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Amy Beumer

@amybeumer.bsky.social
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MBC advocate and patient, microbiologist, educator, nature lover, gardener, reader, and feminist. She/her/hers.

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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Miss Gwen so much. Was just thinking of her yesterday and our chat.
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Project Life @projectlifembc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It's that time of the month again! Do you love mail...fun mail?! Sign ups are open TODAY for our September Sunshine & Rainbows. 🌈 RSVP through the link in our bio 💌 #mbc #stage4needsmore #bcsm #busylivingwithmets #bccww
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Kelly Shanahan @stage4kelly.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
non-Governmental research funding is becoming more important every day. @metavivor.bsky.social received almost double the usual number of letters of intent last week. We need our supporters to be generous this year so we can fund promising research!
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Very concerned. And with the removal of information on health disparities and anything on health of the LGBTQ community.
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Advocates for Collaborative Education @advocatecollab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
REMINDER: ACE Meeting on cancer vaccines today 1pmPT / 4pmET. Join us to hear from advocate & ACE member Judy Fitzgerald as she shares her experience as an advocate on current vaccine trials. As always presentation will be short so bulk of the time can be spent on Q&A / discussion #OncoSky #Advocacy
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Tumor board Tuesday!! HR+ MBC! Looking forward to it @dr-rshatsky.bsky.social! #bcsm
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Rod Ritchie @malefitness.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
“Men with breast cancer are often left to fight the disease in silence. This silence has led to psychological and emotional distress in conjunction with illness-related stigmas.” www.oncnursingnews.com/view/looking...
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Looking More Closely at Breast Cancer in Male Patients
Although breast cancer has historically been associated with female patients, the rates of men with breast cancer have been increasing over the past decade.
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Janice Cowden @janicetnbcmets.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
It’s a privilege to be part of this meaningful work! The ASCO CDK Dosing Study has the potential to reshape clinical practice for older adults w/ #metastaticbreastcancer. Thnx to PCORI for funding this impactful project. @therightdose.bsky.social @oncoalert.bsky.social #bcsm #DoseOptimization #QoL
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Home sweet home and an awesome sunset in flight.
Pink clouds. Sunset in the sky
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Julia Maués @itsnotpink.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
To build on the progress shared at #SABCS24 for triple-positive MBC ( #PATINA), when treatments stop working, is it the HER2 or HR component driving resistance? Need a biomarker! Patients want the most mileage from every treatment! PS: Finally, +++ is being treated differently from HER2+/HR–.
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Dionisia Quiroga, DO, PhD, FASCO @quirogad.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Was great to talk to @janicetnbcmets.bsky.social about this a couple days ago —> higher doses are not always better ✨ figuring out the best fit for our pts benefits those who experience a cancer diagnosis, oncologists, as well as pharma companies. Everyone wins with this knowledge! #bcsm #SABCS24
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Prof Bogda Koczwara @bogda-koczwara.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Hot of the press from @proteuspros - an infographic explaining the value of PROs! Note - they need to start as parr of the clinical encounter to benefit patients and society. tinyurl.com/3m594fhk
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Stacey Tinianov, MPH @coffeemommy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Spent 90 mins on the #SABCS24 stage, interjecting the advocacy perspective in "From the Trenches" yesterday. It was these voices, and so many others not pictured, that I channeled. Grateful to have them by my side literally & figuratively 💗
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Love when MBC, the kind of breast cancer that kills, gets 12 minutes in a 90 minute presentation on what to bring back to the clinic. We’re flying and skipping audience questions. #bcsm #SABCS24
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
There is no “good risk” only lower risk. There is no good DCIS. Need to talk about absolute risk as well. @coffeemommy.bsky.social #bcsm
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
This! Also coffee…..
