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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

For newly diagnosed met #pancreas #cancer: The phase III #arcusbiosciences PRISM-1 trial is open: 💠NCT06608927 💠Gem/Nab-paclitaxel +/- Quemlicustat (Q) 💠Based on promising Ib activity 💠Q is a CD73 inhibitor to enhance antitumor immunity #DrDanaCardinMD @pancan.bsky.social #cancerresearch

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

#colonoscopy completed 👏! 🙏🏻 to the great team at #VanderbiltUnivMedCenter! Polyps removed so back again in 3 yrs👍 👉It takes 5-10 yrs for a polyp to become cancerous 👉A colonoscopy removes all precancerous polyps. 👉Get screened!!! #colorectalcancer #cancerprevention @fightcrc.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

You may wonder 🤔 what I am doing on my #cancerresearch non-clinic day besides trying to finish a research paper🤓? Well even #colorectalcancer medical oncologists need to complete their #cancerprevention #screening exams. #colonoscopy prep time! #cancer #crcsm @fightcrc.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Wanted to share our April #YoungAdult with #cancer newsletter. Our data coordinator, Amala, has done an amazing job! 🤩 👏👏 Link: bit.ly/447PUVA PLS utilize some of our resources. #cancer #cancerresearch @FightCRC #Vanderbilt-IngramCancerCenter

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

What an incredibly rewarding day! 🙏🏻 #NFLAlumniAssociation #CDC #omegapsiphi for #GearUpAgainstCancer #colorectal #cancer campaign. #Tennessee is one of the 1st states. TY for sharing these very personal stories. SO IMPACTFUL! #cancerprevention #getscreened #PayItForward #crcsm #cancerresearch

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

@fightcrc.bsky.social was in #Nashville for their Dinner for Champions. So glad to be part of this amazing group to advocate for #colorectalcancer #awareness, #cancerprevention and #treatment. Luv 💙 this new message and hat! More work to be done!! 💪 #cancer #cancerresearch

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Imp article: #Cancer related thrombosis. ✅ 2.5 mg PO BID Apixaban = ‬⁩ 5.0 mg po BID x 12M for primary endpoint of recurrent thrombosis. #cancer #cancerresearch ⁦#NEJM

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

FDA ☑️ Nivo/Ipi in Unresectable/Metastatic #HCC ☑️OS 23.7M vs. 20.6M vs lenvatinib or sorafenib (HR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.65-0.96; P = .018). @FDAOncology @EAHPBA #immunotherapy @bristolmyerssquibb.bsky.social #cancer #CancerResearch #Checkmate9DW

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Happened this week: @FDA approves Nivo/Ipi vs. Nivo alone for #MSIhigh or #dMMR met #colorectal #cancer #Checkmate8HW ☑️Median PFS was NR in the combo arm vs. 39.3M (HR = 0.62 [95% CI: 0.48, 0.81] ☑️ORR = 71% vs. 58% (p-value 0.0011) #CancerResearch #immunotherapy @bristolmyerssquibb.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🙏 to #Brazilian #GI Tumors Group #GTG for the invitation to speak at their annual meeting. Honored to speak on #immunotherapy in #colorectalcancer but also the GLOBAL concern of #earlyonset #crc and the need for #education and #awareness. 🙏 Dr R Riechelmann #CancerResearch #cancer #prevention

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

So delighted to work with 🤩Jeneth Aquino, our amazing GI clinic APP who represents #VanderbiltUniversityMedicalCenter #Nashville Chapter at the annual #OncologyNursingSociety meeting. She’s an amazing colleague!! #cancer #PatientCare #CancerResearch

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Fruquintinib versus placebo in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer: safety analysis of FRESCO-2 academic.oup.com/oncolo/article… #cancer #CancerResearch #treatmentoptions #patientcare #colorectalcancer #cancerresearch @adasarimd

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Happy #DoctorsDay to ALL my colleagues for all your hard work, diligence, collegiality and friendship! #cancer #cancerresearch #academia #grateful 🙏

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Always a pleasure to chair a meeting with Dr. Yelena Janjigian! Please join us for our 1st combined solid tumor hybrid meeting: Great Debates in Solid Tumors. @greatdebates.bsky.social Register: hmpglobalevents.com/gdst/agenda 🤩@NVijayvergiaMD #NET at 10AM today. #Cancer #cancerresearch

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We are SO EXCITED to share our updated monthly @VUMC_Cancer #YoungAdultCancer Program Newsletter! 👏👏👏 For ALL young adults 20-50 y/o with #cancer. Newsletter Link: shorturl.at/t7p7F #patientcare #tooyoung #AYA #unmetneeds @vumc-insights.bsky.social #CancerResearch

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I learned this at @FightCRC the small request of $20M for CDMRP #colorectalcancer #cancerresearch. #CRC ranks the lowest! Why are we the high incidence/high mortality CA with NO congressional directed medical research program (CDMRP) funding? I would rather #cancerprevention than treat. @oncoalert

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Colleagues, this is a VERY imp message. Pls reach out to your Congress to avoid a 57% reduction ($850M) in Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) funding for #cancerresearch They are possibly voting tomorrow AM. #cancer #crcsm fightcolorectalcancer.org/advocacy/pub... @fightCRC

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Tell your Members of Congress to protect colorectal cancer research!

