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IMforte made lurbinectedin + atezo maintenance a real option in ES-SCLC.
The debate now: what to do with the patient who responded to induction but is still fatigued and anemic.
Oncologists are split. tinyurl.com/5273s77e
#lcsm #SCLC
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Walk through the case: 65 y/o, new metastatic PDAC with liver mets. T2DM + peripheral neuropathy. Family hx of ovarian and prostate cancer.
Every first-line option comes with a tradeoff. What’s your move, and which test changes the plan? tinyurl.com/3r9av4hz
#PancreaticCancer #Oncology #PrecisionMedicine
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62% of US Rheumatologists say data already supports pairing any GLP-1 with any IL-17i for PsA. The evidence? Mostly one trial. tinyurl.com/mvzma83w #ACR26
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MDLinx retweeted
A big THANK YOU from the @JPAHealthComm media team to all of the experts that have stopped by the press room to participate in media interviews with @UrologyTimes @renalandurology @GUOncologyNow @HDMmagazine and @MDLinx #LUGPA2026
Missed JADPRO? We read the abstracts and checked every number against the source.
The one we can’t stop talking about: tarlatamab beat chemo on brain mets in second-line SCLC.
Bispecifics, SC dosing, APP triage and more: tinyurl.com/3ypebsds
#JADPRO2026
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Which specialty do you think ranks happiest in medicine? (It's not dermatology.)
Answer from 5,700+ physicians below.
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Is yours in the top 10? tinyurl.com/yb5dctsz
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Who should control a medical practice: physicians or corporations?
A new federal bill picks a side. Here's what's in it: tinyurl.com/ywe4z39r
#HealthPolicy #MedTwitter #PrivateEquity
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Charting: 3 hours.
Lunch: 4 minutes.
Today's Medical Matchup: the best 2 minutes of your shift.
New puzzle daily, now easier to read and more fun to play. tinyurl.com/3br7e3u5
#MedicalMatchup #PhysicianWellness #HCP #MDLinx #MedX
Inside the $17M malpractice suit and the lesson for every post-op shock workup: tinyurl.com/3etxphtz
#malpractice #CTSurgery #CardioTwitter #ECMO #MedX
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Pre-op SGLT2i before HeartMate 3 LVAD, #HFSA2026 (n=440, single center):
In-hospital RHF HR 2.21
No HTN: HR 4.23
HTN: HR 0.75
Authors suggest earlier withholding.
#LVAD #HeartFailure
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Full HFSA 2026 summary, including the RHF-or-mortality secondary outcome: tinyurl.com/4587u8mt
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77% of doctors got this wrong last week.
💡This week's quiz: tinyurl.com/2yjw5y43
#smartestdoc #trivia
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A new gel from UB is runny going into the knee, then firms up and slowly releases the drug for weeks. That could mean fewer OA injections.
It hasn't been tried in people yet.
How many shots a year do your OA patients get? tinyurl.com/4rxzuzhf
#Osteoarthritis #Rheumatology
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Radiation oncology clinicians are fine with AI helping, not running alone: 94% are okay with basic support, 12% with full autonomy.
65% said the treating doctor still owns a bad outcome.
What would earn full autonomy? tinyurl.com/3uersja6
#ASTRO26
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CAR-T or bispecific after second-line FL progression? Depends on what you're optimizing for: response depth or off-the-shelf access. SOHO 2026 data on MDLinx: tinyurl.com/mwbhrjdk
#SOHO2026 #DLBCL #HemeOnc
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Same-target BCMA retreatment caps at 50% ORR. SOHO 2026: switching to GPRC5D gets 68% (P=0.01).
Early post-CAR-T relapse still salvages at 36%. Time the switch, then pick the target: tinyurl.com/mwbhrjdk
#SOHO2026 #MultipleMyeloma #Oncology #HemeOnc
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Opportunistic salpingectomy adds 6 minutes to a C-section, with no added complications across 320,000+ patients.
Bilateral completion fails in 1 in 5 because of adhesions, worse after 3+ priors. At how many priors do you stop trying? tinyurl.com/3n5vdu3d
#ObGyn #OvarianCancerPrevention #Salpingectomy
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