
Urvi Shah
@urvishahmd
Oncologist and researcher on Myeloma service @mskcancercenter Interested in nutrition 🌱 for cancer and immune therapies. Cancer survivor. Views are my own
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I have been fielding a lot of calls from my #medonc colleagues around availability of #microbiome modulating studies for #kidneycancer at City of Hope (in particular, #CBM588). The following are the two studies we have enrolling currently (limited slots remaining): 1.



Look forward to presenting at the dietary forum - testing diet with the rigor of drug at 5 pm today at #AACR25 AACR with Marcus Goncalves and Jennifer McQuade Come join us for this discussion! Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center MSK Department of Medicine


Congratulations to Saad Z. Usmani MD MBA FACP 🇺🇸🇵🇰 on being recognized by The OncLive.com Giants of Cancer Care program. Currently Chief of Myeloma Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , Dr. Usmani is also a member of The International Myeloma Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board. onclive.com/view/giants-of…


Latest feature out now! 🎉 With insight from Urvi Shah, Janine M. Joseph, Francesca Castro, MS RD CDN, Jens Hillengass, Manni Mohyuddin, & Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme”, we explored the association between dietary patterns & blood cancer risk and how dietary research in cancer is conducted. ➡️ buff.ly/VZj1VzZ


We're pleased to announce the 2025 Oncologic Toxicity Management Symposium Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This year’s program will highlight emerging therapies that are shaping the future of oncology care, along with practical strategies for managing treatment-related toxicities. Learn more


This is great! Kudos Ahmad Abuhelwa Ethan Basch et al on fascinating myeloma work. When comparing PFS & OS in #MMsm RCTs stratified by PROs, the patients with worse baseline physical fxn benefit the most from CD38 mAb inclusion. I often say #lessismore in myeloma - not here!



This may be the most discussed abstract ASCO. Much talk about ivermectin as treatment for cancer, esp on social media. But what are the data? To my knowledge, there are no actual clinical trial data - until now. The New York Times The Wall Street Journal FORTUNE OncoAlert LARVOL


Breaking News: Prothena Corporation has announced that the Phase 3 AFFIRM-AL clinical trial evaluating birtamimab in patients with Mayo Stage IV AL #amyloidosis failed to meet its primary endpoint. Learn more: arci.org/negative-affir…

Ultimate review on Myeloma bone disease! Open access too doi.org/10.1016/j.blre… #mmsm Vincent Rajkumar Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP @urvishahMD Ben Derman Saad Z. Usmani MD MBA FACP 🇺🇸🇵🇰 Luciano J Costa Robert Z. Orlowski Shaji Kumar Anup Joseph Devasia



Excellent work in Leukemia Journal by Arwa Bohra (she/her) Shaji Kumar Vincent Rajkumar Mayo Myeloma: For myeloma #MMsm, 5% CPCs = PCL. But manual smears not always done or reliable. On PB flow, 1.16% CPCs ≈ 5% by PB smear. % CPCs exist on continuum (any are bad), but nice to have cutoff!





