-….
3) This program is supported by an educational grant from Sanofi. Statement of accreditation and author disclosures are at oncologytweetorials-ce.com/disclosures/.
A 32-YO♀️ from Guatemala, Ph+ B-ALL post #chemotherapy: #dyspnea
CT: ground-glass opacities (2A yellow box), interstitial pulmonary edema with septal thickening (2B yellow circles), & pericardial effusion (2C yellow arrows), lymph nodes (2D yellow arrows)
Eosinophilia
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CT: ground-glass opacities (2A yellow box), interstitial pulmonary edema with septal thickening (2B yellow circles), & pericardial effusion (2C yellow arrows), lymph nodes (2D yellow arrows)
Eosinophilia
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Due to normal ejection fraction, the differential diagnosis of dyspnea included non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, pneumonitis secondary to chemotoxicity, and infection.
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#haematology #radiology #IDtwitter
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#haematology #radiology #IDtwitter
She progressed to acute hypoxic respiratory failure.
🔬bronchoalveolar lavage: numerous larvae (3A,3B) with short buccal grove (arrow head) and prominent genital primordium (arrow) consistent with STRONGYLOIDES HYPERINFECTION
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#lungdisease #parasitology #Pathologists
🔬bronchoalveolar lavage: numerous larvae (3A,3B) with short buccal grove (arrow head) and prominent genital primordium (arrow) consistent with STRONGYLOIDES HYPERINFECTION
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#lungdisease #parasitology #Pathologists
[1/5] #Glioblastoma comprises 49.1% of all primary malignant brain tumors and approximately 12,000 cases are diagnosed each year in the US. A recent study In @JAMAOnc investigated whether the addition of an...
[2/5] autologous tumour lysate-loaded dendritic cell vaccine (DCVax-L) to the traditional standard of treatment (#surgery, #radiotherapy, and #chemotherapy) for glioblastoma prolonged survival.
#Neurology #Oncology #brain
#Neurology #Oncology #brain
[3/5] DCVax-L was found to be promising in extending survival for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma who are also receiving standard treatment for their disease.
#HealthcareNews #medicine #MedEd
#HealthcareNews #medicine #MedEd
Happy to announce our latest publication is online!
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Huge effort from @ashkanshahbandi and co authors @Raegan2222 @SelinaSMJ_here @AshlynA_99 @LabMachado @Lorax_Bodyspray @Thesrao
#cancer #breastcancer #Immunotherapy #SABCS2022
a quick 🧵 tweetorial...
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Huge effort from @ashkanshahbandi and co authors @Raegan2222 @SelinaSMJ_here @AshlynA_99 @LabMachado @Lorax_Bodyspray @Thesrao
#cancer #breastcancer #Immunotherapy #SABCS2022
a quick 🧵 tweetorial...
@ashkanshahbandi was interested in examining why some BC have residual disease after chemo Rx that persists. These tumors tend to be p53 wild type and tend to undergo cell cycle arrest/senescence rather than cell death #chemotherapy #residualdisease
Looking at immune regulatory pathways he found PD-L1 and CD80 were both highly induced in tumors from chemotherapy treated mice. By RNA, many checkpoints were induced in senescent human BC and mouse mammary tumors after chemo (Fig.1)
Testimony of a cancer conqueror regarding benefits of intermittent fasting
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Story of Sejal Bhavin Upadhyay, 50 yrs
Her world shattered when she was diagnosed to have multiple myeloma in August 2020.
She started 16 hour fasting (8 hour eating window) on a daily basis.
#CANCER
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Story of Sejal Bhavin Upadhyay, 50 yrs
Her world shattered when she was diagnosed to have multiple myeloma in August 2020.
She started 16 hour fasting (8 hour eating window) on a daily basis.
#CANCER
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Her disease was brought under control within third cycle of chemotherapy. She has continued to practice intermittent fasting since then (>2 yrs).
She also practices complete fasting for 48 hours at the time of #chemotherapy.