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Roberta A Albany @raalbany.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Here’s another impactful session about health disparities #systemic #structuralracism #global #healthequityforall #bcsm #oncoalert #SABCS24 @sabcs.bsky.social @oncoalert.bsky.social @swog.org @yabdoumd.bsky.social
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
@coffeemommy.bsky.social giving nuance to a conversation about patient treatment on Monday morning. Patients do not live in a utopia and we are not a monolith! #bcsm #sabcs24
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
View from the trenches at #SABCS24 with the amazing @coffeemommy.bsky.social We need to “right size” treatment (NOT “deescalate”) with discussions on risk, benefit and impact of treatment. YES! #oncsky #bcsm
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This is great! Maybe add in ET alone in first line for select patients (SONIA). Great presentation by Dr. Danso. #bcsn #SABCS24
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
One year ago, on a sunny afternoon before the last session of #SABCS23, I stood on this balcony chatting with patient and advocate Gwen Manchion, who was stolen by MBC in the interim. This is why we do what we do.
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Kelly Shanahan @stage4kelly.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Congratulations to DR Steffi Oesterreichs @oesterreichs on her AACR Award. She has done sooooo much for people with ILC, not just through her brilliant research, but through her embrace of and collaboration with advocates. @metavivor is so proud to have funded her! #SABCS24
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Kelly Shanahan @stage4kelly.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Dr @cittellylab.bsky.social’s conclusions on brain mets in ER+ (MICE), and once again proud that @metavivor has funded her research! #SABCS24
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Stephanie L. Graff, MD FACP FASCO @drsgraff.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
P-Verify is retrospx RWE look at OS in all 3 CDK4/6i w/Flatiron data, funded by Pfizer ▫️RWE is only way we’ll see this comparison -yet- ▫️RWE can have bias & limits -still- ▫️Reassuring to see NO DIFFERENCE in OS across 3 approved agents ▫️Needs longer F/U #SABCS24 @oncoalert.bsky.social
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Dr. RShatsky @dr-rshatsky.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
For those wanting to optimize their care of premenopausal HR+ early breast cancer I highly recommend watching the #SABCS24 Educational Session “Mind the Gap Breast cancer in the young.” It really reinforces the importance of ovarian suppression! Tam is not enough in so many! #bcsm #OncSky #CanSky
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great discussion yesterday morning and exciting work in mTNBC! #bcsm
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Ahmed Elkhanany @elkhanany.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Sobering data on 7-year IBC outcome from @mdanderson.bsky.social presented by superstar Dr. Azadeh Nasrazadani. 7-year OS % 7, 24, 50, 55 in TNBC, ER+ HER2-, ER- HER2+ and ER+HER2+. CDK4/6i benefit low compared with historic cohorts. @naborala.bsky.social we need better Rx. #SABCS24 #bcsm
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Elisa Agostinetto @elisaagostinetto.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
At #SABCS24 LBA session - @dradityabardia on Efficacy and Safety of T-DXd by Pace of Disease Progression on Prior Endocrine-Based Therapy in DESTINY-Breast06 T-DXd ⬆️PFS regardless of time to progression on 1st line CDK4/6i+ET or type of endocrine resistance @oncoalert.bsky.social
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
100% #bcsm
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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
#SABCS24 #bcsm #OncSky We need to ask all patients on endocrine therapy for #breastcancer about vaginal dryness & sexual dysfunction. Here’s a useful stepwise approach to managing these issues from @JenniShengMD. #MedSky @oncoalert.bsky.social
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Dr. RShatsky @dr-rshatsky.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Take Away from Keynote 522 biomarker analysis. We still don’t know why people benefit from pembro. Even people we expect not to benefit (LAR) surprisingly do… . Unfortunately this biomarker analysis did not help us narrow down the groups that don’t need it. #bcsm #SABCS24
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Kelly Shanahan @stage4kelly.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
So happy to support my friend @itsnotpink.bsky.social as she brings the @The_Right_Dose patient expert perspective on dose optimization to #SABCS24
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This was a super informative talk including what works and what to avoid. Need more cannabis research!
