
David DeGraff
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Cancer biologist and recovering PI. Views are my own. RT does not equal endorsements.
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11-08-2018 15:15:56
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Some thoughts this evening regarding former President Biden‘s diagnosis and basics of #PCa screening. PBS News Penn State Health Amer. Urol. Assn. Penn State Urology pbs.org/newshour/show/…


Just in The Lancet Oncology The PROs from the EV-302 trial, which led to the global approval of 1L EV+pembro in mUC 👉EV+P led to clinically meaningful pain relief, esp. in pts with moderate-severe baseline pain 👉EV+P led to better EORTC QLQ-C30 functioning and QoL improvements


Special thanks to clinical research teams at our site Cleveland Clinic MD & all sites 🌏 for their diligence in ensuring compliance with PROs & data entry. Amanda Nizam, MD Christopher Wee, MD Moshe Ornstein MD Tim Gilligan Case Comp Cancer Ctr

1/ On my final day as Chair of the Office of Education for Amer. Urol. Assn., a brief thread of reflections… 🧵


Great, unbiased, discussion with Jonathan Rosenberg MD Petros Grivas on ctDNA in #BladderCancer – promising, but not practice-changing yet. – ctDNA is prognostic, not yet predictive – Avoid overinterpreting current data – Use selectively in clinical “gray zones” – Enroll patients in

Bittersweet evening to celebrate the career and legacy of Guido Dalbagni a legend in the field of bladder cancer. We wish you luck in your next chapter! Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center


🔎 Dr. Bishoy M. Faltas gives an overview of the #CLONEVO study, which is the first window-of-opportunity trial of a CDK4/6 inhibitor—abemaciclib—in muscle-invasive #bladdercancer: buff.ly/xNdrNug

Had so much fun discussing updates in #BladderCancer with community oncologist along with colleagues Oncology Brothers Drs. Rahul & Rohit Gosain and #GU colleagues Drs. Asha Tipirneni & Sindhuja Kadambi at the Upstate Cancer Symposium in Buffalo #endcancer



LIVE DAY 2 #GUARDSymposium2025 Our OncoAlert 🚨Faculty Tom Powles 🇬🇧Discusses: How to treat Advanced #BladderCancer patients after progression to Enfortumab-Pembrolizumab? Tom Powles Syed A Hussain Matt Galsky Andrea Necchi Félix Guerrero-Ramos Mario AlvarezMaestro Urbano Anido


Honored to be nominated to the Executive Committee of the Society for Basic Urologic Research Society for Basic Urologic Research | SBUR! If elected, I’ll work to expand the society’s scientific scope, enhance mentorship pathways, and foster collaborations that empower the next generation of investigators.



Congratulations to Ali Aminsharifi, MD, Sri Saran Manivasagam, & Jay Raman on your most recent article publication on PubMed! Article Link: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40551661/


I'm excited to start at UChicagoCancerCenter as chair of the Ben May Dept for Cancer Research and the Ludwig Cancer of UChicago! Things are moving already & we launched a faculty search for tumor microenvironment--take a look & apply! apply.interfolio.com/169039


Treatment approaches for node-positive locally advanced #BladderCancer. Surgery or systemic therapy? Shilpa Gupta Cleveland Clinic & Félix Guerrero-Ramos Department of Urology, Hospital 12 De Octubre join Ashish M. Kamat, MD, MBBS MD Anderson Cancer Center to debate: 🧬 EV+pembro as new SOC? 🧠 Multidisciplinary strategy? 🔪 Is radical