#fasting #nutrition #diet
Her disease was brought under control within third cycle of chemotherapy. She has continued to practice intermittent fasting since then (>2 yrs).
She also practices complete fasting for 48 hours at the time of #chemotherapy.
#fasting #nutrition #diet
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She practices intermittent fasting (+complete fasting for 2 days every 15 days), ensuring she doesn't lose weight. (Her weight is ideal for her height). Lower body weight (than ideal) can lower immunity.
She also practiced fasting during Navratri, inspired by @narendramodi ji
She practices intermittent fasting (+complete fasting for 2 days every 15 days), ensuring she doesn't lose weight. (Her weight is ideal for her height). Lower body weight (than ideal) can lower immunity.
She also practiced fasting during Navratri, inspired by @narendramodi ji
SEMINAL ARTICLE re: #ICD11 Chapter 08 - Diseases of the #NervousSystem 🧠
Study Title: The #leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal #CNS development and function: first patient and public involved systematic review of #arachnoiditis (chronic #meningitis). @PLOSONE
Study Title: The #leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal #CNS development and function: first patient and public involved systematic review of #arachnoiditis (chronic #meningitis). @PLOSONE
LINK: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @PLOSONE
Abbreviations:
#CES- #CaudaEquina Syndrome
#DLM – Diseases of the #Leptomeninges
#ESI- #Epidural Steroid Injection
LM - #Leptomeninges
#LMF- #Leptomeningeal #Fibrosis
#NAA- #neuraxialanesthesia
PSR- PRISMA Systematic Review
Abbreviations:
#CES- #CaudaEquina Syndrome
#DLM – Diseases of the #Leptomeninges
#ESI- #Epidural Steroid Injection
LM - #Leptomeninges
#LMF- #Leptomeningeal #Fibrosis
#NAA- #neuraxialanesthesia
PSR- PRISMA Systematic Review
#SAH- #Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
#SAS- #Subarachnoid Space
Key Findings:
1. A varyingly described, and poorly characterized #CNS disease called #arachnoiditis (aka #adhesivearachnoiditis) was exhaustively systematically-reviewed for the first time.
#SAS- #Subarachnoid Space
Key Findings:
1. A varyingly described, and poorly characterized #CNS disease called #arachnoiditis (aka #adhesivearachnoiditis) was exhaustively systematically-reviewed for the first time.
☀️This is the #JustinSunNFT @justinsuntron that my brother and I have been creating for 1.5 years! 😱
I am a painter, I have been doing digital painting for about 3 years, and regular painting for more than 12 years, but then I was just starting my journey in digital art. [1/22]
I am a painter, I have been doing digital painting for about 3 years, and regular painting for more than 12 years, but then I was just starting my journey in digital art. [1/22]
My brother is into #crypto and in March 2021 he told me about the @trondao, #NFT and #cryptocurrencies in general. It got me hooked, I began to study the ecosystem of #TRON and its creator, who, frankly, seemed to me very cute and photogenic - ideal for a portrait. [2/22]
🔥And in order to draw Justin, I began to study the technique of realism. Thus began the #JustinSunNFT project. A few days later I showed the portrait to my brother @ambrazhevich3 and he offered ideas for improvement. [3/22]
How do metastatic #ovariancancer tumors change during #chemotherapy to survive, eventually killing the patient? See our longitudinal #scRNAseq analysis, now out @ScienceAdvances, with accessible data & tools.
