Dan George (@daniel_j_george) 's Twitter Profile
Dan George

@daniel_j_george

MD, FΓ…SCO, Duke Cancer Inst. Director GU Oncology, center Prostate/Urologic Cancers. Husband, dad, swimmer, DukeBBall fan. Tweets=my opinions.

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linkhttps://www.dukecancerinstitute.org/center/center-prostate-and-urologic-cancers calendar_today19-10-2017 15:16:32

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Building team to swim 82k laps 4 Kidney Cancer. BTW "I don't swim" is no excuse. Pat invented "swim running" and wife Judy uses a snorkel. They blow each other kisses between laps! QR code donates $ to Kidney Cancer Association. DM me your # of laps Duke Health DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers

Building team to swim 82k laps 4 <a href="/KidneyCancer/">Kidney Cancer</a>. BTW "I don't swim" is no excuse. Pat invented "swim running" and wife Judy uses a snorkel. They blow each other kisses between laps! QR code donates $ to Kidney Cancer Association. DM me your # of laps <a href="/DukeHealth/">Duke Health</a> <a href="/DukeGUCancer/">DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers</a>
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Check out KillCorporateAmerica blog series @ when/why someone w #kidneycancer benefits from #CytoreductiveNephrectomy. Patient-friendly language as always from KCA blogger & my wife D'Ann George. Thanks @JoseKaram@EricJonasch 4 interviews. #PaulLaudadio for pic of his family Duke Cancer

Check out <a href="/KCA/">KillCorporateAmerica</a> blog series @ when/why someone w #kidneycancer benefits from #CytoreductiveNephrectomy. Patient-friendly language as always from KCA blogger &amp; my wife <a href="/DAnnGeorge1/">D'Ann George</a>.  Thanks @JoseKaram@EricJonasch 4 interviews. #PaulLaudadio for pic of his family
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82K Challenge: swim 8,200 meters each week; raise $8,200. Week 1: 8,200 meters Week 2: 8,975 meters Week 3: 2,750 meters (so far). I am doing the swimming part of the 82k challenge, but I need $6200 more on the fundraising side. Please help if you can.

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Rarely has shaving & raising $ for #prostateCancer and #GUcancers been such silly fun. Thanks to local #firstResponders & #MorrisvilleFiremen who showed up to support @DukeGUcancer at our Beers and Beards for Bros shave off @https://duke.is/bros

Rarely has shaving &amp; raising $ for #prostateCancer and #GUcancers been such silly fun. Thanks to local #firstResponders &amp; #MorrisvilleFiremen who showed up to support @DukeGUcancer at our Beers and Beards for Bros shave off @https://duke.is/bros
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Rarely has shaving & raising $ for research DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers been so fun & meaningful. Thanks to retired #PoliceOfficer & 5 #MorrisvilleFiremen who showed up to support our #Beers&Beards4Bros shave off. #FireFighters have higher rates of lethal #GUcancers @https://duke.is/bros

Rarely has shaving &amp; raising $ for research <a href="/DukeGUCancer/">DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers</a> been so fun &amp; meaningful. Thanks to retired #PoliceOfficer &amp; 5 #MorrisvilleFiremen who showed up to support our #Beers&amp;Beards4Bros shave off. #FireFighters have higher rates of lethal #GUcancers @https://duke.is/bros
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New evidence-based PCF Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines for Black Men in the U.S. recommend that Black men consider PSA screening between ages 40-45, and screen annually depending on PSA levels and health status. πŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ

New evidence-based PCF Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines for Black Men in the U.S. recommend that Black men consider PSA screening between ages 40-45, and screen annually depending on PSA levels and health status.  πŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ
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⁦Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference⁩ with #lancet commission panelists discussing the challenges managing PC inequities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Increasing awareness and screening a key priority.

⁦<a href="/APCCC_Lugano/">Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference</a>⁩ with #lancet commission panelists discussing the challenges managing PC inequities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Increasing awareness and screening a key priority.
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Large UK Biobank study confirmed many heritable gene-cancer associations. Shevach and Hannah Dzimitrowicz McManus explain how the new data underlines that ppl w many cancers types & THEIR FAMILIES should get genetic screening & that we must stop disparities in testing. Duke Cancer Kathleen Cooney

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Susan Halabi and Andrew Armstrong discuss new AR-ctDETECT assay and clinical-genetic prognostic model of OS in men w mCRPC, building on prior clinical models to develop new risk groups that teach us about biology & patient outcomes DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Scott Dehm

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#Panther study shows 3 yr OS 69% for mCRPC Black men treated w Abi + Apalutamide. Dedicated cohort studies by ancestry a must. Noise? Maybe but confirmation studies coming. Johnson & Johnson American Cancer Society #cancerdisparities DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers