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OncoDaily @oncodaily.bsky.social · Jun 25

Empowering Oncologists: How far can purpose and passion take you in cancer care?
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#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews #EmpoweringOncologists

Empowering Oncologists: How far can purpose and passion take you in cancer care? - OncoDaily

Empowering Oncologists: How far can purpose and passion take you in cancer care? / cancer, Empowering Oncologists, Jasmine Kamboj, OncoDaily, Oncology, Toni

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute @danafarber.bsky.social · Jun 5

In 2023, the @fda.gov approved belzutifan for certain kidney cancers –– thanks to years of work led by Nobel Prize recipient William G. Kaelin Jr., MD. Now, @drchoueiri.bsky.social, director of our Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, and team are working to expand its clinical use.

Chain Reaction: The Belzutifan Journey | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Basic science discoveries made by Dana-Farber's William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, and his colleagues are propelling powerful new therapies for kidney cancer.

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute @danafarber.bsky.social · Jun 1

@drchoueiri.bsky.social‬ discusses promising results from the phase 1 ARC-20 study, exploring the combination of Casdatifan and cabozantinib in patients with previously treated clear cell renal cell carcinoma. #ASCO25

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · May 14

1 week left to support @danafarber.bsky.social & Gronk Nation Youth Foundation! Help us finish strong + take on @RobGronkowski!

🎟️ $187+ = ticket to the event
🏈 $100+ = chance to win signed Gronk football
👀 Gronk, Edelman, Ninkovich, Chung
📅 Deadline: May 20

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Support Kancer Killers - Pickleball for a Purpose 2025

We're excited to join this incredible initiative! This organization's mission is very important to us and we're proud to help them make a difference. Please support us by giving to our page. Every dol...

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · May 11

“I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood." - Happy Mothers day mom and all the mothers in the world ! #HappyMothersDay2025

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Dana-Farber News @danafarbernews.bsky.social · Apr 30

We’re getting ready to wrap up #AACR25 today, but not before once again congratulating @danafarbernews.bsky.social’s Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD, FAACR, @drchoueiri.bsky.social and Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD, for receiving @theaacr.bsky.social 2025 Scientific Achievement Awards. bit.ly/4j7m8om

#AACR25 2025 Scientific Achievement Awards

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you @theaacr.bsky.social for the Waun Ki Hong Award!

My talk will be addressing Precision Medicine in Renal Cell Carcinoma. See you in Chicago!

cc: @danafarber.bsky.social

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Apr 19

Our own @danafarber.bsky.social Dr. @NarjustFlorezMD is running for @iaslc.bsky.social Board. Let us support NJ! @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you @theaacr.bsky.social for this honor !

Dana-Farber News @danafarbernews.bsky.social · Apr 14

Congratulations to @danafarbernews.bsky.social’s Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD, FAACR, @drchoueiri.bsky.social, and Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD, recipients of @theaacr.bsky.social 2025 Scientific Achievement Awards. bit.ly/4j7m8om

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute @danafarber.bsky.social · Apr 11

“Our focused efforts are yielding results that are helping patients today and guiding our research towards more advances in the future,” says @drchoueiri.bsky.social. Learn about the research advancements our Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology has made this past year.

A Year of Advances in Genitourinary Cancer

Published: February 6, 2025Written by: Beth DoughertyMedically Reviewed By: Atish Choudhury, MD, PhD, Toni Choueiri, MD, and Mark Pomerantz, MDDana-Farber’s genitourinary cancer team is devoted to res...

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Gustave Roussy 🏥 @gustaveroussy.fr · Apr 11

💬 Transatlantic Exchange : interview croisée du Dr @drchoueiri.bsky.social & du Pr Karim Fizazi.

Le 19 mars s’est tenue à Paris la 4e édition des Transatlantic Exchanges, une journée scientifique co-organisée par @gustaveroussy.fr et le @danafarber.bsky.social.

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Apr 5

“It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home”—Rumi, 13th century

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Apr 2

Another year, another #pickeball tournament with our good friend Rob Gronkowski #DaGronk to benefit our Research and Gronk Nation Youth Foundation. Join me and
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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Apr 1

This weekend, thanks to the support of the @redsox.com, @danafarber.bsky.social & @thejimmyfund.bsky.social gathered @fenwaypark.bsky.social to celebrate the impact of our Campaign. We celebrated our donors who help us defy Cancer together !

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute @danafarber.bsky.social · Mar 20

Yesterday, @drchoueiri.bsky.social and Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, kicked off The Fourth Transatlantic Exchange in Oncology: Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Meets Oncology. Learn more about the collaborative event with @gustaveroussy.fr: bit.ly/42fC69Z

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thank you @TownofWestwood and Lenny Strauss for highlighting our @PanMass journey the past several years, both @mvmombo and I. We are committed @DanaFarber to end Cancer!

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Our @CowbellTeam Link for donations to cure Cancer: teammorecowbell.com/

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Mar 11

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Arvinas and Pfizer Announce Positive Topline Results from Phase 3 VERITAC-2 Clinical Trial

– VERITAC-2 achieved its primary endpoint in the estrogen receptor 1-mutant population, demonstrating statistically significant and clinically meaningful...

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women’s day to the wonderful GU Oncology Women’s @danafarber.bsky.social (front row)

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our new paper in JITC with a group of fine international friends, mentees and colleagues about immunotherapy in patients with cardiac metastasis.

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Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint therapy for the treatment of patients with cardiac metastasis: a multicenter international retrospective study

Background Data on the safety profiles and clinical outcomes of patients with solid tumors and cardiac metastasis treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are limited. Methods This is an inte...

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ACIR @acir-org.bsky.social · Feb 19

Promising results: Adjuvant neoantigen vaccination prevents recurrence of kidney cancer bit.ly/3EUpSKG @danafarber.bsky.social @braunmdphd.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social @drchoueiri.bsky.social

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Feb 16

#GU25 was an outstanding @ascocancer.bsky.social meeting: catching up with friends/ colleagues, watching mentees grow, learn up-to-date GU cancers management, and presenting a new HIF-2 inhibitor (casdatifan) data. Energized! The future is bright!

@danafarber.bsky.social @jrgralow.bsky.social

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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · Feb 15

Great @ascocancer.bsky.social #GU25 catching up with many friends ! @jrgralow.bsky.social

Julie Gralow @jrgralow.bsky.social · Feb 15

Fun catching up with my GU friends and colleagues at #GU25 @ascocancer.bsky.social @drchoueiri.bsky.social @crisbergerot.bsky.social

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Cris Bergerot, PhD @crisbergerot.bsky.social · Feb 15

Updated results from the phase 2 LITESPARK-003 study on belzutifan + cabozantinib in advanced ccRCC patients! 📊💡 Key insights into combination therapy and improved outcomes @ascocancer.bsky.social #GU25 @drchoueiri.bsky.social

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Cris Bergerot, PhD @crisbergerot.bsky.social · Feb 15

Great to have @drchoueiri.bsky.social stop by our poster @ascocancer.bsky.social #GU25! Appreciate the insightful discussion and your time.

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Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social · Feb 15

A customized kidney cancer vaccine made from patients’ tumors looked promising in a small study, @drchoueiri.bsky.social et al report in @nature.com. None of the 9 treated people experienced recurrence. Larger trial of mRNA vaccine underway.
www.cancerhealth.com/article/pers...

Personalized Vaccine May Help Prevent Kidney Cancer Recurrence

None of the nine patients who received the vaccine after surgery experienced recurrence over three years.

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