In an interview w #ASCODailyNews, Sabha Ganai MD PhD MPH FACS FSSO 🐲🇵🇸 discusses several presentations from #ASCO21 that detail research attempting to address disparities in #cancercare ➡️ fal.cn/3gaR6 #healthequity #healthdisparities

NC leads against Juul. Josh Stein, attorney general, brought the case against the E-Cig maker that targets teens. $40M settlement is first in US.

what a great webinar !

My memories of my first month of internship in NYC are so vivid. The HIV ward, the Tagalog of night nurses, the endless paracentesis kits, the downward gaze of cryptococcal meningitis, the bat-wings of PCP Xrays in children. As well as things I couldn't see as clearly then. 1/

The shameful reality of global health With this dismal level of #COVID19 vaccine access, how can the African continent face the devastating Delta variant?

The 1st #LACCancerCode experts' meeting takes place this week! Lifestyle experts from Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala, etc. discuss diet, physical activity, tobacco & alcohol. Building up the IARC #cancercode for Latin America & the Caribbean in collab with PAHO/WHO

The Best African Showcase of cancer studies ever! Don’t miss it

Impact of HIV infection on overall survival among women with stage IV breast cancer in South Africa pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34125339/

Excited to finally have this analysis published! #globaloncology #coloncancer #southafrica “Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer in South African Public Hospitals” ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.120…

Just published in The Lancet Reg Health-Americas with Scott Berry Dr. Fabio Moraes and Laura Carson from Queen’s Global Oncology Program . We argue that conducting trials of me-too cancer drugs in LMICs without ensuring access , just to get the drugs approved in HICs is unethical. thelancet.com/journals/lanam…

Couldn’t agree more with this commentary published The Lancet - doing my best to raise awareness about inferior control arms during fellow conferences Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center #globaloncology #LMIC #clinicaltrial #controlarm

Thank you very much Craig Underhill for your comments today at #NZSO2021. Here are the two slides:

Excited to share our effort in fighting #earlyonsetcolorectalcancer 💙@YoannaPumpalovaMD Joel Gabre Anil K. Rustgi Columbia Colorectal Surgery Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Columbia University Columbia Surgery Columbia Surgery Residency Columbia WINGS David M. Schwartzberg, MD Joseph Riad ASCRS_1 cuimc.columbia.edu/news/columbia-…

Why is colon cancer on the rise among healthy young people? Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center's Drs. Joel Gabre, Yoanna Pumpalova, and Beatrice Dionigi MD,FACS,FACRS are hopeful that a major research project they’ve launched will help solve the mystery. columbiamed.link/48Yfrzg

A national rise in #colorectalcancer is causing #ColumbiaMed researchers to wonder: Why? A healthy 40-year-old may not think of cancer when they have a change in bowel habits, but prevention is always best. Get a colorectal cancer test to be safe. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uHaaM8…

Why has the incidence of colon cancer been rising among healthy young people? It’s one of the biggest mysteries in oncology today that Drs. Joel Gabre , @YoannaPumpalovaMD and Beatrice Dionigi MD,FACS,FACRS are hoping to solve in their research. cuimc.columbia.edu/news/columbia-…