Vinay EK

Hem/Onc doc here! ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ!

[Vinay EK @drvinayek]

@AHNhemeonc @kilroyvasileios @asmi_chattaraj Congratulations to the graduating fellows 🎉👏🏽

[Vinay EK @drvinayek]

@allisonoconn @binneystreetbio I care for someone who has metastatic HR+ Her2- disease with a TMB of 77. After disease progression on CDK4/6i, AI, Fulvestrant, Capecitabine - Now on Pembro since >8-10 months. Excellent and complete response!

[Vinay EK @drvinayek]

@HemeOncBuddy @EvidenceOpen Way to go Veli. Helping me since fellowship days. Proud of your effort.

[Veli Bakalov, MD @HemeOncBuddy]

Launching https://t.co/XPqbIcgSFT today = 5 years of hard work!

A free, oncologist-curated heme/onc resource — built for the bedside, the boards, and everyone in between.

Every entry cross-checked against OpenEvidence
@EvidenceOpen = Zero errors flagged.

What's inside ↓

[Vinay EK @drvinayek]

@deepshah88 @ASCO Congratulations 🎉👏🏽

[Vinay EK @drvinayek]

@shycollie @doclauravater Genuine question: What if the patient genuinely doesn't like the "practice / conversation style" of one doctor in the practice but likes another's? Surely all of us have different styles of delivering the same information.

[Jeff Ryckman @jryckman3]

10/ Which raises the real question 👇

Instead of:
EV+pembro → cystectomy

Should we be asking:
EV+pembro → bladder preservation?

[Brandon Luu, MD @BrandonLuuMD]

Testing iron studies in women might be the lowest-hanging fruit in medicine.

It's shockingly common, and fixing it usually makes them feel like a completely different person.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Hey @TOIIndiaNews ideally, we would expect major news media to update their reporting in the light on new evidence. Would you like to update your report based on the fact that this study was RETRACTED by the Journal due to fraud and fabrication by the so-called Homeopathy researchers? Or will you keep upholding yourself as an enabler of pseudoscience and medical fraud because this Government has invested to legalized it?

Retraction Note: Homoeopathy vs. conventional primary care in children during the first 24 months of life—a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
https://t.co/TWddWqBo3r - @EdzardErnst

[Papa Heme @Papa_Heme]

Shared medical decision making doesn’t mean listing a menu of options and asking the patient to choose

[William Aird @WilliamAird4]

2/9

STEP 1: CHECK THE 3-t-1 RULE

When thinking about anemia, we focus on Hb because it is limiting for oxygen delivery.

But having both Hb and Hct lets us apply the 3:1 rule:

Hgb × 3 ≈ Hct.
So Hgb 15 → Hct 45.

Hgb 8 → Hct 24.
Here it’s 8/20 - a clear violation.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

In medicine, detection tech is outrunning cures. More ppl are living with a medical omen of ~what might kill them in the future~ without the ability to truly know that will will happen or to fix it.

The Age of Detection incurs a tradeoff between anxiety and longevity that will define more and more ppl's experience of aging.

[Deepak Malgutte @DMalgutte]

The Man Who Never Got a Nobel, But Gave the World Methotrexate
— A story of forgotten genius, cancer, arthritis, psoriasis… and hope. 💊💔🧬

[Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, FASCO @oncology_bg]

Hot take for your weekend reading!
In this new @Medscape @MedscapeOnc column, I ask if practicing board exam questions make you a better oncologist. Many of these questions are simply testing if you know this new drug that added survival by 1month with substantial toxicities is the standard of care.

https://t.co/NvUE9Tx0iB

[Sravan Panuganti, DO, FACOS @SPuro88]

The bleeding is not urological, it’s from your kidneys, you need to see a nephrologist, a kidney doctor & get a kidney biopsy

-Aren’t you a kidney doctor?

More of a kidney surgeon

-So then you’d do the biopsy, right?

No

-So the nephrologist will do that?

Also no, that’s IR

[Vinay EK @drvinayek]

@SuyogCancer Would love to be a part of this!

[Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, FASCO @oncology_bg]

Omg. I got a shout out from THE @marklewismd on the plenary stage! This is my biggest honour. Thank you 🙏
#ASCO25

[Dr Aditya Gudheniya @Gastronaut___]

Iron Deficiency Without Anemia (IDWA) is a silent epidemic, especially in WOMEN of childbearing age, adolescents, & children.
Fatigue, poor concentration, & hair loss may be the only signs.
Studies show ferritin <50 ng/mL is key.
Don’t wait for anemia , treat the deficiency!

[AHNIMres @AHNIMres]

Rumor has it AGH will be the exterior setting for a major upcoming medical series 🤩

It’s a special place, inside and out, many will get to see that now 💗#MedTwitter #Match2025

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Left: Influential Indian actress Ms. Samantha Ruth who is unfortunately a health and science illiterate advising millions of her followers to inhale hydrogen-peroxide to prevent and treat respiratory viral infections.

Right: Scientific society, The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, warning people to not nebulize and breathe in hydrogen peroxide because it is dangerous for health.
https://t.co/x0ETGsRjQE

In a rational and scientifically progressive society, this woman will be charged with endangering public health and fined or put behind bars. She needs help or a better advisor in her team.

Will India's Health Ministry or any health regulatory body do something about these social media health influenzas damaging public health or will they remain spineless and let people die?