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Pauline Funchain
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Melanoma oncology @Stanford. Study hereditary genetics and irAEs. LA explant in SF via Ohio State, NIH/NHGRI, Harbor UCLA, and Cleveland Clinic. Sports fan, geek and mom. APD Hem/Onc fellowship. ASPirE founder, Checkpoint Now. COI http://bit.ly/43UCDOz
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It's Nov 1! #NaMaWriMo and #NaGraWriMo are back! ✍️

In the month of November, challenge yourself and oomfs to write daily to complete a manuscript or grant:

117 words/day = 3500 word manuscript
200 words/day = 12 page R01 Research Strategy

RIP #NaNoWriMo - thank you for the inspo, the 🔥 is alive
a man with his arms outstretched and the words let 's go
ALT: a man with his arms outstretched and the words let 's go
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Hugely impactful work addressing the toughest of diagnoses - leptomeningeal disease. Early trial discontinuation due to significant benefit of proton craniospinal irradiation (pCSI). Kudos to the authors including @drbetofmdphd.bsky.social @stanford-cancer.bsky.social

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Proton craniospinal irradiation significantly improves survival outcomes compared to involved-field radiotherapy for patients with leptomeningeal metastases from non–small cell lung cancer and breast cancer.

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November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Day 25 and 26 #NaGraWriMo: 10 (gra) and 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 465 mins writing 📝

Rounding the bases...3 more pages trimmed ✂️
Day 23 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 440 mins writing 📝

3 weeks down, 1 to go! Challenging myself in the home stretch to cut 1 page per day to make the material fit the grant guidelines 😅🏋️
Day 21 and 22 #NaGraWriMo: 20 (ma) and 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 425 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: This is the first year I've had to double-day post regularly. Reflecting that as feedback (and grace) for exactly how challenging this year has been in comparison to the last 4 yrs I've done this 🕊️
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Day 24 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 465 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: I tend to look at both forest and trees, which is a skill in and of itself but also is time consuming. If #NaMaGraMo has taught me anything, you don't (shouldn't) have to keep doing it the way you always have 🙏
Day 23 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 440 mins writing 📝

3 weeks down, 1 to go! Challenging myself in the home stretch to cut 1 page per day to make the material fit the grant guidelines 😅🏋️
Day 21 and 22 #NaGraWriMo: 20 (ma) and 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 425 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: This is the first year I've had to double-day post regularly. Reflecting that as feedback (and grace) for exactly how challenging this year has been in comparison to the last 4 yrs I've done this 🕊️
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Day 23 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 440 mins writing 📝

3 weeks down, 1 to go! Challenging myself in the home stretch to cut 1 page per day to make the material fit the grant guidelines 😅🏋️
Day 21 and 22 #NaGraWriMo: 20 (ma) and 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 425 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: This is the first year I've had to double-day post regularly. Reflecting that as feedback (and grace) for exactly how challenging this year has been in comparison to the last 4 yrs I've done this 🕊️
Day 19 and 20 #NaGraWriMo: 25 (ma) and 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 390 mins writing 📝

2 more manuscript edits down 🥳

2/3 of November and #NaGraWriMo is in the books! 😅
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Day 21 and 22 #NaGraWriMo: 20 (ma) and 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 425 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: This is the first year I've had to double-day post regularly. Reflecting that as feedback (and grace) for exactly how challenging this year has been in comparison to the last 4 yrs I've done this 🕊️
Day 19 and 20 #NaGraWriMo: 25 (ma) and 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 390 mins writing 📝

2 more manuscript edits down 🥳

2/3 of November and #NaGraWriMo is in the books! 😅
Day 18 #NaGraWriMo: 20 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 350 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: As much as I want edits to take less time as I have more editing years under my belt, they still take a lot of time! On day 3 of what I thought would be 1 day of editing...
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Day 19 and 20 #NaGraWriMo: 25 (ma) and 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 390 mins writing 📝

