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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · May 6

Please join us in welcoming another bright star to our 2025-2026 Patient Education Ambassadors Program: Dr. Chinmay Jani! 🌟

Dr. Jani is a Hematology-Oncology Fellow at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System. +

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · Apr 30

A Warm Congratulations to Dr. Faith Abodunrin!

We are delighted to recognize Dr. Faith Abodunrin as one of our four rising stars selected for the Patient Education Ambassadors Program for the years 2025 and 2026.

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California Women's Gymnastics @calwgym.bsky.social · Apr 19

A 3rd place finish on beam and a 6th place finish on floor gives Mya Lauzon two more All-America accolades! 🌟

She graduates a 19x All-American, the most in Cal history!

#GoBears | #BeachBears

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Apr 18

That's third at NCAA Nationals!

California Women's Gymnastics @calwgym.bsky.social · Apr 18

One last piece of hardware for one of greatest gymnasts to ever don a Cal leo! 🥉

Thank you, Mya. 💙💛

#GoBears | #OneDayBetter

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Apr 18

So proud of my step-daughter. Amazing!🤩

California Women's Gymnastics @calwgym.bsky.social · Apr 18

One last piece of hardware for one of greatest gymnasts to ever don a Cal leo! 🥉

Thank you, Mya. 💙💛

#GoBears | #OneDayBetter

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · Mar 15

Dr. Karen Yun presenting: How Do You Read a Molecular Testing Report?

What are Driver Alterations in Lung Cancer?

#TargetedTherapiesInLungCancer #LungCancer #ALK #ROS1 #RET #NTRK #EGFR #BRAF #MET #HER2 #KRAS

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Mar 15

That was supposed to be "trained", not "raised".

How sad that I find myself wishing for features of the other platform, where you can edit your post in the first hour.😩

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Mar 15

I didn't know Dr. Yun before today, but she raised at UCSD with Drs. Luda Bazhenova & Sandip Patel.

She did a great job. Looking forward to seeing her career trajectory.

cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · Mar 15

Dr. Karen Yun presenting: How Do You Read a Molecular Testing Report?

What are Driver Alterations in Lung Cancer?

#TargetedTherapiesInLungCancer #LungCancer #ALK #ROS1 #RET #NTRK #EGFR #BRAF #MET #HER2 #KRAS

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Mar 15

Several of my favorite people in thoracic oncology featured in this picture.

cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · Mar 15

Q&A session with Drs. @lungoncdoc, @MMarmarelis, @LudaBazhenovaMD, and @IyengarPuneeth

Is it better to continue on the same therapy as long as possible?

#TargetedTherapiesInLungCancer #LungCancer

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · Mar 15

Dr. @ChristineBestv1 now presenting: ALK, ROS1 and RET: Pushing the Boundaries of Targeted Therapies

#ALK #ROS1 #RET #LungCancer #TargetedTherapies #cancerGRACE

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · Mar 15

#Smoking is associated with #KRAS (~100%) and #BRAF (50%) alterations.

• Increases cancers of upper airway, stomach, mouth, tongue, liver, cervix, bladder…

• So: Don’t start smoking+

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cancergrace @cancergrace.bsky.social · Mar 15

Q&A session with Drs. @lungoncdoc, @MMarmarelis, @LudaBazhenovaMD, and @IyengarPuneeth

Is it better to continue on the same therapy as long as possible?

#TargetedTherapiesInLungCancer #LungCancer

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Feb 10

In a self-indulgent moment, I need to say how incredibly proud I am of my stepdaughter, Mya Lauzon, who is a phenomenal gymnast, (& student, & person) at @calwgym.bsky.social: she won all-around, including a perfect 10 on floor. She is 1st Cal gymnast ever to score 10s in 3 different rotations. 😊🤩

Avinash @avinashkunnath.bsky.social · Feb 8

MYA LAUZON FINISHES THE NIGHT OF HER LIFE AND CLINCHES THE BIG MEET FOR CAL WITH A PERFECT TEN ON FLOOR TO BEAT STANFORD GO BEARS FOREVER 💙💛🐻

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 18

Great conference. I'm looking forward to seeing folks there!🤠

Stephen Liu @stephenvliu.bsky.social · Jan 18

Register now to join my co-chair Dr. Tina Cascone & me on April 10-12, 2025 at Austin City Limits for #TexasLung25 - a 2d #CME conference with > 80 lung cancer experts discussing current standards of care. Something for everyone: oncologists, trainees, nurses, pharmacists!

thetlcconference.com

A banner showing #TexasLung25 co-chairs, Drs. Tina Cascone and Stephen Liu. The Texas Lung Cancer Conference is April 10-12 at the Historic Austin City Limits in Austin, TX.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 18

Hats became far less common in the mid-60s, before I was on the scene, but I'm happy to be living through time when neckties become superfluous. I was just at another mtg where 90% of the men wore open collars: a good thing.

In addition to shirts, men still have socks for colorful self-expression.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 10

Totally agree that it would be helpful to have more of an "area under the curve" approach to adverse events...but we would need to change how the clin research world collects, analyzes, and reports AE data. After that, we could address how to present those data.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 9

It may take some getting used to, but I think it would be clear & distill to just what a clinician (or pt) would care about. An alternative could be to just have bar graphs show same info. Do folks like this kind of called out subset of AEs? Is one format easier (both showing same data)?

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 9

IMO, it would be helpful if safety profiles for phase 3 trials highlighted where there are significant differences between 2 arms (along w/full data of all AEs elsewhere). What do ppl think of a version like this, showing a lower number for one arm & colored arrow to higher number in the other arm?

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 8

She is really something. My gift to her is that I provided none of her genes.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 8

So amazingly proud of my step-daughter, Mya Lauzon, Cal Berkeley gymnast, who's at the top of her game now, in her senior year.

First week of the season, second in all-around behind Olympic gymnast Jade Carey, & named ACC gymnast of the week.

calbears.com/news/2025/1/...

Lauzon Named ACC Gymnast Of The Week - California Golden Bears Athletics

Senior Earns 4 Podium Finishes

calbears.com

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 7

I really liked this book but just read the biography of Thomas Mutter (in anticipation of visiting his namesake museum in Philadelphia in a few months). That book provides a rich enough historical context that I want to re-read The Facemaker now.

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 6

Finally, today w/streaming videos (Netflix, etc.), we see a multi-episode series tell a story over 1-10 hrs rather than fitting all narratives into a 90-120 min movie. Great!

We should step back & reflect on time needed to best convey med/sci data & retain messages well: less is more! (5/5)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 6

Even if tasked w/50 min live talk, audience will stay engaged better if it is broken into sections of 10 min or less, w/few points in each. In between, interactive Q or a clinical case can transition to new section; also, a case serves as a STORY. Our brains are ready-made to encode stories. (4/5)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 6

To maximize internalization of our messages, ideally we’d break it up into mentally digestible pieces of 10 min or less (“chunking”).

When programs can be made into pre-recorded videos, I’d favor breaking 45 min of content into a series of ~5 or more shorter pieces. (3/5)

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Jack West, MD, FASCO @jackwestmd.bsky.social · Jan 6

The idea of an attention span being fixed at 7 or 9 min (or being conditioned to <2 min by TikTok) is an oversimplified myth. It depends on how engaging data are & how easy or hard to incorporate into audience understanding. But it’s usually <10 min, not a 50 min lecture. (2/5)

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