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
A 🧵 below (1/9)
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A 🧵 below (1/9)
We collected a unique set of paired, metastatic tumor specimens from 11 high-grade serous patients treated in @TyksVsshp (by @mijohy & colleagues) before and after neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, and analysed dissociated tumors with scRNA-seq. (2/9)
Unlike stroma or immune cells, cancer cells had distinctly patient-specific profiles. To find the hidden, shared states from these genetically heterogeneous tumor specimens, @KaiyangZhang @HautaniemiLab developed a new clustering method, PRIMUS (3/9)
I need a medical #oncology bed to transfer a 28 yo patient needing to urgently start chemotherapy. Not ICU, preferably #Texas. Please RT, DM. @OncoAlert @tmprowell @AjvictoryMD
#MedTwitter
#MedTwitter
Thank you for RT so far, we’ve been trying to get this patient to a hospital w/ chemotherapy capabilities for 6 days now 🙏🏻
Oxygen requirements increasing 🙁
#oncology #hospital #PatientCare
Oxygen requirements increasing 🙁
#oncology #hospital #PatientCare
Still working on it w/ house supervisor this morning, no bed yet 🙁
Y’all are amazing 🙏🏻
Y’all are amazing 🙏🏻
I am raising money for 4 #Yemeni kids suffering from cancer after being injured in a air-force bombing. Please help by donating & sharing the link. They need #Chemotherapy & housing. gofund.me/718d64e5
This is Mohamed & his sister Aminah and his older brother Naser. Lets all chip in and help please. My DM is now open to contact me.
Mohamed,9, is the youngest of the siblings and he will be receiving #chemo this weekend. We need to raise a minimum of $1300 just for that. #Yemen #ImpossibleIsNothing
1/14 🆕 🚨Accelerated article on #breastcancer just out in @nature! #bcsm
We asked:
1️⃣ What drives response to #chemotherapy in #breast #cancer❓
2️⃣ Can we use #machinelearning to predict response to chemotherapy❓
Link: nature.com/articles/s4158…
A 🧵👇👇👇 @OncoAlert
We asked:
1️⃣ What drives response to #chemotherapy in #breast #cancer❓
2️⃣ Can we use #machinelearning to predict response to chemotherapy❓
Link: nature.com/articles/s4158…
A 🧵👇👇👇 @OncoAlert
2/14 We are unable to #predict #response to treatment in clinic…
✅Good response ➡️treatment very effective ➡️better survival
❌Poorer response ➡️treatment less effective ➡️worse survival
Being able to forecast response would be a landmark advance!
✅Good response ➡️treatment very effective ➡️better survival
❌Poorer response ➡️treatment less effective ➡️worse survival
Being able to forecast response would be a landmark advance!
3/14 We ran a study in women with #breastcancer @CUH_NHS+@CRUK_CI:
1️⃣who had a #cancer biopsy (which we analysed)
2️⃣received 18 weeks of chemo+/-targeted therapy
3️⃣had surgery (and we measured how much cancer remained)
We associated PRE-therapy profiles↔️POST-therapy response👇
1️⃣who had a #cancer biopsy (which we analysed)
2️⃣received 18 weeks of chemo+/-targeted therapy
3️⃣had surgery (and we measured how much cancer remained)
We associated PRE-therapy profiles↔️POST-therapy response👇
🧵1/5 #UKchildren 💔I’ve lost track the number of times this kind of “but…”argument is used where (all ages) covid death figures are concerned- but they were old, but they had serious health problems, but they were obese… it feeds down the flow chart of u can ignore covid b’cos
..2/ at the results end of the flow chart we have personal choice trumps severe health risks, eugenics, getting told to f-off on SM when raising issues for CEV community, valid concerns dismissed as hysteria or anxiety, stay indoors & keep the hazmat suit on etc etc….
3/ the longer covid drags on thanks to these ignorant, hurtful,discriminatory takes, the gloomier the outlook gets, yet doom & gloom is what those wanting to suppress covid were accused of. Having #asthma, #chemotherapy #transplant pt, etc your risks are waaayyy higher
I gotta vent! Chemo is scary af! I have to flush the toilet twice and preferably use a separate bathroom to keep the Chemo from other people. I can't have sex for 72 hours after infusion because my vagina can leak Chemo after infusion. Terrifying!
All of my clothes that I wore to my infusion and 72 hours after infusion I have to be washed separately from other people laundry. I can't share towels or anything for that matter. If my hubs comes in contact with my body fluids during this time he has to wash and flush...
the area that may have been contaminated. Signs he's been effected are a rash or worse. I'm toxic during that time for three days out of the week. It's scary. It's working as far as we can tell but it's scary!