2 more manuscript edits down 🥳

2/3 of November and #NaGraWriMo is in the books! 😅
Day 18 #NaGraWriMo: 20 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 350 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: As much as I want edits to take less time as I have more editing years under my belt, they still take a lot of time! On day 3 of what I thought would be 1 day of editing...
Day 17 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 330 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Oops transposed a day, so adding that day back to the total. Too tired for math, but not too tired to write! ✍️💪
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Day 18 #NaGraWriMo: 20 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 350 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: As much as I want edits to take less time as I have more editing years under my belt, they still take a lot of time! On day 3 of what I thought would be 1 day of editing...
Day 17 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 330 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Oops transposed a day, so adding that day back to the total. Too tired for math, but not too tired to write! ✍️💪
Day 14 + 15 #NaGraWriMo: 50 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 290 mins writing 📝

Real talk - gave 4 talks in 3 days, followed by a rain soaked @scoutingamerica.bsky.social campout. I'm exhausted, happy, and should NEVER repeat a stretch like that again 🫠

Also HALFWAY DONE 🥳
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Day 17 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 330 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Oops transposed a day, so adding that day back to the total. Too tired for math, but not too tired to write! ✍️💪
Day 14 + 15 #NaGraWriMo: 50 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 290 mins writing 📝

Real talk - gave 4 talks in 3 days, followed by a rain soaked @scoutingamerica.bsky.social campout. I'm exhausted, happy, and should NEVER repeat a stretch like that again 🫠

Also HALFWAY DONE 🥳
Day 13 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 240 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Giving myself enough time to put away crucial pieces of writing (e.g. aims) and come back to them with fresh eyes, and repeating the process multiple times - I've had new thoughts each time #IterationWorks 🏆
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
🚨irAE aficionados - ASPIRE+ IOTOX CME 2026 - hosted by @mdanderson.bsky.social - open for registration! Abstract submission is also open 📝 Register below 👇
mdanderson.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...
2026 IOTOX Symposium: Delivering What Matters - Patient-Centered through IOTOX Translational Science - MDA - Continuing Education (CE)
MDA, 2026 IOTOX Symposium: Delivering What Matters - Patient-Centered through IOTOX Translational Science, 4/24/2026 1:30:00 PM - 4/25/2026 4:00:00 PM, <p>This symposium is designed to create a space ...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Day 14 + 15 #NaGraWriMo: 50 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 290 mins writing 📝

Real talk - gave 4 talks in 3 days, followed by a rain soaked @scoutingamerica.bsky.social campout. I'm exhausted, happy, and should NEVER repeat a stretch like that again 🫠

Also HALFWAY DONE 🥳
Day 13 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 240 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Giving myself enough time to put away crucial pieces of writing (e.g. aims) and come back to them with fresh eyes, and repeating the process multiple times - I've had new thoughts each time #IterationWorks 🏆
Day 12 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 225 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Noise does matter... Tomorrow recommitting to writing before everyone else wakes up 😇
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Good morning Mountain View 🌞 Nothing like starting the day jumping into the great academic debate over surveillance strategies for uveal melanoma. Esp if one of the debaters is an old friend and colleague Arun Singh @clevelandclinic.bsky.social

Whatever it takes to knock out cancer 🥊 #rarediseases
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Amazing night celebrating the inception of the Alan Adler Center for Ophthalmic Oncology and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, the Alan Adler Professor of Ophthalmology @ Byers Eye and @stanford-cancer.bsky.social member 🍾🎊
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Day 14 #NaGraWriMo: 25 (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 265 mins writing 📝

Abstract edits ✅
Manuscript edits 1/2 way…

Two weeks down 🏋️‍♀️
Day 13 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 240 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Giving myself enough time to put away crucial pieces of writing (e.g. aims) and come back to them with fresh eyes, and repeating the process multiple times - I've had new thoughts each time #IterationWorks 🏆
Day 12 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 225 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Noise does matter... Tomorrow recommitting to writing before everyone else wakes up 😇
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Day 13 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 240 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Giving myself enough time to put away crucial pieces of writing (e.g. aims) and come back to them with fresh eyes, and repeating the process multiple times - I've had new thoughts each time #IterationWorks 🏆
Day 12 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 225 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Noise does matter... Tomorrow recommitting to writing before everyone else wakes up 😇
Day 11 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 210 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: consistency is its own skill and reward (inspo from @dodgers.com, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Shohei Ohtani 💙)
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Day 12 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 225 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: Noise does matter... Tomorrow recommitting to writing before everyone else wakes up 😇
Day 11 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 210 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: consistency is its own skill and reward (inspo from @dodgers.com, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Shohei Ohtani 💙)
Day 10 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) + 25 mins (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 195 mins writing 📝

