Midhun Malla (@mallamidhun) 's Twitter Profile
Midhun Malla

@mallamidhun

GI oncology, clinical and translational researcher

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Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (@alliance_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Alliance researcher Frank Sinicrope, MD Mayo Clinic will present results from Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology A021502/ATOMIC - a trial for patients with stage Ill deficient DNA mismatch repair colon cancer - at the #ASCO25 plenary session. Read more about Alliance at ASCO: bit.ly/AllianceAtASCO #NCI

Alliance researcher <a href="/FASinicropeMD/">Frank Sinicrope, MD</a> <a href="/MayoClinic/">Mayo Clinic</a> will present results from <a href="/ALLIANCE_org/">Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology</a> A021502/ATOMIC - a trial for patients with stage Ill deficient DNA mismatch repair colon cancer - at the #ASCO25 plenary session. Read more about Alliance at ASCO: bit.ly/AllianceAtASCO #NCI
Vincent Rajkumar (@vincentrk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A successful investigator initiated randomized clinical trial is not as easy as it sounds. Many years of work, many barriers to overcome. Time: Idea to Approval: 1-2 years Approval to Opening: 1 year Opening to Accrual: 3-5 years Accrual to Result: 2-5 years Result to

Dr Amol Akhade (@suyogcancer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What if this was a drug ?๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ†• NEJM | June 2025 ๐ŸŽฏ CHALLENGE Trial: Structured exercise after adjuvant chemo in colon cancer ๐Ÿ“ฆ RCT | n=889 | Median FU: 7.9 yrs ๐ŸŸ  3-yr structured aerobic program vs health ed alone ๐Ÿ“ˆ Primary Endpoint: Disease-Free Survival (DFS) ๐Ÿ”น HR 0.72

What if this was  a drug  ?๐Ÿ™‚ 

๐Ÿ†• NEJM | June 2025
๐ŸŽฏ CHALLENGE Trial: Structured exercise after adjuvant chemo in colon cancer
๐Ÿ“ฆ RCT | n=889 | Median FU: 7.9 yrs
๐ŸŸ  3-yr structured aerobic program vs health ed alone
๐Ÿ“ˆ Primary Endpoint: Disease-Free Survival (DFS)
๐Ÿ”น HR 0.72
Arndt Vogel (@arndtvogel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿ”ฅPlenary Discussion of LBA1๐Ÿ”ฅ #ASCO2025 ๐Ÿ‘Excellent disucssion by Myriam Chalabi ๐Ÿ‘‰May neoadjuvant be more effective? ๐Ÿ‘‰Do we need chemotherapy? ESMO - Eur. Oncology

๐Ÿ”ฅPlenary Discussion of LBA1๐Ÿ”ฅ #ASCO2025 
๐Ÿ‘Excellent disucssion by <a href="/MyriamChalabi/">Myriam Chalabi</a>
๐Ÿ‘‰May neoadjuvant be more  effective?
๐Ÿ‘‰Do we need chemotherapy?
<a href="/myESMO/">ESMO - Eur. Oncology</a>
Goutham Sunny (@medoncodoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿ”ฌ Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening: Evolving Landscape ๐Ÿงป๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ“Š CRC = 2nd leading cause of cancer death, 3rd most common globally ๐Ÿ‘๏ธโ€๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ Begins as adenomatous/serrated polyps โ†’ Advanced precursor lesions (APLs) โ†’ invasive cancer ๐ŸŽฏ Goal of screening: Detect early-stage CRC &

๐Ÿ”ฌ Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening: Evolving Landscape ๐Ÿงป๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿงช

๐Ÿ“Š CRC = 2nd leading cause of cancer death, 3rd most common globally
๐Ÿ‘๏ธโ€๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ Begins as adenomatous/serrated polyps โ†’ Advanced precursor lesions (APLs) โ†’ invasive cancer
๐ŸŽฏ Goal of screening: Detect early-stage CRC &amp;
Kohei shitara (@koheishitara) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CLDN18 Expression and Isoform Distribution mainly in GI cancers. Trend of reduced overall CLDN18 expression after chemo with decrease CLDN18.2/18.1 proportion. Need similar analysis of isoform switch after chemo+Zolbe OncoAlert onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/caโ€ฆ

CLDN18 Expression and Isoform Distribution mainly in GI cancers. Trend of reduced overall CLDN18 expression after chemo with decrease CLDN18.2/18.1 proportion. Need similar analysis of isoform switch after chemo+Zolbe <a href="/OncoAlert/">OncoAlert</a>
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/caโ€ฆ
Arndt Vogel (@arndtvogel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Zanidatamab plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for HER2-positive GC/GEJ cancer The Lancet Oncology doi.org/10.1016/S1470-โ€ฆ ๐Ÿ”Žsingle-arm, phs 2 ๐Ÿ‘‰ORR 76ยท2% ๐Ÿ‘‰mPFS 12ยท5 mo ๐Ÿ‘‰mOS 36ยท5 mo ๐ŸงLooks promising, now combo w/ ICI, phs-3 awaited ESMO - Eur. Oncology

Zanidatamab plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for HER2-positive GC/GEJ cancer
<a href="/TheLancetOncol/">The Lancet Oncology</a> 
doi.org/10.1016/S1470-โ€ฆ
๐Ÿ”Žsingle-arm, phs 2 
๐Ÿ‘‰ORR 76ยท2%
๐Ÿ‘‰mPFS 12ยท5 mo
๐Ÿ‘‰mOS 36ยท5 mo
๐ŸงLooks promising, now combo w/ ICI, phs-3 awaited
<a href="/myESMO/">ESMO - Eur. Oncology</a>
Dr Amol Akhade (@suyogcancer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿšจ GI Cancer Mortality to Double by 2050๐Ÿ“Š ESMO GI 2025 shows sharp rise in deaths due to: ๐Ÿ”น Colorectal: +103% ๐Ÿ”น Pancreatic: +100% ๐Ÿ”น Esophageal: +86% ๐Ÿ”น Liver: +81% ๐ŸŒ Biggest increases in Asia & Africa ๐Ÿ’ก Call to action: Early detection, access, equity. Time for GI oncologist

๐Ÿšจ GI Cancer Mortality to Double by 2050๐Ÿ“Š ESMO GI 2025 shows sharp rise in deaths due to:
๐Ÿ”น Colorectal: +103%
๐Ÿ”น Pancreatic: +100%
๐Ÿ”น Esophageal: +86%
๐Ÿ”น Liver: +81%
๐ŸŒ Biggest increases in Asia &amp; Africa
๐Ÿ’ก Call to action: Early detection, access, equity.
Time for GI oncologist
Midhun Malla (@mallamidhun) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great start to #ESMOGI2025 with pancreatic session co-led by Eileen M Oโ€™Reilly with talks covering full breadth of pancreatic cancer management- ranging from surgical approaches, radiation in PDAC by Karyn Goodman, MD, MS oligometastatic and metastatic disease management.

Great start to #ESMOGI2025 with pancreatic session co-led by <a href="/EileenMOReilly/">Eileen M Oโ€™Reilly</a> with talks covering full breadth of pancreatic cancer management- ranging from surgical approaches, radiation in PDAC by <a href="/KarynAGoodman/">Karyn Goodman, MD, MS</a> oligometastatic and metastatic disease management.
Arndt Vogel (@arndtvogel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Invikafusp alfa, a first-in-class TCR-beta chain-targeted bispecific antibody, in anti-PD(L)1-resistant, antigen-rich GI cancers ๐Ÿ”ŽPhase I/II ๐Ÿ‘‰60% MSI CRC ๐Ÿ‘‰ORR: TMB-H GI 23%, TMB-H CRC: 25% ๐Ÿง Interesting activity as monotherapy in subgroup of pretreated pts #ESMOAmbassadors

Invikafusp alfa, a first-in-class TCR-beta chain-targeted bispecific antibody, in anti-PD(L)1-resistant, antigen-rich GI cancers
๐Ÿ”ŽPhase I/II
๐Ÿ‘‰60% MSI CRC
๐Ÿ‘‰ORR: TMB-H GI 23%, TMB-H CRC: 25%
๐Ÿง Interesting activity as monotherapy in subgroup of pretreated pts
#ESMOAmbassadors
Arndt Vogel (@arndtvogel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Safety results for durvalumab and tremelimumab as 1L treatment for HCC with poor prognosis ๐Ÿ”Ž SIERRA phase IIIb ๐Ÿ‘‰short exposure in CB 7/8 ๐Ÿ‘‰ higher PRAE in CP A, VP4 ๐Ÿง no new safety signals, but more efficacy data are needed #ESMOAmbassadors #ESMOGI25 ESMO - Eur. Oncology

Safety results for durvalumab and tremelimumab as 1L treatment for HCC with poor prognosis
๐Ÿ”Ž SIERRA phase IIIb
๐Ÿ‘‰short exposure in CB 7/8
๐Ÿ‘‰ higher PRAE in CP A, VP4
๐Ÿง no new safety signals, but more efficacy data are needed
#ESMOAmbassadors #ESMOGI25 <a href="/myESMO/">ESMO - Eur. Oncology</a>
Aakash Desai, MD, MPH, FASCO (@adesaimd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many congratulations to our UAB O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center super โญ๏ธ Midhun Malla on his work on #TME for patients with CLN18.2 GEJ/gastric cancers, an exciting area for drug development and understanding TME is of paramount importance for this population! ESMO - Eur. Oncology #ESMOGI2025