Our amazing fellows Vanderbilt Hem / Onc Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt GME Ronak H. Mistry, DO Vivek Patel, MD Megan Murray Dupuis, MD, PhD Kathy Walsh, MD, MAEd

One of the best parts of ASCO is seeing my Duke family!! Duke IM Residency Dr. AimeeZaasDukeIMPD Ryan Huey, MD, MS @MissMeganEl Amy Little Jones, MD and Emily Ray! (And so many others!! Where you at Jason Zhu Kedar Kirtane, MD and Christine Bestvina??)

Great to see my msk fam tonight, Andrea Cercek ILSON David Megan Greally Allison Betof, MD, PhD Michael Offin Marjorie zauderer. ❤️

Congratulations to Vivek Patel, MD (fellow) and Rajiv Agarwal MD (faculty) for winning the @VUMCHemOnc Teaching Awards, both for the 2nd year in a row at @VUMC_Medicine Grand Rounds today.

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Really important work JNCI Common Sense Oncology ➡️Prolongation of time to progression not valued univerally ➡️Treatments that impact negatively on QoL not preferred by most patients for PFS gains alone academic.oup.com/jnci/article/d…

Changing language of serious illness: Replace “Your mother NEEDS to be intubated” with “Your mother’s breathing is getting worse. Can we talk about what this means and what to do next?”. via @jackykruser Justin Clapp and Bob Arnold jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Activated nationally as of this AM ! #EA2222 Michael Lidsky, MD, FACS Duke Health ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group @NCICTEP_ClinRes Chemo +/- HAI for 1st line mCRC = The PUMP Trial | #NCT05863195 #CancerResearch #cancer #crcsm #colorectal #cancer @VUMCHemOnc @VUMC_Cancer Vanderbilt University Medical Center @shakermd12 #HAI

Anna-Carson Rimer Uhelski shares feasibility of #palliativecare for patients participating in phase I cancer clinical trials in this Special Edition of Current Problems in Cancer & CPC: Case Reports with Margaret Wheless, MD Rajiv Agarwal MD @JasAWebb Kristina B. Newport #palonc #hapc #cancerresearch sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I want to emphasize the early integration of palliative care. Research indicates it significantly improves QoL & well-being, and some studies suggest potentially extending survival. Patients on the road to cure need palliation of symptoms just as much as those w more adv. cancer.

Improving symptom palliation in pancreas cancer critical. Great presentation by Dr. Chiorean. Wanted to add celiac SBRT as option – multiple studies showing high efficacy rates w 25 Gy x 1 (Yaacov Lawrence) or 8 Gy x 3 (PAINPANC trial) Also now in 2024 NCCN guidelines! #ASCO24

Most people I care for inpatient can’t be cured. Beautiful words by ⁦Sunita_Puri⁩: “Choose your words carefully. Someday you’ll be on the other side of the conversation, and you’ll want that person to choose their words carefully.” ⁦ASCO ⁦UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Ctr⁩ #ASCO24

It was such an honor to chair this panel at ASCO and to emphasize that respecting our humanity as oncologists and doctors in general means understanding the difference between cure and care, to understand our suffering alongside that of our patients.

🔥Smitha Krishnamurthi reviewing QoL considerations in the care of patients with rectal cancer. One of the best talks I’ve ever heard on this topic! Absolutely brilliant and hit the 🎯 perfectly! 👏🏼👏🏼 #ASCO24 #crc

Excellent presentation and discussion today @VUMC_Cancer #APP #GrandRounds with the Supportive Oncology & Palliative Care Team #SPOC discussing utilization of buprenorphine for cancer pain management! @VUMCHemOnc @VUMC_OAP Rajiv Agarwal MD Karen Hande