Brandon Meyers
@brandonm.bsky.social
oncologist gastro/head&neck #medsky #oncsky | liker of both: 🚴 & 🚘 | RT=RT | 🚫 medical advice, only my opine, left that other platform due to 🤬
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Saw a teen today who ranted about how awful her job is because it’s opened her eyes to the fact that most adults are stupid and because of them dumb people are elected who are ruining everything for the rest of us
I love adolescents.
I love adolescents.
May 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Saw a teen today who ranted about how awful her job is because it’s opened her eyes to the fact that most adults are stupid and because of them dumb people are elected who are ruining everything for the rest of us
I love adolescents.
I love adolescents.
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Hey everyone— @healthsciences.mcgill.ca is thinking of ditching X
Their Bluesky account is still empty, but if we can rally some followers, it might help them make the switch. Give them a boost?
Thank you!!🙏
Their Bluesky account is still empty, but if we can rally some followers, it might help them make the switch. Give them a boost?
Thank you!!🙏
April 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hey everyone— @healthsciences.mcgill.ca is thinking of ditching X
Their Bluesky account is still empty, but if we can rally some followers, it might help them make the switch. Give them a boost?
Thank you!!🙏
Their Bluesky account is still empty, but if we can rally some followers, it might help them make the switch. Give them a boost?
Thank you!!🙏
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In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics
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March 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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www.science.org/content/arti...
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Everything is awful right now.
February 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Everything is awful right now.
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What to do with carcinoid crisis? 🦓
A frequent concern for patients with #NETs having surgery
We put together an international 🌎🌍🌏 multidisciplinary expert consensus statement
📢 Now open for feedback!
Sign-up here 🔗 surveymonkey.com/r/periopcarc...
📆 Open until March 3rd!
A frequent concern for patients with #NETs having surgery
We put together an international 🌎🌍🌏 multidisciplinary expert consensus statement
📢 Now open for feedback!
Sign-up here 🔗 surveymonkey.com/r/periopcarc...
📆 Open until March 3rd!
February 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
What to do with carcinoid crisis? 🦓
A frequent concern for patients with #NETs having surgery
We put together an international 🌎🌍🌏 multidisciplinary expert consensus statement
📢 Now open for feedback!
Sign-up here 🔗 surveymonkey.com/r/periopcarc...
📆 Open until March 3rd!
A frequent concern for patients with #NETs having surgery
We put together an international 🌎🌍🌏 multidisciplinary expert consensus statement
📢 Now open for feedback!
Sign-up here 🔗 surveymonkey.com/r/periopcarc...
📆 Open until March 3rd!
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New year, new adventures at #MedSky - oncology faculty opening for solid tumor cell therapy position 🧫@stanforduniversity.bsky.social, with preference for TIL/melanoma experience. Please contact me or @drbetofmdphd.bsky.social for more details!
SOLID TUMOR CELL THERAPY position at Stanford. We are searching for a clinical investigator (MD, MD/PhD, or equiv) with expertise in solid tumor cell therapy, preference for experience with melanoma/TILs to join our growing team!
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant or Associate Professor, Solid Tumor Cell Therapy
facultypositions.stanford.edu
January 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
New year, new adventures at #MedSky - oncology faculty opening for solid tumor cell therapy position 🧫@stanforduniversity.bsky.social, with preference for TIL/melanoma experience. Please contact me or @drbetofmdphd.bsky.social for more details!
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I wish all the people who think physicians want people to stay sick could see how busy clinics and inpatient services are and how hard physicians have to work, often foregoing hydration, nutrition, and sleep, to keep up.
January 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I wish all the people who think physicians want people to stay sick could see how busy clinics and inpatient services are and how hard physicians have to work, often foregoing hydration, nutrition, and sleep, to keep up.
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🚨 UPDATE: Over 17,000 doctors are sounding the alarm. RFK Jr.’s dangerous, anti-science agenda makes him unfit to lead our nation’s health.
The Senate must reject this threat to public health. #StopRFK
The Senate must reject this threat to public health. #StopRFK
January 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
🚨 UPDATE: Over 17,000 doctors are sounding the alarm. RFK Jr.’s dangerous, anti-science agenda makes him unfit to lead our nation’s health.
