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Half of women treated for gynecologic cancers miss or skip doses of oral drugs (MD Edge)
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'This is my why' | Teen battling brain cancer and Duke Health nurse singing together captured in touching video (WCNC)
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Incorporating Genomics into Lymphoma Classification Can Improve Care (Targeted Oncology)
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Dr. Michaela Dinan Named Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center (Yale Medicine)
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The Combination of LAG525 and Spartalizumab in Advanced Malignancies (Onc Live)
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WATCH: Duke University professor honored for breast cancer research (WRAL)
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Doctors may have found a set of previously unidentified organs in the center of your head (The New York Times)
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Doctors may have found a set of previously unidentified organs in the center of your head (Orlando Sentinal) *also carried by 6 other outlets including in Baltimore, Chicago and Richmond
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After a breast cancer diagnosis, many Black women face barriers that delay their care (STAT)
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Dr. Christina Cone Honored With The Mary Pazdur Award for Excellence in Advanced Practice in Oncology by APSHO (ASCO Post)
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VA, Duke University and Baylor College of Medicine Launch Partnership to Enhance Breast Cancer Treatment for Veterans (My ChesCo (PA))
Regionalized Therapies Can Prolong Life for Patients with Metastatic Cancer (Duke Health)
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Christina Cone wins prestigious award (Dept. of Neurosurgery)
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Twenty-two School of Medicine Faculty Named to the Annual List "Most Cited Researchers" (Duke SoM)
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Papers
Phase II Single-Arm Study of Preoperative Letrozole for Estrogen Receptor-Positive Postmenopausal Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: CALGB 40903 (Alliance). Journal of Clinical Oncology. April 2020.
E Shelley Hwang, Terry Hyslop, Laura H Hendrix, Stephanie Duong, Isabelle Bedrosian, Elissa Price, Abigail Caudle, Tina Hieken, Joseph Guenther, Clifford A Hudis, Eric Winer, Alan P Lyss, Diana Dickson-Witmer, Richard Hoefer, David W Ollila, Timothy Hardman, Jeffrey Marks, Yunn-Yi Chen, Gregor Krings, Laura Esserman, Nola Hylton.
*This paper was chosen this month as one of 2020's Most Significant Manuscripts by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.
Adherence to Oral Anticancer Therapeutics in the Gynecologic Oncology Population. Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dec. 2020. Watson, Catherine H. MD; Fish, Laura J. MPH, PHD; Falkovic, Margaret MSW; Monuszko, Karen BS; Lorenzo, Amelia MS; Havrilesky, Laura J. MD, MHSc; Secord, Angeles Alvarez MD, MHSc; Davidson, Brittany A. MD.
Tumor Mutational Burden as a Predictor of Immunotherapy Response: Is More Always Better ? Clinical Cancer Research. Nov. 16, 2020. John H Strickler, Brent A. Hanks and Mustafa Khasraw.
G9a Promotes Breast Cancer Recurrence through Repression of a Pro-inflammatory Program. Cell Reports. Nov. 3, 2020. Nathaniel W. Mabe, Nina Marie G. Garcia, Shayna E. Wolery, Rachel Newcomb, Ryan C. Meingasner, Brittany A. Vilona, Ryan Lupo, Chao-Chieh Lin, Jen-Tsan Chi, James V. Alvarez.
DNA mismatches reveal conformational penalties in protein–DNA recognition. Nature. Oct. 21, 2020. Ariel Afek, Honglue Shi, Atul Rangadurai, Harshit Sahay, Alon Senitzki, Suela Xhani, Mimi Fang, Raul Salinas, Zachery Mielko, Miles A. Pufall, Gregory M. K. Poon, Tali E. Haran, Maria A. Schumacher, Hashim M. Al-Hashimi & Raluca Gordân.
Cue-based treatment for light smokers: A proof of concept pilot Addict Behav. October 17, 2020. Pollak, Kathryn I., Jason A. Oliver, Carl Pieper, James M. Davis, Xiaomei Gao, Devon Noonan, Danielle Kennedy, Isa Granados, and Laura J. Fish.
Adaptation and selection shape clonal evolution of tumors during residual disease and recurrence. Nature. Oct. 6, 2020. Communications. Andrea Walens, Jiaxing Lin, Jeffrey S. Damrauer, Brock McKinney, Ryan Lupo, Rachel Newcomb, Douglas B. Fox, Nathaniel W. Mabe, Jeremy Gresham, Zhecheng Sheng, Alexander B. Sibley, Tristan De Buysscher, Hemant Kelkar, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, Kouros Owzar & James V. Alvarez.
KRASG12C Inhibition with Sotorasib in Advanced Solid Tumors New England Journal of Medicine. Sept. 24, 2020. David S. Hong, M.D., Marwan G. Fakih, M.D., John H. Strickler, M.D., Jayesh Desai, M.D., Gregory A. Durm, M.D., Geoffrey I. Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., Gerald S. Falchook, M.D., Timothy J. Price, M.B., B.S., D.Hlth.Sc., Adrian Sacher, M.D., M.M.Sc., Crystal S. Denlinger, M.D., Yung-Jue Bang, M.D., Ph.D., Grace K. Dy, M.D., John C. Krauss, M.D., Yasutoshi Kuboki, M.D., James C. Kuo, M.D., Andrew L. Coveler, M.D., Keunchil Park, M.D., Ph.D., Tae Won Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Fabrice Barlesi, M.D., Ph.D., Pamela N. Munster, M.D., Suresh S. Ramalingam, M.D., Timothy F. Burns, M.D., Ph.D., Funda Meric-Bernstam, M.D., Haby Henary, M.D., Jude Ngang, Pharm.D., Gataree Ngarmchamnanrith, M.D., June Kim, Ph.D., Brett E. Houk, Ph.D., Jude Canon, Ph.D., J. Russell Lipford, Ph.D., Gregory Friberg, M.D., Piro Lito, M.D., Ph.D., Ramaswamy Govindan, M.D., and Bob T. Li, M.D., M.P.H.
I Already Know That Smoking Ain't Good for Me": Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Lung Cancer Screening Decision-Making Discussions as a Teachable Moment. Chest September 2020. Golden, Sara E., Sarah S. Ono, Anne Melzer, James Davis, Steven B. Zeliadt, Jaimee L. Heffner, Hasmeena Kathuria, Ginny Garcia-Alexander, and Christopher G. Slatore.
Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program. Int J Environ Res Public Health August 21, 2020. Davis, James M., Leah C. Thomas, Jillian E. H. Dirkes, and H Scott Swartzwelder.
Health benefits and economic advantages associated with increased utilization of a smoking cessation program. J Comp Eff Res August 2020: 817–28. Datta, Santanu K., Paul A. Dennis, and James M. Davis.