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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · 22d

I wouldn’t be alive today if he wouldn’t have been my onc. He gave me hope when I needed it most & treated me as a human 1st, patient 2nd. My only regret is not being able to work w/him @swog.org Hope I’m making you proud, Dr. V. I owe you everything! #VogelzangScholars @supportingswog.bsky.social

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · 22d

Strong showing from #GUonc #patientadvocates @swog.org: Darrell Nakagawa at #S2427 BRIGHT & Joël Pointon at #CCTG-PR.26 kickoff mtgs. Exciting to see new #bladdercancer & #prostatecancer trials open! THANK YOU to SWOG GU Cmte & @supportingswog.bsky.social for including & elevating patient voices!

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · 22d

@swog.org #S2200 is also still accruing!! An important trial since there are so few for #papillaryRCC. Also happy to chat w/ patients considering this for metastatic #papillarykidneycancer. In this limited non-clear cell space, patients deserve more trials like this! #SWOGFall2025

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · 22d

@swog.org #S1931 PROBE is still open & accruing! This will answer a crucial question in our #kidneycancer community: does #nephrectomy improve outcomes when combined w/ immunotherapy? #metastaticRCC #SWOGFall25 Happy to chat with patients considering this trial anytime.

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · 27d

Honored to be giving closing remarks for tomorrow’s @theNCI Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research. Cancer patients everywhere benefit when we come together to discuss & collaborate. #ASGCR25 is the perfect place for this. Registration is still open! bit.ly/46CYFrn

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 30

Will definitely miss you, my friend!! Agreed - thank you for being a trailblazer in having us here!! 🧡

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 30

#ASCO25, I’ve arrived!! @ascocancer.bsky.social Annual Meeting is one I look forward to each year. I’m most proud of the #CancerSurvivor badge esp since this month’s my 9 yr #cancerversary. Grateful to @swog.org @supportingswog.bsky.social for making it possible for me to be here! #patientadvocate

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 30

Being in Phoenix twice in 1 week is 2 times too many for me. But, #ASCO2025 awaits! 🙌 Can’t wait for another great meeting! Also, fellows & early-career #GUonc please feel free to reach out if you want to connect with a #patientadvocate! #oncsky #renalsky

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 4

Vogelzang Symposium & Scholarship programs are a wonderful way of honoring this phenomenal man who helped save my life. It was an honor to be his pt & my only regret is not having the chance to work together @swog.org I can only hope I’m making him proud. Please support @supportingswog.bsky.social!

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 3

Busy morning @swog.org
#GUonc mtg for me & fellow #patientadvocate Darrell Nakagawa. As the #kidneycancer & #bladdercancer #patientadvocates, we’re here representing our fellow pts in #clinicaltrial development. Thanks to @supportingswog.bsky.social
& the GU cmte for empowering & including us!

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 3

SWOG 2210 is open for #prostatecancer patients w/ BRCA1 or BRCA2. Fascinating to see BRCA’s role in other cancers. Hoping we see biomarkers unlock clues in RCC soon. #GUonc #oncsky #cansky

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 3

Thank you, Sid. 🧡🧡🧡

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 3

Great reminder: @swog.org 1931 (PROBE) is open & accruing for #metastaticRCC patients. YES, you can still get a nephrectomy if you need it after randomization. NO, upfront nephrectomy does not automatically lead to better outcomes. This is a great trial for #kidneycancer patients. #oncsky #kidneysky

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · May 2

My mom would be celebrating her 69th birthday today if #kidneycancer & #Bcelllymphoma wouldn’t have taken her from us. So instead of celebrating her birthday with her, I’m at @swog.org Spring Meeting, doing my small part to find better outcomes for patients like us. #SWOGSpring25 #oncsky

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Apr 5

Thanks for the hello, my friend! Yes, next time in person for sure!! 🧡🧡🧡

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 30

Excellent question as always. I think we will only find traction if we come together. How we get there? I think the advocates have to put aside any differences and band together.

Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 29

I am so sorry for your loss & for what you’re going through with your wife & sister. You are not alone in your feelings. This is devastating.

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 29

#kidneycancer #LungCancer #pancreaticcancer & #Glioblastoma = all defunded within CDMRP this year by Pete Hegseth, Sen. McConnell & Rep. Calvert. Cancer is supposed to be nonpartisan. 591,000+ Americans are expected to be diagnosed w/ 1 of these this year. What will we tell them? #oncsky #medsky

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 26

Unfathomable: Mitch McConnell & Ken Calvert have killed the Kidney Cancer Research Program for FY25. We’re going to lose so much progress because of this. I am appalled by this decision. My life was saved by government funded research. How many other #cancerpatients will die because of this? #oncsky

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 15

I have no idea either. Won’t win them any Republican support and will only make their Democratic supporters angry.

Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 15

These senators voted to massively cut one of the largest programs supporting #cancerresearch and #veteranhealth in the US by their vote today.

Primary them all.

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 9

In the IE!! Happy Women’s Day!

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 7

Heading home after another great CDMRP meeting! Incredibly grateful for the opportunity to serve our kidney cancer community, especially our military, through this program& to serve amongst such giants in the field! #oncsky @kidneycan.bsky.social @tiansterzhangmd.bsky.social @wmstadler.bsky.social

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Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 1

Hard to believe this is an oops.

Laura Esfeller @lauraesfeller.bsky.social · Mar 1

Uh…Happy Kidney Cancer Awareness Month, y’all, and is cancer.gov is down for anyone else?!?

Comprehensive Cancer Information

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