#chemotherapy #Chemo #breastcancer #ActuallyAutistic
#chemotherapy #Chemo #breastcancer #ActuallyAutistic
Ich hätts nicht verschreien sollen! Meine Ärztin hat mir Bettruhe verordnet und meinem sog. Gaming-Stuhl (1.890,00 🤨) einen Exorzismus empfohlen. Ich konnte mich letzte Nacht kaum noch bewegen und es hat sich angefühlt, als wäre ich gelähmt.
Die Schmerzen seid ein paar Tagen waren nicht die Bandscheiben im unteren Rücken von 2001 sondern der Ischiasnerv von 2021 der sich durch besagten Stuhl und über ein Jahr kein Fitness-Studio hervorgewagt hat. Und gestern hatte er dann seinen großen Auftritt. 😡
Ich habs nicht mehr im Bett ausgehalten und sitze jetzt auf einem Klappstuhl vom Ikea (4,99) am Schreibtisch. Und es geht mir gut. Die Schmerzen sind fast weg OHNE Medikamente. Den Höllenstuhl schieß ich auf den Mond oder verschenk ihn an einen Kurz-Jünger! 😈
Delighted to share a new study from our lab on the role of gut commensal fungi mycobiota in shaping the human protective IgG antibody repertoire @CellCellPress cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
During immunosuppression ( organ #Transplant #chemotherapy ) or in diseases such as #IBD #crohnsdisease, gut #mycobiota can turn into a “reservoir” of pathogens, BUT most people live peacefully with their fungi. Do they benefit from them? Do fungi benefit form us? Neutral rl.?
Fungi are considered a minor component of the gut #microbiome ( less than 0.1% of genetic material in feces), but we found that fungal biomass in the healthy human gut makes considerably more: up to 2%.
#WATCH: Everyday Mohammed Al-Fifi gets up and goes to work – he’s a teacher, has #cancer and his classroom is a video link from his hospital room where he is undergoing chemotherapy arab.news/mgdkh
The #coronavirus has posed many problems to us all, but #cancer patient and school teacher Mohammed Al-Fifi has turned it to his advantage and used the virtual world to get back to his students while he undergoes #chemotherapy arab.news/mgdkh
#WATCH: Saudi school teacher Mohammed Al-Fifi has cancer and is currently in hospital, but he still teaches from his bed – it’s something he sees as a duty, despite undergoing #chemotherapy arab.news/mgdkh
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I have something I need to get off my chest, and I’m going to rant for a bit. Sorry about that, but it needs to be said, and I need to say it. You know what the worst thing about having cancer was? ...
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I have something I need to get off my chest, and I’m going to rant for a bit. Sorry about that, but it needs to be said, and I need to say it. You know what the worst thing about having cancer was? ...
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It wasn’t chemo. Chemo was easy. Boring, but easy. You sit down, they hook you up, you watch Netflix on your cell phone for three hours, they unhook you, you go home. Easy.
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It wasn’t chemo. Chemo was easy. Boring, but easy. You sit down, they hook you up, you watch Netflix on your cell phone for three hours, they unhook you, you go home. Easy.
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It wasn’t losing my hair. Now, losing my hair wasn’t fun, but I’m not all that vain, and I really didn’t care.
It wasn’t losing my hair. Now, losing my hair wasn’t fun, but I’m not all that vain, and I really didn’t care.
Do you believe Cures exist?
