Rita Nanda
@RitaNandaMD
Director of Breast Oncology @UChicagoMed. Specializing in TNBC, immunotherapy, MBC, and clinical trials. Tweets are my own.
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Just launched: Cancer Luminaries, a podcast discussing the past, present and future of cancer research in honor of our 50 yrs of NCI designation. Our first two episodes feature Todd Golub and Otis Brawley. ow.ly/xw9f50RpgtL #UChiCancer50 Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Broad Institute
This week we lost swaggsheila, a fierce advocate for the entire metastatic community. To know her was to love her: her smile lit up the room, and her positivity was felt throughout. Sheila was a GRASP mentor since our first in-person at SABCS2019, and her loss is felt deeply.
SNEAK PEEK 👀 Get a behind-the-scenes preview of the brand-new UChicago Medicine Crown Point multispecialty care center, which opens April 29. Dr. Blase Polite, physician-in-chief of Northwest Indiana, shares what this means for cancer patients that live in the community.
In a Review now online, Nicole Kuderer, MD, MS, FASCO 🌎🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦🌏, Aakash Desai, MD, MPH, Maryam Lustberg MD MPH and Gary Lyman 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦💛💙 explain the most common acute toxicities in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy and discuss management options: nature.com/articles/s4157…
The OXEL trial, led by Filipa Lynce, MD, FASCO, is out on Nature Communications. Among 45 pts with residual TNBC after NAT, adjuvant nivo/cape were well tolerated, increased peripheral immune score & led to numerically improved 2y iDFS (91%) vs nivo (47%) or cape alone (53%). nature.com/articles/s4146…
Exciting news!
UChicago Medicine is bringing specialized medical care to cancer patients in Northwest Indiana with a new center in Crown Point. The cancer services include infusion therapy, radiation and medical and surgical oncology.
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📢 The President's Cancer Panel has released their report on the #NationalCancerPlan , which highlights five priority areas:
▪️ Investment in research
▪️ Insurance coverage
▪️ Workforce
▪️ Community engagement
▪️ Data sharing/integration
👉 prescancerpanel.cancer.gov/ncp/reports
An important new treatment option now able to be offered here at UChicago Medicine UChicagoCancerCenter University of Chicago Hematology/Oncology!!!
📣 Exciting news!
UChicagoCancerCenter launched a new center today 'The Center to Eliminate Cancer Inequity (CinEQUITY)' with a goal to create solutions for eliminating disparities that can be implemented by communities, healthcare systems and policymakers. #EqualHealthForAll