ACORN

ACORN: Alberta Cancer Outcomes Research Network. Real World Evidence. Real World Solutions. We conduct cancer health services research (HSR). @winsoncheung

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Very #exciting. New #Calgary #cancer centre will open in < 2 years. It will be world-class and the largest in 🇨🇦. A space designed for #patients, #caregivers, #researchers and #scientists, all working together. Let’s #OWNCANCER with us. @AHS_CancerCare @albertacancer @UCalgaryMed

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

An important #collaboration involving @OncOutcomes, @AstraZenecaCA, and @LungCancer_Can to examine #realworld #treatments and #outcomes in extensive stage #smallcell #lungcancer in 🇨🇦. Just published in @CurrentOncology! #rwd #rwe #realworldevidence #lcsm https://t.co/KEVY2i6VLZ

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Thanks @ASCO and @ConquerCancerFd for supporting #cancer #research in #young #investigators and #emerging #researchers! Congratulations to our @OncOutcomes alumni @batraatulmd on the award! @AHS_CancerCare and @UCalgaryMed look forward to working with you from afar! 🇨🇦+🇮🇳 ➡️⭐️🔬

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

The @OncOutcomes team et al. examined the associations of #immune #checkpoint #inhibitors and #survival in #metastatic #renalcellcarcinoma. Just released in @JAMANetworkOpen! Take a look! #IO #kidney #cancer #oncology #RWD #RWE #bigdata #realworldevidence https://t.co/U6aKGCNYIc

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Many #colorectal #cancer #patients don’t complete #adjuvant #chemotherapy. @OncOutcomes group has developed a tool to predict early #treatment #discontinuation. Just published in @ASCO_pubs #JCOCCI + looking for collaborators to externally validate model. https://t.co/J6IH5a5fxB

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Congrats @batraatulmd on another @ASCO @ConquerCancerFd Merit Award at today’s #ASCOQLTY20 #symposium where our @OncOutcomes team studied associations of #rurality + #SES on risk of ❤️ disease in #cancer patients (Abstract 90) #CardioOncology #Survivorship https://t.co/DCaI7qZgwS

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Oh snap! Speak the #truth. Bad #leadership is bad for everyone. A must read from the @NEJM. #micdrop #COVID19 #pandemic #Elections2020 https://t.co/FlQLDqy4DB

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Thanks @BIOTECanada and @AstraZenecaCA for this piece on #value of #RealWorldEvidence in #oncology where I discussed the @OncOutcomes program and how #analytics of #RealWorldData can be used to improve #access to #cancer drugs. Full article on pages 22-25. https://t.co/RLZ5KcYdKR

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Attended #colorectalcancer #research priority setting partnership meeting this week. Both exciting + important to work w/ #patients, #caregivers, #advocates + #clinicians to identify research #priorities that matter. Thanks @DrCCuthbert + @albertacancer for making this happen! 👍🏼

[Oncology Outcomes (O2) @OncOutcomes]

@OncOutcomes focuses on real-world evidence generation. In addition to studies of solid tumors, we have expertise in research of blood cancers. In this article, we examined the population outcomes of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia. @CancerHSR https://t.co/W8ItQX1RZm

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

When the #mentee outshines the #mentor, it is a very wonderful thing! Congrats @DrCCuthbert who has been awarded a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Patient and Family Centered #Cancer #Survivorship! An AMAZING achievement to jumpstart a productive academic career. 👏🏼🙌🏼 @UCalgary

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

In @OncOutcomes #RWE study, @batraatul85 finds ~60% of #colorectalcancer #patients are ineligible for #clinicaltrials, often due to #older #age. Inclusion criteria must be broadened to better reflect patients we see in the #realworld. #geriatric #oncology https://t.co/jA7fYsptTK

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Let’s also remember the other important #pandemic. Using #realworlddata from @AHS_CancerCare, our @OncOutcomes #realworldevidence #study shows that prescribing behavior of #physicians strongly correlates with #persistent #opioid use in #cancer #patients.
https://t.co/T5yq7vwOc6

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Congrats @batraatul85 on your recognition🥇🏆! Setting the bar high for future trainees of the @OncOutcomes #cancer #RealWorldEvidence #fellowship program! Thanks to @NovartisCanada for continuing to generously support #young #researchers with #NOYCIA despite #COVID19. 🙌🏼👍🏼👏🏼

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Pooling #realworlddata across borders to generate strong #realworldevidence is hard work but this proves it can be done! In our publication released today, we examined #realworld #metastatic #gastric #cancer treatment and survival in 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇮🇹🇬🇧! @OncOutcomes https://t.co/3yoak5y6jc

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

@batraatul85 Great job @batraatul85! 🙌🏼👏🏼👍🏼 Congratulations 🥳. I believe good things happen in threes. First, an @ASCO #merit #award. Now, an @myESMO #young #investigator #award! What will be the third? 🙂 You’re destined for a prolific #academic #career. It’s a real privilege to mentor you!

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Now more than ever, we should be following data, facts, and science to guide our behaviour + management... whether it be #COVID19, #Cancer, or #ClimateChange. In this interview, I talk about #RWD and #RWE plus work from @OncOutcomes! See link (pages 3+4) - https://t.co/9jK2Vg2TYl

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

Good news in tough times. Congrats to Devon Boyne who was awarded a prestigious #CIHR_IRSC #fellowship to develop and assess a decision support tool for #prognostication in #cancer! He will join @OncOutcomes team to conduct this important work. We’re looking forward to it! 👏🏼🙌🏼👍🏼

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

I want to give a shoutout to all #residents & #fellows, including international #trainees working far from home, who are stepping up to help during the #COVID19 #pandemic. Special thanks to my 🌟 mentees @batraatul85 and @RodrigoRigoMD + all selfless HCWs and colleagues!! 👏🏼🙌🏼❤️

[Dr. Winson Cheung @winsoncheung]

💡of the day: @CMA_Docs made a whopping $2.6B💰from sale of MD Management to @scotiabank 🏦 and claimed the 💵 will be used for #advocacy. To date, no transparency. Put $ where your mouth is and let’s #advocate for more #PPE 😷 for #physicians 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ fighting #COVID19 🦠 #pandemic.