Sharing an article entitled 'Leveraging Technology to Create Community for Breast Cancer Survivors' by our oncology social worker, Kiersten Anderson. This piece highlights the role of social support after a diagnosis of breast cancer. #bcsm AOSW

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#MassGeneral physician Amy Comander MD, DipABLM was quoted in GBH's article on the new breast cancer screening guidelines and how doctors expect them to increase the patient demand for mammograms. wgbh.org/news/health/20…

Congrats to Jason Comander MD PhD & the incredible team on this exciting development!
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Sharing a highlight from this past weekend- I hosted an outdoor yoga class on the green at a nearby shopping center. This “Yoga for Ellie” class was a celebration of completing my 11th consecutive Boston Marathon! Proud that I raised >$20K for this important cause! Ellie Fund

Congratulations Kannan and team! I’m very proud of you and the data looks amazing. We discovered over 800 mutations in rhodopsin - triple the number in ClinVar from all prior submissions. Special thanks too to the Octant Bio team for advancing RHO research.

New England Journal of Medicine paper released today - what started as the first in vivo clinical trial for CRISPR gene editing, for CEP290-associated retinal degeneration. Congrats to all. @MassEyeandEar Harvard Medical School Harvard Ophthalmology OHSU Casey Eye Editas Medicine #ARVO2024 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

The vision of 22-year-old Olivia Cook has improved, and so has her hope for the future thanks to an experimental gene-editing treatment called #CRISPR . Learn more about the groundbreaking study from lead investigator Eric Pierce, MD, PhD: spklr.io/6019U6AP via CNN.

The BRILLIANCE study assessed the use of gene editing to treat CEP290-associated inherited retinal degeneration, a disease that causes severe early-onset vision loss in childhood, and showed safety and early evidence of efficacy. nej.md/3WhRxMs

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Incredibly proud of my husband Jason & the entire research team for this very exciting development!

Had the chance to play music for a great cause and over 3,000 walkers this Sunday. Project Breads annual Walk for Hunger raised over $900,000 to address food insecurity and hunger in Massachusetts! There is still time to donate:
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In one week the largest and most participated fundraising event against breast cancer will get started in Rome (100k participants foreseen). The only race where you can only win. #raceforthecure #RFTC2024 Komen Italia

Proud to highlight the Lifestyle Medicine Program at the Mass General Cancer Center! Our goal is to educate individuals w/ cancer about the importance of evidence-based lifestyle interventions which can improve quality of life, manage symptoms post-treatment, and promote healthy behaviors.

Thank you Dr. Amy Comander for all you do to help fight and cure breast cancer. New federal guidelines on earlier ages for mammograms will help save lives. wgbh.org/news/health/20… GBH News Amy Comander MD, DipABLM

I will be talking about the novel program at Newton-Wellesley Hospital whereby patients can meet with a pathologist to review their tumor under the microscope. Please consider tuning in! Mass General Brigham ASCO CAPathologists

'For some people like Marian Themeles,a breast cancer survivor who has experienced hot flashes,the standard HRT treatment is not viable, despite severe symptoms. She says it feels like,“suffocation from the inside.'' Sharing a discussion re: fezolinetant.
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Today’s Lifestyle Medicine webinar at 12 PM EST will focus on strategies to improve bone health! 🦴 You can resister at the Mass General Cancer Center Lifestyle Medicine site (link below). Learn from Carol Sullivan RD, Loren Winters NP, & Mitra McLarney MD.

'Prediabetes is associated with increased cardiac events in patients w/ cancer who are prescribed anthracyclines.'
Further support for the need to optimize management of cardiovascular risk factors in our patients with cancer. #LifestyleMedicine #Oncology
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Excited to share our paper on exercise and frailty after chemotherapy just published in a special collection in J Cancer Survivorship. Even light exercise can reverse aging, but strength training does even more! link.springer.com/article/10.100…