Truly grateful to announce I have been promoted to Associate Professor at @MonashBiol 😊
I would like to thank my team & former team members, my collaborators, mentors, colleagues for the support and feedback @BBM_Wong and @RobertB_R, & my boss @OBryanMoira for the push to apply
I would like to thank my team & former team members, my collaborators, mentors, colleagues for the support and feedback @BBM_Wong and @RobertB_R, & my boss @OBryanMoira for the push to apply
Inspired by @jane_bourke_phd I would like to share how I got here because I look up to many & constantly think I am not doing 'well' enough. What I learned over the years is that on paper things look much more glamorous than they are (I call it the Instagram of academia) 1/
I came from a developing country (#Brazil) where research is not valued and there is little $ available. But I had amazing lecturers and teachers, and amazing opportunities to do research since I was an undergrad. This resulted in 5 papers prior to my PhD & helped me a lot 2/
Today is #BiomedicalScienceDay2020 - and what better way to celebrate than sharing our latest #ResearchSpotlight with you all!
🔬 This month we're celebrating the work of Professor James Allan, who leads on a Blood Cancer UK funded project and is based at the @UniofNewcastle.
🔬 This month we're celebrating the work of Professor James Allan, who leads on a Blood Cancer UK funded project and is based at the @UniofNewcastle.
💉 James' work is about understanding how unique genetic changes in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) can be used to tailor treatment.
🧓 AML is most common in the elderly and many of these people cannot have #chemotherapy because of the harsh side effects it causes.
🧓 AML is most common in the elderly and many of these people cannot have #chemotherapy because of the harsh side effects it causes.
💊 To get around this, James and his team are looking to find ways of using other existing therapies more strategically, based on specific characteristics of these peoples' disease. This is called "stratified medicine."
Missed #COVID19nCancer plenary in #AACR20 @AACR?
Here’s a thread to catch up on all the fascinating global research presented by:
@AACR @AACRPres #AntoniRibas #LiZhang @marinagarassino @barlesi #CarlosGomez #LouisVoigt #HongbingCai cc:@OncoAlert @COVID19nCCC @ASCO @ASH_hematology
Here’s a thread to catch up on all the fascinating global research presented by:
@AACR @AACRPres #AntoniRibas #LiZhang @marinagarassino @barlesi #CarlosGomez #LouisVoigt #HongbingCai cc:@OncoAlert @COVID19nCCC @ASCO @ASH_hematology
#1: Chinese Experience by #LiZhang and #HongbingCai
More evidence of increased prevalence of #Cancer among #COVID19, ~2% similar to what we found in our #metanalysis @ASCO_pubs #JCOGO here: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO…
More evidence of increased prevalence of #Cancer among #COVID19, ~2% similar to what we found in our #metanalysis @ASCO_pubs #JCOGO here: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO…
#LiZhang described 35.7% required mechanical ventilation and significant risk factors for severe outcomes on #multivariate analysis was recent #cancertreatment and #consolidation on CT
Meet Dr Yazad Irani, @Yaz_Sci, at @sahmriAU, the researcher paving the way to better outcomes in chronic myeloid #leukemia - by helping predict patient responses to #cancer therapy
A thread 👇
@AcademicChatter #chemotherapy #medicalresearch #precisionmedicine #CML #immunology
A thread 👇
@AcademicChatter #chemotherapy #medicalresearch #precisionmedicine #CML #immunology
Our blood is composed of red blood cells, in charge of carrying oxygen; and white blood cells, whose main function is to help the immune response to fight infections and diseases.
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a blood cancer in which a subpopulation of white blood cells, known as granulocytes, grow out of control. Although new treatments have resulted in good patient outcomes for 80% of patients, the remaining 20% of patients do not respond to therapy.
THREAD 1/12 Patients with #cancer are being advised to #cocoon due to #COVID-19. This means they cannot shop for food. If you are caring for someone on cancer treatment including #Chemotherapy please be mindful that their nutritional needs are different to healthy people.
2/12 Patients with cancer can lose large amounts of muscle mass very quickly. Severe muscle loss (sarcopenia) affects 40% or more of patients with cancer. This causes poorer tolerance to chemotherapy. To slow muscle loss it is important that patients eat enough #protein.
3/12 #Poorappetite is common in patients with cancer - about 50% experience this. This means they do not feel hungry and when they eat, they often feel full very quickly. Little amounts of food and often are key to improving intake – small nourishing meals & snacks.