Post vaccine recovery day (Day 9)...learned that sleeping in kills the writing for me. Up early today and punched it out 🌞 #BeginAgain #RealWorldWriting #MondayMotivation
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reposted by Pauline Funchain
Abstract submissions for Spring Scientific are open through Jan. 15, 2026. Don’t miss this opportunity to share your research with your colleagues and fellow immuno-oncology professionals. Learn more about the program and register: https://sitcancer.org/edu/2026-spring-scientific
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Day 11 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 210 mins writing 📝

Today's insight: consistency is its own skill and reward (inspo from @dodgers.com, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Shohei Ohtani 💙)
Day 10 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) + 25 mins (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 195 mins writing 📝

Post vaccine recovery day (Day 9)...learned that sleeping in kills the writing for me. Up early today and punched it out 🌞 #BeginAgain #RealWorldWriting #MondayMotivation
Day 8 #NaGraWriMo: 15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 155 mins writing 📝

Exhausted on a post vaccine day, but committed and completed 👊
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Day 10 #NaGraWriMo: 15 (gra) + 25 mins (ma) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 195 mins writing 📝

Post vaccine recovery day (Day 9)...learned that sleeping in kills the writing for me. Up early today and punched it out 🌞 #BeginAgain #RealWorldWriting #MondayMotivation
Day 8 #NaGraWriMo: 15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 155 mins writing 📝

Exhausted on a post vaccine day, but committed and completed 👊
Day 7 #NaGraWriMo: 15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 140 mins writing 📝

Routine broke yesterday, but as they say in meditation circles, #BeginAgain 🌬️ Back on track! One week down! 💪
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Day 8 #NaGraWriMo: 15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 155 mins writing 📝

Exhausted on a post vaccine day, but committed and completed 👊
Day 7 #NaGraWriMo: 15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 140 mins writing 📝

Routine broke yesterday, but as they say in meditation circles, #BeginAgain 🌬️ Back on track! One week down! 💪
Day 5 & 6 #NaGraWriMo: 15 +15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 125 mins writing 📝

Argh, forgot to post yesterday - living a life that I will appreciate for its fullness... 🙃
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Day 7 #NaGraWriMo: 15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 140 mins writing 📝

Routine broke yesterday, but as they say in meditation circles, #BeginAgain 🌬️ Back on track! One week down! 💪
Day 5 & 6 #NaGraWriMo: 15 +15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 125 mins writing 📝

Argh, forgot to post yesterday - living a life that I will appreciate for its fullness... 🙃
Day 4 #NaGraWriMo: 15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 95 mins writing 📝

#GoVote 🗳️
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Day 5 & 6 #NaGraWriMo: 15 +15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 125 mins writing 📝

Argh, forgot to post yesterday - living a life that I will appreciate for its fullness... 🙃
Day 4 #NaGraWriMo: 15 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 95 mins writing 📝

#GoVote 🗳️
Day 3 #NaGraWriMo: 20 mins (gra) ✅

Nov 2025 total: 80 mins writing 📝
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Is this explosive growth in publications good for science: Fabulous questions posed and thoughtful summary on the state of publications today by @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social editor in chief @jama.com

Medicine Grand Rounds @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨 irAE aficionados! This Friday! @aspire-cop.bsky.social is at @sitcancer.bsky.social 🥳

⏱️4-6p
📍Chesapeake Rm 2-3

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November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
AI in Clinical Science - amazing data being presented today by @jason-fries.bsky.social Sylvia Plevritis @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social @akshay-chaudhari.bsky.social but still feel like we are just barely cracking the egg in this field. So impatient for the omelette…!

@stanford-cancer.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM