Brandon Turner

Writer, researcher, and resident physician with a passion for how technology can improve healthcare practice, delivery, and business.

[Albert Koong, MD PhD @ACKoongMDPhD]

Thank you ⁦@HarvardRadOnc⁩ for dinner the surprise birthday cake last night! Looking forward to spending the day with you today as a visiting professor. #radonc #meded

[Nicholas Zaorsky, MD MS @NicholasZaorsky]

Real-World Data: Applications and Relevance to Cancer Clinical Trials

https://t.co/xssotfs0da

We compare randomized trials to retrospective data from US national cancer databases (eg, SEER, NCDB).

@C_PisanoDO @GUTomics @DrSpratticus @HenryParkMD @yilun_sun @mwang_cwru

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

It was fun to synthesize some of the latest ideas and innovations in trial design. I think there is still a lot to learn, particularly using data-driven methods in a way that actually identifies the most important levers we can pull. I think we can innovate trial designs further!

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

Really excited to see our Q&A on Clinical Trial Disparities with me and @smoertelt published in @NatureComms. https://t.co/wjXgaPcz5y

Many thanks to @andyjobbins for assembling this team and for putting it all together.

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

Even word count, maybe should coalesce around a few buckets of sizes for "types" of manuscript first submissions (e.g. Research letter vs manuscript vs meta analysis, etc) https://t.co/XtnH1sEF9j

[Brigham and Women’s Radiation Oncology @BrighamRadOnc]

🆕Check out this interview with @HarvardRadOnc resident @BrandonTurnerMD, senior author of a new study "Race and Ethnicity Reporting and Representation in Pediatric Clinical Trials," published in @AmerAcadPeds
🔗https://t.co/NhdWsEofYd #HROP

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

Especially as the research community becomes larger and larger (most of my review requests come from journals I didn't even know existed) and competition for jobs and grants becomes fiercer.

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

Peer review takes a fair amount of time if done well. It often feels thankless, I frequently don't hear back from editors after I have reviewed a paper, or the whole thing can feel "automated" and lacks a personal touch. https://t.co/cV25IGaxu5

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

It takes away from the limited time for my own work as well, and eventually this will not be sustainable for the system. We can't make the academic review process dependent on researchers' willingness to sacrifice for an abstract good--we need more compelling direct incentives.

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

Interested in Oncology? Final year of Med School? Come check out our first open house of the season on 9/28! Final one will be 10/11. @HarvardRadOnc @ASarafMD2 @kevinxliu

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

@JaredRowleyMD What a great piece of history for our field, thanks!

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

This was one of those articles that restores your sense that you are sane amidst the political theater of academic Twitter https://t.co/aE2IwfAyoX

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

@NEJM This study shows CICO is king for most diet-related outcomes. But there are some other caveats to consider, thread here: https://t.co/Aj6PIOOtBM

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

This is a cool study. They found no difference between Intermittent Fasting (IF) with an 8-hour window (called "time-restricted eating" vs Ad libidum dieting (you can eat whenever you want), with both diets having the same level of calorie restriction. A few caveats to consider:

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

Overall, I think this is a great study and mostly asserts the dominance of the Calories In, Calories Out model for weight management. Hopefully people interpret the findings with some nuance, and hopefully it leads to more well-designed and rigorous trials. /end

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

This is a cool study. They found no difference between Intermittent Fasting (IF) with an 8-hour window (called "time-restricted eating" vs Ad libidum dieting (you can eat whenever you want), with both diets having the same level of calorie restriction. A few caveats to consider:

[NYT Health @NYTHealth]

In a yearlong study, scientists found no benefits from time-restricted eating, a popular diet strategy, in people trying to lose weight. But some experts aren’t ready to give up. https://t.co/bnpV6E2c2b

[Brandon Turner @BrandonTurnerMD]

An innovative study would be to conduct psychologic assessments of participants and assign dieting regimens based on behavioral/physical characteristics that match with the people who successfully utilize specific trials.