@oncodocsydney

Medical Oncologist, Clinical Researcher & aspiring oncotourist. Passionate about Evidence Based Medicine & clinical trials. All opinions expressed are my own

 Sydney, New South Wales
sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/katrin.sjoquist.php?apcode=ACADPROFILE300808
Joined April 2013
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Oncology News Update: 'Genomic study of 6000 NCI-MATCH cancer patients leads to new clinical trial benchmarks' has been published on Oncology News Australia - oncologynews.com.au/genomic-… #oncnews
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Our #type1diabetes diabetes trial shows HCL is feasible, acceptable and advantageous.
Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins16 Oct 2020
Six Months of Hybrid Closed-Loop Versus Manual Insulin Delivery With Fingerprick Blood Glucose Monitoring in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial care.diabetesjournals.org/co… Positive glucose + non-glucose results in Australian trial. Equitable access wanted.
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Fantastic thread on what it means (and does not mean) when a #clinicaltrial is stopped early for efficacy #epitwitter @ausyoungoncs
Andrew Althouse@ADAlthousePhD16 Oct 2020
As promised last week, here is a thread to explore and explain some beliefs about interim analyses and efficacy stopping in randomized controlled trials.
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Looking for talented researchers with expertise or interest in clinical trials. Please circulate among your networks.
Sydney Clinical Trials Centre
@TrialsCentre19 Oct 2020
Join our team - Research Fellow in Kidney Health. An Exciting opportunity at @Sydney_Uni @TrialsCentre. You ideally have a PhD & expertise in Nephrology, Cardiology or Endocrinology but all interested should enquire. bit.ly/3j70Urb @jardine_meg @ANZSN
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COVID-friendly faculty meeting for #acord2020 kicking off next week. Excited to see what innovative trials ideas we can help create into full fledged protocols @ACORDISM
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We reported over 100,000 tests yesterday. Highest number to date. Our infection rate remains under 1%. The takeaway? More tests does not equal more cases. And masks work.
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COSA@COSAoncology31 Aug 2020
With great sadness we inform you that our dear friend Prof Martin Tattersall AO passed away yesterday. His achievements & dedication to clinical trials pioneered huge gains in cancer survival & his patient-centred research was world-leading. We send his family our condolences.
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Anna Nowak@perth_meso_dr31 Aug 2020
Vale Martin Tattersall, a giant in Australian #oncology and an inspiration to many.
COSA@COSAoncology31 Aug 2020
With great sadness we inform you that our dear friend Prof Martin Tattersall AO passed away yesterday. His achievements & dedication to clinical trials pioneered huge gains in cancer survival & his patient-centred research was world-leading. We send his family our condolences.
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⁦@TrialsCentre⁩ Lucille Sebastian discusses framework of MoST program. One Challenge is changing trial paradigm for rare cancer #actaconf
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Kristy Robledo@KristyRobledo3 Oct 2019
Anne Kelso from @nhmrc presenting at #ACTAconf - new clinical trials and cohorts grant scheme had 570 trials apply for a total budget sum of over 1 billion dollars. Only 70million is available... Wow! Successful applicants to find out in November #fingerscrossed – at Sydney, New South Wales
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We were involved in 79 active trials in 2018, helping to recruit nearly 3,000 patients. Our staff were authors on 178 journal articles - not bad for a calendar year. Read our annual report bit.ly/2oQ063z @TrialsCentre #clinicaltrials #clinicalresearch
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Congratulations to @TrialsCentre @MKhasraw and the team who presented preliminary VERTU study results #ASCO19
Mustafa Khasraw (find me in BlueSky)@MKhasraw2 Jun 2019
Proud to present the preliminary VERTU study results #ASCO19 @TrialsCentre @braincancer_AU @CCNSWResearch @abbvie thanks to the patients, their families, study sites and investigators
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Can high TMB predict immunotherapy response in MSS mCRC? CO.26 analysis discussed today suggest yes - exciting results and warrants a further study! #ASCO19 @CDNCancerTrials @jonathanloree @BCCancer @HKennecke – at Chicago, IL
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Must-read thread for #ASCO19
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@threadreaderapp3 Jun 2019
Replying to @Prof_IanD
Hello, the unroll you asked for: Thread by @THilalMD: "My only Tweets will be in this thread. I will post a few abstracts of negative trials with and without positive […]" #ASCO19 threadreaderapp.com/thread/1… Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

Thread by @THilalMD: "My only Tweets will be in this thread. I will post a few abstracts of...

Thread by @THilalMD: "My only Tweets will be in this thread. I will post a few abstracts of negative trials with and without positive spin. T do as of June 2019. This is somewhat obvious, but in case...

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Michael Fisch MD MPH@fischmd3 Jun 2019
Three risk factors for ONJ (osteonecrosis of the jaw) with zolendronic acid: 1. short dosing interval 2. dental disease 3. smoking Van Poznak, abst 11502, #ASCO19, #SWOGOnc
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Michael Fisch MD MPH@fischmd3 Jun 2019
Three key components of palliative care (per WHO): 1. Symptom relief 2. Advanced care planning 3. Multidisciplinary care —⁦@maryam_lustberg⁩ #ASCO19 #hpm #pallonc
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RIP, Dr. Henry Lynch. Dr. Lynch passed away today on #CancerSurvivorsDay. His groundbreaking work with the discovery of #LynchSyndrome has lead to countless more #cancer #survivors due to #genetictesting and #screening. #ASCO19 @lynchsyndrome @AliveAndKicknDD @CCAREfightlynch – at Chicago, IL
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Chris Nahm@chris_nahm27 May 2019
Australia has managed to push #pancreaticcancer 5yr survival rates into double digits (8.7 --> 12%). Testament to our quality oncology and surgical services, universal health care system, & researchers around the world. @Kaubo smh.com.au/national/nsw/best…

'Best outcomes in the world': NSW takes big steps to cut cancer deaths

Growing numbers of people are being diagnosed with cancer, but the chances of survival are getting better, the latest Cancer Institute NSW report shows.

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Talal Hilal 🩺@THilalMD3 Jun 2019
My only #ASCO19 Tweets will be in this thread. I will post a few abstracts of negative trials with and without positive spin. Things not to do as of June 2019.
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Dr Darren Saunders@whereisdaz3 Jun 2019
Guidelines for reporting medical research from major Australian news outlets. Great to see a strong statement on this @liammannix @Kaubo 👍 cc @DrJenGunter @CaulfieldTim @bengoldacre smh.com.au/national/age-and-…
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