The Senate must reject this threat to public health. #StopRFK
The Senate must reject this threat to public health. #StopRFK
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It's exhausting...
I'll just stick to memes
I'll just stick to memes
January 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's exhausting...
I'll just stick to memes
I'll just stick to memes
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Report in NEJM describing the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
January 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Report in NEJM describing the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#cancer #young
Physicians should never discount lumps (or in other cases bleeding!)
There is no such thing as too young for #cancer
www.cbc.ca/sports/tenni...
Physicians should never discount lumps (or in other cases bleeding!)
There is no such thing as too young for #cancer
www.cbc.ca/sports/tenni...
Canadian tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski reveals she played season while battling cancer | CBC Sports
Doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski made history in November when she became the first Canadian to win the WTA Finals event, three months after capturing an Olympic bronze medal. But what no one knew was ...
www.cbc.ca
December 31, 2024 at 4:40 PM
#cancer #young
Physicians should never discount lumps (or in other cases bleeding!)
There is no such thing as too young for #cancer
www.cbc.ca/sports/tenni...
Physicians should never discount lumps (or in other cases bleeding!)
There is no such thing as too young for #cancer
www.cbc.ca/sports/tenni...
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Please consider a donation to an IM resident at my old institution who has battled lupus for years and now needs a kidney transplant. Such an impressive story and human being.
It’s a shame to have to crowdfund for healthcare these days, but this is America.
#MedSky #NephroSky
gofund.me/16c8c72b
It’s a shame to have to crowdfund for healthcare these days, but this is America.
#MedSky #NephroSky
gofund.me/16c8c72b
Donate to Dr Allie Smith Needs a Kidney Transplant, organized by Janet Laster Purkey
Young physician needs a kidney transplant so she can finish residency and… Janet Laster Purkey needs your support for Dr Allie Smith Needs a Kidney Transplant
gofund.me
December 31, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Please consider a donation to an IM resident at my old institution who has battled lupus for years and now needs a kidney transplant. Such an impressive story and human being.
It’s a shame to have to crowdfund for healthcare these days, but this is America.
#MedSky #NephroSky
gofund.me/16c8c72b
It’s a shame to have to crowdfund for healthcare these days, but this is America.
#MedSky #NephroSky
gofund.me/16c8c72b
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#CardioSky community, I am reposting this because posts are still being “liked”.
Pls “repost” if you like to share with others.
Pls “repost” if you like to share with others.
December 31, 2024 at 1:30 AM
#CardioSky community, I am reposting this because posts are still being “liked”.
Pls “repost” if you like to share with others.
Pls “repost” if you like to share with others.
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President #JimmyCarter died today at age 100, having lived w/ #melanoma that had spread to his brain & liver for >9y. I grew up in GA admiring him, so as an oncologist, I’d like to honor his life by teaching a bit. #melsm #MedSky #OncSky #MedEd
First, the ⚠️ signs (ABCDE 👇) & some examples:
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First, the ⚠️ signs (ABCDE 👇) & some examples:
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December 29, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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Can Rb1 and p53 IHC differentiate between G3 NETs and NECs? Not perfectly accurate but helpful still. 77% of G3 NETs w/ normal staining but only 6% of NECs. Small cell NECs more likely w/ Rb1 loss than large cell.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Diagnostic relevance of p53 and Rb status in neuroendocrine tumors G3 from different organs: an immunohistochemical study of 465 high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasms - Virchows Archiv
The double inactivation of TP53 and RB1 is considered typical of neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) but is assumed to be rare in high-grade neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The immunohistochemical determin...
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December 21, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Can Rb1 and p53 IHC differentiate between G3 NETs and NECs? Not perfectly accurate but helpful still. 77% of G3 NETs w/ normal staining but only 6% of NECs. Small cell NECs more likely w/ Rb1 loss than large cell.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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And finally the meta-analysis of the two trials in NEJM Evidence with a nice article on the world's weird obsession with P values.
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 19, 2024 at 6:55 AM
And finally the meta-analysis of the two trials in NEJM Evidence with a nice article on the world's weird obsession with P values.
