#ASCO18 Twitter Highlights June 1 & 2, 2018

What does the first weekend in June mean for oncologists and cancer researchers throughout the world? It means it is time for the  ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago. I was not able to attend the ASCO Annual Meeting in person this year so I am following the tweets my friends who are attending are sharing.  I was able to take part in a Guideline meeting held at the Meeting on Saturday afterbiib via Webex. So I was there in a sense.
As i the past I will be following the meeting via tweets by doctors , researchers and advocates who are attending. It is not as much fun or exhausting as being there in person but it allows me to keep up to date on the latest results. I'll share the Tweets I found most interesting in the next few blog posts.

I also have been getting e-mail updates from ASCO regarding breaking news and important topics from the meeting. Below the tweets you will find some articles from the ASCO Daily News and ASCO Post that you may find of interest.

First the Tweets:

MATCH TRIAL

MATCH trial results at #ASCO18: sobering reality of precision guided trial enrollment—not always a home run. pic.twitter.com/Pt0XkHSXGj

— Michael Fisch (@fischmd) June 1, 2018

Lynch Syndrome:

Lynch syndrome is common among patient with MSI-high tumors. Via @ASCOPost #ASC018 https://t.co/lJdGKBXvqU pic.twitter.com/bm7JeSxZ7z

— Dr Muin J. Khoury (@MuinJKhoury) June 2, 2018

A genomic study of more than 15,000 #tumor samples presented at #ASCO18 showed that people w/ tumors w/ MSI-H are more likely to have #LynchSyndrome & thus have an increased risk of developing certain types of #cancer . More @ASCOPost https://t.co/lrr0adtMU6 pic.twitter.com/cYQb1yjpKY

— Gil Morgan (@weoncologists) June 2, 2018

Survivorship

Excited to share our survivorship research at #ASCO2018, now published in @JAMAOnc. @AnilSoodMD @MDAndersonNews https://t.co/C0ua5g6rQ4

— Dr. Robert Dood (@DrRobDood) June 2, 2018

Endometrial Cancer

Important finding regarding the importance of weight and #cancer development - High BMI OR gaining large amounts of weight can increase risk of obesity-related cancers like #endometrialcancer #breastcancer #kidneycancer #gyncsm #ASCO18

— Shannon Westin (@ShannonWestin) June 1, 2018

#lcsm #gyncsm #hancsm #asco18 https://t.co/tgyvCJN979

— Danielle Pardue (@Actorielle) June 1, 2018

Clinical Trial Participation:

This highlights one of the many frustrating reasons why clinicians often cannot enroll their patients in #clinicaltrials despite trying, and wanting to! Eligibility criteria need to be more thoughtful, rather than reflexive, standard, or automatic #ASCO18
https://t.co/AL3lbQlmKp

— Thomas LeBlanc, MD (@tomleblancMD) June 2, 2018

ASCO POST or DAILY News Articles:

Lynch Syndrome:
www.ascopost.com/News/58898

Patient Communication:
https://am.asco.org/addressing-patient-communication-challenges

Patient Survivorship Care:
https://am.asco.org/patients-moderate-severe-anxiety-or-depression-symptoms-recognizing-assessing-referring-and

IMPACT Trial :
http://www.ascopost.com/News/58897?email=865aa94a58f0b27b9edd2aa71d80e9a99b924971f7ce90316a0d742b2e9c9b1c

Patient Education and Quality of Care:
https://am.asco.org/patient-education-essential-element-quality-cancer-care
Economics and Value Discussion:
https://am.asco.org/bringing-economics-back-value-discussions

I'm looking forward to the next few days when there will be a greater emphasis on Gynecologic Cancers.

Dee
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