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    “You are constantly becoming a new person,” says journalist Shankar Vedantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the “illusion of continuity” — the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves — and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become.

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    Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have dramatically improved the outcomes of patients with advanced-stage solid tumours, including the potential for long-term remission in a subset. However, long-term follow-up data reveal a risk of chronic toxicities from these agents, which can have important quality-of-life implications. In this Review, the authors describe the current level of evidence of…

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    You may need to hear this (if you haven’t already): your job is not your family. While you can develop meaningful relationships with your colleagues, calling work your family can actually breed burnout and be detrimental to your mental and emotional health. Mental wellness educator Gloria Chan Packer walks through the exercises you need to shift your perspective and redraw the boundaries between…

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    This is the second Cancer Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement Rounds, a series of articles intended to explore the unique safety risks experienced by oncology patients through the lens of quality improvement, systems and human factors engineering, and cognitive psychology. This case describes the care of a patient who was diagnosed with locally advanced lung cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic;…

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    Introduction: The full impact of COVID-19 infections on patients with cancer who are actively being treated with chemotherapy or immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has not been fully defined. Our goal was to track clinical outcomes in this specific patient population. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of 121 patients (age > 18 years) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham…

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    • Our institutional experience of patients with solid tumor malignancies and #COVID19 while on Immunotherapy. Long term ramifications are still unknown. Led by our amazing @HemOncFellows Dr. Hatic in collaboration with @UABPulmonary and @UAB_SHP #Lcsm 🚨 https://t.co/Z2HTRuZkBU https://t.co/LqvbsIhAQS

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    Introduction: The full impact of COVID-19 infections on patients with cancer who are actively being treated with chemotherapy or immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has not been fully defined. Our goal was to track clinical outcomes in this specific patient population. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of 121 patients (age > 18 years) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham…

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    • Treating solid tumors amidst the immune dysregulation with #Covid19 is hard. We need to continue to study this further but proud of our collaborative team @UABDeptMed @UABHemOncFellow @UABPulmonary @UAB_SHP sharing our institutional experience! #lcsm 🚨 https://t.co/Z2HTRvgW0u https://t.co/GCfAkFKusz

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    An overview of the State of Lung Cancer report, including important findings and overall trends.

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    The VA Lung Precision Oncology Program (LPOP), a component of the VA National Precision Oncology Program, aims to give VA clinicians a range of tools to proactively address and treat lung cancer in Veterans. Precision oncology uses patients’ unique genetic profiles to tailor individualized treatment and connect them with new therapies through clinical trials.

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