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

#InternationalWomensDay2025 Happy to be making a difference with these fantastic women! -#WomenInScience #WomenInMedicine @vumc-insights.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

💙 swag in my mailbox to help encourage people to get screened!! 🔵 R U >/= 45 yo? 🔵Have U had a change in bowel habits? 🔵Do U have a family hx of #ColorectalCancer or uterine #cancer ? 🔵 Any unresolved symptoms? 👉🏻 Talk to your MD #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth @vumc-insights.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We were just notified all @NIH @NCICTEP_ClinRes @NCI meetings are now CANCELLED. Investigators PLEASE continue your hard work and dedication to make a difference. #Cancer is indifferent to age or politics and impacts everyone. @asco #ASCOGI25 #CancerResearch t.co/uKw1UJJviN

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/12/2024

A federal judge struck down parts of an Arkansas law that included prison sentences for librarians and booksellers for providing books that might be considered “harmful” to minors. nyti.ms/3DIpLBi

A headline reads: Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law That Threatened Librarians With Criminal Charges. A sentence reads: Republicans passed the law in 2023, joining a wave of other conservative states and counties around the U.S. that have increasingly sought to restrict the availability of certain books.

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Dr. Beverly Moy @beverlymoy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

@ascocancer.bsky.social #ASCOGuidelines out today "Systemic Therapy for Stage I-III Anal Carcinoma" with guidance about radiosensitization, dose/scheduling options, and much more. @vanmorrismd.bsky.social @cathyengmd.bsky.social Read at society.asco.org/practice-pat...

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Just out: @thelancet.bsky.social #earlyonset #colorectal #cancer PMID: 39674189 💠#EOCRC incidence rising in 27 of 50 countries 💠For past 10 yrs, the greatest AAPC: #NZ (3·97%), #Chile (3·96%), #PR (3·81%), and #England (3·59%). #cancerprevention #CancerAwareness @vumc-insights.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

What a GREAT 😁 night with my @VUMC_Cancer #workfamily #Holidayworkparty followed by 🎂🎉🥳 celebration Dr Cardin . I am SO proud to be part of this #GI #cancer #CancerResearch team. Drs. Walsh, Ancell and GI: Drs. Agarwal, Ciombor, Gibson, Goff, Heumann. Such fun!!! @vumc-insights.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Pls give a 👏👏 shout out to our new @VUMC_Cancer #YoungAdult #Cancer Program Manager Mr. Hasani Bland! #enthusiastic , #PositiveVibes , and desire to help others is incredible!!! He has GREAT style too! #CRC blue 💪💙#patientcare #AYASM #CRCSM #advocacy #cancerresearch @vumc-insights.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

#ESMOAsia24 #ESMO so wonderful to see old colleagues and meet new colleagues from all over #Asia with ONE FOCUS: #CancerResearch #cancer #patientcare #crcsm @vumc-insights.bsky.social #Singapore

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

🎯Core Metabolic Roadmap How to get the molecules that are needed, when they’re needed. Source & High resolution: Bibel, B., & The bumbling biochemist. (2024). Core Metabolic Roadmap. Zenodo. zenodo.org/records/1336...

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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation @egpaf.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We are at the Global Digital Health Forum in Nairobi! If you are attending #GDHF2024, stop by our booth or attend a presentation to meet the team leading this innovative work. pedaids.org/event/global...

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Today is #WorldAIDSDay. 🔹🙏 for #medical progress 🔹#HIV pts are living longer and as a result may eventually develop #cancer (not only #AIDS associated malignancies). 👉We MUST promote #inclusivity for ALL #cancerresearch eligibility whenever possible. #healthequity @vumc-insights.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

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Zack Williams, MD, PhD @quantpsychiatry.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I missed it when he joined but @chrisaikenmd.bsky.social (of Carlat Report fame) finally took the plunge and came over here to the good place! Excited to now bother him on a different platform! If, like me, you're missing your "daily dose of practice-changing research," give him a follow.

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Wonderful work 👏 from the national #patientadvocacy group @fightCRC + @KomodoHealth: Pls use this link and read more - fightcolorectalcancer.org/wp-content/upl… #crcsm #colorectalcancer #cancer #patientcare @vumc.bsky.social #cancerprevention 💪💙

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

#ThanksgivingDay2024 in #Nashville w/my #BFFs starting w/#BoulevardBolt 5M 🏃🏻‍♀️ and then 🦃 dinner at the Yorks! Drs. Kathy Walsh + Sally York @vumc-insights.bsky.social #personalcare #friendship #cancer #patientcare #Grateful @vumc.bsky.social

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CathyEngMD @cathyengmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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Caitlyn | Disability & Fashion @lifewithcaitlyn.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’m completing the Knitting Challenge this December to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. I was already knitting baby hats and booties to be donated to hospitals, so I thought why not do two causes! Please share ❤️ fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/caitlyn...

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Aparna @aparna1024.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A mini GI oncology holiday card picture ❤️🎄 love spending time w/ these wonderful colleagues and friends. Also, glad to see more progress being made in the difficult to treat cancers we all care for

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