Our article “Patient-Reported Outcomes as a Recruitment Strategy for Clinical Trial Enrollment” is out today in JAMA Oncology. Thank you Erin Gillespie, MD MPH Jun J. Mao for letting me be involved in this and everyone who assisted 😊 Kaitlyn Lapen

🧠 honored to be on this journey at Memorial Sloan Kettering Radiation Oncology with colleagues who’ve become dear friends Roshal Patel Alex Goglia Jeff Meng Nikhil Mankuzhy, MD Kaitlyn Lapen 🚀🍄🥳

📜 In JCO Oncology Practice, we explore disparities in stage at presentation among #Hispanic #LatinX pts w #lung #cancer

🙏 Nishwant Swami, MD, MPH BahaaKazzi Kaitlyn Lapen Idalid "Ivy" Franco MD MPH Bhav Jain Tej A. Patel Dr. Brandon Mahal 🏁 Puneeth Iyengar Narjust Florez, MD, FASCO Daniel Gomez

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This underscores the importance of having communication & shared decision making to optimize the safety & cost of herbal medicine in cancer care.

Dr Kaitlyn Lapen at #ASCOQLTY23 on the financial harms of nutritional/dietary supplements, complementary therapies, & alternative medicine.

Those w/ high costs from tinctures & holistic meds more commonly compromised Rx meds due to cost (73 v 48%)
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Thankful for the opportunity to share this work at #ASCOQLTY23 and to Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD for her incredible mentorship and support!

👏 Great job by ⭐️ #medstudent Nicholas Verdini presenting at #ASTRO2023 !

Randomized study of an 📱ePRO-based strategy to refer patients to a symptom intervention trial ⚖️ MSK_IntegrativeMedicine.

💡Opportunity to leverage #informatics for #equity in clinical trial enrollment?

👏 Excellent job by Trisha Santos, MD, MS (PGY-5) presenting at #ASTRO2023 .

#impsci outcomes from the ALIGNMENT trial ⚖️ conducted in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Alliance.

Highlighting importance of testing implementation strategies and unpacking negative studies through mixed methods.

Excited for #RadOncMatch2024 !
Join our stellar #radonc residents Wednesday next week for a meet and greet to learn about our Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center program.

📆Wednesday, 9/6/2023
⏲️8:00-9:00 ET
📍 Register here: meetmsk.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Trader Joe’s and my bros! So grateful for these friends and their invaluable support. PGY-3 here we come! Memorial Sloan Kettering Radiation Oncology Nikhil Mankuzhy, MD Roshal Patel Edward Christopher "Chris" Dee, MD Alex Goglia Jeff Meng

🚨A #radonc away rotation Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center means a month to explore the best of NYC: our cancer center, outstanding faculty, & what residency in the city that never sleeps really feels like🚕🌃🥯☕️
For July-December: Apply🔜via VSLO
For June: 📩 [email protected]
#match2024

Celebrating keeping each other sane 🥰

Forever grateful to be at ⁦Memorial Sloan Kettering Radiation Oncology⁩ with ⁦Alex Goglia⁩ ⁦Nikhil Mankuzhy, MD⁩ ⁦Kaitlyn Lapen⁩ ⁦Jeff Meng⁩ ⁦Roshal Patel⁩ (and our honorary co-resident Rachel!) 🤩

✍️ Now accepting applications for a year-long Medical Student Clinical Research Fellowship in #oncology , co-hosted University of Washington Radiation Oncology w/ Jun J. Mao in #integrativemedicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

🗓Due 12/31! For more info: mskcc.org/departments/ra… #radonc #MedStudentTwitter ROECSG (Rad Onc Education Collab Study Group) Radiation Oncology Program Directors

📝 In #Palliative and #Supportive #Care , we highlight #cultural perspectives in #end of #life care for #Filipino patients with #cancer .

🇵🇭 For many, #faith , #family , and #finances are key considerations.

🙏 Drs @BlazingBiba @JPGRobredo Michelle Ann B. Eala, MD 🇵🇭 Manuel Medina @KimTanco

Our paper exploring #breastcancer stage disparities among disaggregated Hispanic/Latino/Latinx people is now out AnnalsSurgOncology! Research must do a better job capturing heterogeneous exp./outcomes rather than assuming a single statistic can describe all
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📝 In AnnalsSurgOncology led by Nishwant Swami, MD, MPH, we show #disparities in #BreastCancer stage at presentation upon #disaggregation of Hispanic groups

👏 #Cancer #research must account for heterogeneity in pts' #healthcare barriers

🙏 Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD Narjust Florez, MD, FASCO
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📝 #FinancialToxicity is significant for many people with #cancer .

👏👏👏 We must define #actionable metrics, implement #interventions , & promote #equity .

Out in JAMA Network Open on work by @Khera_Nandita-- I'm grateful to write with Dr @FumikoChino

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“That feeling before #radonc pgy2” by Winslow Homer ⁦The Metropolitan Museum of Art⁩ 🌊

⁦Kaitlyn Lapen⁩ ⁦Alex Goglia⁩ ⁦Roshal Patel⁩ ⁦Nikhil Mankuzhy, MD⁩ and Jeff

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🚨@Oncoalert: Clinicians UNDERREPORTED the presence/severity of side effects compared to patients. This discordance INCREASED over the tx course. #PatientReportedOutcomes #PROs are ESSENTIAL for understanding the true burden of tx for #breastcancer . #bcsm
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Excited to share our new #RedJournal article comparing patient- and clinician-reported acute toxicity during breast radiation #bcsm

Thank you to Caroline King Lior Braunstein Atif J Khan DrKamrava Erin Gillespie, MD MPH & Kiri Cook!

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