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Kelly Shanahan @stage4kelly.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
What are some ways to get to the right dose? Sequential trials, more than 2 arms, re-randomization are potential solutions for dose optimization. @The_Right_Dose #SABCS24
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Thank you for this work @drdonsdizon.bsky.social and all authors. A clear lack of evidence for transgender individuals with cancer that needs to be remedied AND some great recs for physicians that in many cases could apply to advocacy as well. Well worth a read. #oncsky #bcsm
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Yes! So exciting! #bcsm
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Male breast cancer posters at #SABCS24 from @malefitness.bsky.social !
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Re: SONIA results (CDK 4/6i 1st or 2nd line). Post-hoc analysis of lobular v. ductal stuck out for almost favoring 1st line in lobular. Small numbers, tight line in the forest plot --> even more intriguing. Follow up needed and/or consider this in decision making? Thoughts? #lobmob #oncsky #bcsm
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Early versus deferred use of CDK4/6 inhibitors in advanced breast cancer - Nature
The phase 3 SONIA trial challenges the benefits of using cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 inhibitors as a first-line compared with second-line treatment.
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
$15 to METAvivor for our 15th year funding research and providing support 💚🩵🩷 #givingtuesday
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Can confirm top time burden themes (1) outside home (travel, appts etc.) (2) inside home (insurance, med bills etc) (3) caregiver work (thnx caregivers <3) (4) demoralization of all time spent on these things (5) helpful, hopeful visits w/ healthcare workers (oncs, nurses, PAs, all y'all). #bcsm
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Great work on gut microbe efx on tamoxifen (1) It's not what microbes are there, but what they are doing (enzymes/metablomics) 👏 (2) Diversity in metabolism of tam. exists & it's not just human genetics - its their microbes too! Mechanism(s): changing bioavailability of tam. & SCFAs #oncsky #bcsm
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Variation in human gut microbiota impacts tamoxifen pharmacokinetics | mBio
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, and tamoxifen is used to suppress breast cancer recurrence, but nearly 50% of patients are not effectively treated with this drug. Give...
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Those dying of BC in the US, and therefore the MBC population, is increasingly made up of those with distant recurrence from Stage 1-2 (49% in 2000 to 63% in 2017). Last paragraph is gold. We must educate. #bcsm From an amazing team @coffeemommy.bsky.social @drsgraff.bsky.social & Kevin Kalinsky
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The Patient Centered Dosing Initiative has made it to bluer skies :-) follow us here and find us at therightdose.org
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
@ibcresearch1.bsky.social and others! #IBC Program highlights at #SABCS24
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Catherine Walshe @catherinewalshe.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
go.bsky.app/582Y1Av Anyone else to be added to this #PalliativeCare starter pack? Just let me know. Hope this is helpful. #hpm #hapc
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Glad to see this as I've had some success with this (can't believe I'm sharing that with the world). No unnecessary suffering & sexual health is important! #bcsm
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Sarah Sammons MD @drsarahsammons.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Excited for the SNO Annual Conference this weekend where I will be discussing "Systemic Therapies for Breast Cancer LMD: A Paradigm for Multidisciplinary Coordination" Intrathecal Chemo is OUT. Systemic Therapies with CNS Bioactivity Are In. More to come Sunday! #oncsky #bcsm
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Could ⬆️ the diversity of gut microbes pre-chmeotherapy lead to fewer GI symptoms? Study found ⬇️ diversity & + specific microbes in the gut predicts GI symptoms. Possible mechanisms suggested: short chain fatty acids and/or gut "leakiness". #bcsm #oncsky #cansky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Baseline gut microbiome alpha diversity predicts chemotherapy-induced gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with breast cancer - npj Breast Cancer
npj Breast Cancer - Baseline gut microbiome alpha diversity predicts chemotherapy-induced gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with breast cancer
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Amy Beumer @amybeumer.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
As a patient clinical trials are so hard to identify. This new algorithm could help physicians but also patients! We need easy to use, reliable clinical trial matching.
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