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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Please join us in welcoming another bright star to our 2025-2026 Patient Education Ambassadors Program: Dr. Chinmay Jani! 🌟 Dr. Jani is a Hematology-Oncology Fellow at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System. +

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

A Warm Congratulations to Dr. Faith Abodunrin! We are delighted to recognize Dr. Faith Abodunrin as one of our four rising stars selected for the Patient Education Ambassadors Program for the years 2025 and 2026.

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California Women's Gymnastics @calwgym.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A 3rd place finish on beam and a 6th place finish on floor gives Mya Lauzon two more All-America accolades! 🌟 She graduates a 19x All-American, the most in Cal history! #GoBears | #BeachBears

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

So proud of my step-daughter. Amazing!🤩

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Dr. Karen Yun presenting: How Do You Read a Molecular Testing Report? What are Driver Alterations in Lung Cancer? #TargetedTherapiesInLungCancer #LungCancer #ALK #ROS1 #RET #NTRK #EGFR #BRAF #MET #HER2 #KRAS

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I didn't know Dr. Yun before today, but she raised at UCSD with Drs. Luda Bazhenova & Sandip Patel. She did a great job. Looking forward to seeing her career trajectory.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Several of my favorite people in thoracic oncology featured in this picture.

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Dr. @ChristineBestv1 now presenting: ALK, ROS1 and RET: Pushing the Boundaries of Targeted Therapies #ALK #ROS1 #RET #LungCancer #TargetedTherapies #cancerGRACE

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

#Smoking is associated with #KRAS (~100%) and #BRAF (50%) alterations. • Increases cancers of upper airway, stomach, mouth, tongue, liver, cervix, bladder… • So: Don’t start smoking+

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Q&A session with Drs. @lungoncdoc, @MMarmarelis, @LudaBazhenovaMD, and @IyengarPuneeth Is it better to continue on the same therapy as long as possible? #TargetedTherapiesInLungCancer #LungCancer

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

In a self-indulgent moment, I need to say how incredibly proud I am of my stepdaughter, Mya Lauzon, who is a phenomenal gymnast, (& student, & person) at @calwgym.bsky.social: she won all-around, including a perfect 10 on floor. She is 1st Cal gymnast ever to score 10s in 3 different rotations. 😊🤩

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Great conference. I'm looking forward to seeing folks there!🤠

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Hats became far less common in the mid-60s, before I was on the scene, but I'm happy to be living through time when neckties become superfluous. I was just at another mtg where 90% of the men wore open collars: a good thing. In addition to shirts, men still have socks for colorful self-expression.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

IMO, it would be helpful if safety profiles for phase 3 trials highlighted where there are significant differences between 2 arms (along w/full data of all AEs elsewhere). What do ppl think of a version like this, showing a lower number for one arm & colored arrow to higher number in the other arm?

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

So amazingly proud of my step-daughter, Mya Lauzon, Cal Berkeley gymnast, who's at the top of her game now, in her senior year. First week of the season, second in all-around behind Olympic gymnast Jade Carey, & named ACC gymnast of the week. calbears.com/news/2025/1/...

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Lauzon Named ACC Gymnast Of The Week - California Golden Bears Athletics

Senior Earns 4 Podium Finishes

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Working with Working Memory The first step of internalizing new info is having it retained temporarily & “understood”. Then, some fraction may be retained in long-term memory. But working memory can’t handle >3-4 ideas at once. More overwhelms us, like juggling too many balls at one time. (1/5)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Quite clear. Maybe now that I'm noting them more, I am seeing more examples. I think they're catching on. Would also be a nice way to visualize evolution of acquired resistance mechanisms in pts with EGFRm+ NSCLC, etc. Could illustrate subsequent molecular findings &/or subsequent treatment.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Plussing our figures In oncology, figs like Kaplan-Meier curves, waterfall plots, & swimmer plots are central to how we interpret data. A stated HR or diff in med surv is compelling, but visual impact of a figure can make us feel it viscerally (here, CROWN trial 5-yr EFS). (1/5)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Our slides should not be a teleprompter. Among most common problems of slide presentations is a slide full of text (example of mine here). Why? When we see sentences of text, it’s hard for us to avoid temptation to read it verbatim, & audience reads faster than we speak. (1/8)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

My high school English teacher offered extra credit to any student who brought in a funny Nancy comic. No student ever claimed that prize.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

“Sorry for this busy slide…” We should discuss a common error that many of us, myself included, tend to commit. Too often we see slides contain MANY figures of different types: it’s bewildering. The speaker may apologize, but why make slides we feel compelled to apologize for? (1/6)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I'd encourage patients, caregivers, & even health care professionals to join this free program with a wonderful faculty this coming Saturday morning. This is a terrific annual event, but this year has a ton of new content to provide context for. #LCSM give.cancergrace.org/event/lung-c...

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Lung Cancer ONCTalk December 2024

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

In Praise of Sankey Charts Lest it seem like I'm just going to criticize people's figures & slides, I want to take a moment to salute a beautifully clear, helpful figure called a Sankey chart. It's tailor-made for showing how resources (here, pts) get distributed over time/treatment. (1 of 2)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Point about marketing over data is important, & clinical/academic onc community is also abetting hype way too much, doing too little to underscore need for evidence that ctDNA results can actually improve clinical outcomes. Kudos @n8pennell.bsky.social for trying to redirect the narrative.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Remarkable, gripping article. While some of this seems uniquely awful, aspects like a subset of oncologists cultivating being revered, discouraging outside opinions, & the converging incentive of docs & health care institutions to treat & bill aggressively, are far from rare, in my estimation.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Tables and Tornadoes: The Best Tools for the Job? Tables (sometimes BIG) are among most routinely used tools to show data like baseline characteristics & AEs, while “tornado plots” are a standard figure to display AEs & sometimes other variables. But could we do better, esp for live talks? (1/8)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Pushing Back on Pie Charts Though pie charts are a staple of oncology & especially favored for molecular oncology, they have several problems that make them a poor choice for conveying data clearly. I say this knowing that one like the one here was a cornerstone of my presentations for years. (1/7)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Quite a read: The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... “The standard of care can now be construed as a felony.” 🚨In a survey of hundreds of OB-gyns in TX, 76% report being unable practice according to SOC 🚨21% are considering leaving or have plans to do so 🚨13% retiring early

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The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus

Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Diseases desperate grown By desperate appliance are relieved, Or not at all. Hamlet 4.3 #ShakespeareSunday

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Elaine Schattner @eschattner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

"The social network that was once so key to cancer patient advocacy has become far less useful for me," writes @jfreemandaily.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2024/11/22/t... #OncSky #ptadvocacy

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Why cancer advocates like me are leaving X

“It’s sad to see the era of Twitter cancer communities end,” writes cancer advocate Janet Freeman-Daily.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Flew from Shanghai to Seattle to Lake Tahoe yday to attend #MaTOS24 conference today, where Claudia Henschke kicks off on screening. Great to catch up with so many colleagues, many of whom have been prolific on X but may be thinking about transitioning here. Will try to nudge them along.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Because I'm employed by a company, I'm discouraged from commenting on clinical data here. I'm increasingly interested in data visualization for tables/figs & how we can improve those in onc to maximize clarity & education. I'll add thoughts & welcome feedback on whether this is helpful.

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