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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#SuppOnc preventative trial in JAMA Onc
🚭 Quit smoking 6 months from #cancer ⬆️ #OS
Early seperation‼️
👩⚕️👨⚕️Counseling + 💊pharmacotherapy ⬆️ outcomes
🔗: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🚭 Quit smoking 6 months from #cancer ⬆️ #OS
Early seperation‼️
👩⚕️👨⚕️Counseling + 💊pharmacotherapy ⬆️ outcomes
🔗: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Survival Outcomes of an Early Intervention Smoking Cessation Treatment After a Cancer Diagnosis
This cohort study evaluates the survival outcomes of currently smoking patients with cancer who entered into a smoking cessation treatment program based on the time between diagnosis and program entry...
jamanetwork.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:04 PM
#SuppOnc preventative trial in JAMA Onc
🚭 Quit smoking 6 months from #cancer ⬆️ #OS
Early seperation‼️
👩⚕️👨⚕️Counseling + 💊pharmacotherapy ⬆️ outcomes
🔗: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🚭 Quit smoking 6 months from #cancer ⬆️ #OS
Early seperation‼️
👩⚕️👨⚕️Counseling + 💊pharmacotherapy ⬆️ outcomes
🔗: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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"Over the past several years, I’ve been denied care many times, including a scan requested by a doctor that likely would have caught my cancer at an earlier stage before it spread."
#priorAuthorization has harmed millions in the US. Violence is not the answer. Policy reform is.
#priorAuthorization has harmed millions in the US. Violence is not the answer. Policy reform is.
I have Stage IV cancer: Celebrating a killer won’t save lives like mine. Here’s what will | Opinion
I’m a 48-year-old lung cancer patient with a folder full of my own denial letters to show for it.
www.nj.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:59 PM
"Over the past several years, I’ve been denied care many times, including a scan requested by a doctor that likely would have caught my cancer at an earlier stage before it spread."
#priorAuthorization has harmed millions in the US. Violence is not the answer. Policy reform is.
#priorAuthorization has harmed millions in the US. Violence is not the answer. Policy reform is.
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Completely ridiculous.
$210 million to ineligible businesses = shrug, let them keep the money they didn't qualify for
$17 per vaccine for 35K ppl = an outrage that an individual doctor must be raked over the coals for
$210 million to ineligible businesses = shrug, let them keep the money they didn't qualify for
$17 per vaccine for 35K ppl = an outrage that an individual doctor must be raked over the coals for
Yet at the same time Ford gave away 210 million in covid support to ineligible businesses during that time and waived any attempt to recover the funds.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario gave $210M in COVID-19 support to ineligible businesses, auditor general's report finds | CBC News
Ontario's auditor general has found that thousands of businesses received a total of more than $200 million in provincial COVID-19 supports that they weren't eligible for.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Completely ridiculous.
$210 million to ineligible businesses = shrug, let them keep the money they didn't qualify for
$17 per vaccine for 35K ppl = an outrage that an individual doctor must be raked over the coals for
$210 million to ineligible businesses = shrug, let them keep the money they didn't qualify for
$17 per vaccine for 35K ppl = an outrage that an individual doctor must be raked over the coals for
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"Analyzing 5 years of drug claims data from more than 3 million Sun Life plan members, the report indicated that nearly half (45.1%) of Canadians now live with at least one major chronic disease. Diabetes emerged as the fastest-growing condition, with claims increasing by 30% between 2019 & 2023."
Chronic disease rates surge among young Canadians: SunLife report www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/life...
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December 12, 2024 at 9:48 PM
"Analyzing 5 years of drug claims data from more than 3 million Sun Life plan members, the report indicated that nearly half (45.1%) of Canadians now live with at least one major chronic disease. Diabetes emerged as the fastest-growing condition, with claims increasing by 30% between 2019 & 2023."
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An innovative therapeutic approach. However RCTs are needed to elucidate efficacy. Would be interesting to see extent of durable remissions and side effect profile.
t.co/BKSfjzm3zH
t.co/BKSfjzm3zH
https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2024/nov/gold-cancer
t.co
December 1, 2024 at 6:56 PM
An innovative therapeutic approach. However RCTs are needed to elucidate efficacy. Would be interesting to see extent of durable remissions and side effect profile.
t.co/BKSfjzm3zH
t.co/BKSfjzm3zH