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Katherine Van Loon

@kvanloonmd.bsky.social
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Professor & GI Oncologist @UCSFCancer | Editor-in-Chief @JCOGO_ASCO | Researcher, mentor, advocate for global cancer 🌍 | Proud mama 👫❤️ | Views are my own.

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Dr. Van Loon @kvanloonmd.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social spoke to @ktvufox2.bsky.social about an alarming new study giving clues that dietary patterns may be linked to the rise in colorectal cancer among younger people www.ktvu.com/news/new-stu... #ColorectalCancer
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New study links ultra-processed foods to rising colon cancer risk among young adults
Ultra-processed items include boxed soups, frozen meals and products with long shelf lives — foods many Americans grew up eating in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
On #WorldCancerResearchDay, we affirm that cancer research needs us all. Announcing our 2025-2026 @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Global Cancer Program Fellows, joining us from Tanzania, Rwanda, and Vietnam #WCRD2025 #CancerResearchNeedsUsAll #UCSFGlobalCancerProgram
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Mwajuma Jumbe, MD, MMED, is a Women's Imaging Super-specialist at Muhimbili National Hospital and serves as an honorary lecturer at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). She…
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Katherine Van Loon @kvanloonmd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
💡Check out this IAEA update on radiotherapy resources in Central Asia. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... @jco-asco.bsky.social @iaeaorg.bsky.social
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Radiotherapy Resources in Central Asia: An International Atomic Energy Agency Update | JCO Global Oncology
PURPOSERadiation therapy is crucial in cancer treatment. However, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), face ...
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Katherine Van Loon @kvanloonmd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
👋🏻. Haply to be here to represent #JCOGO, the premier online, open-access journal focused on cancer care and research in resource-constrained settings around the 🌏.
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