Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO

🇵🇭 | Medical oncologist 🦀 | Internist | Fitness enthusiast | ARMYCARAT | Dog person | Ecclesiastes 3:1 | Stop chasing success, seek significance.

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

An update to the Hallmarks of Cancer framework for understanding (and researching) what causes human cancers. https://t.co/3d6pYrcAJ5

Douglas Hanahan
@CellCellPress

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

As a medical oncologist, I think of the patients with cancer whom I have cared for and lost. Seeing the tributes shared by their loved ones, I am reminded of the quiet privilege of walking alongside them, and I hope I was able to offer comfort in ways that mattered.

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

A new year begins, bringing moments of reflection.

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

@AlinaCelestiaa i don't like him! cheater pa sila!

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

"The blood of Genghis Khan flows through every Mongolian, we're warriors. And as warriors we're here to conquer." AHHHHH MONGOLIA GIVING ME GOOSEBUMPS. #PhysicalAsia

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

Updated clinic schedule

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

You need 3 daily wins:

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https://t.co/C44vFZLpth

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

watching TSITP to feel young again. haha. hay, i'm so tired. 😂

[inac - BTS LINK⁷ @btslinkita]

JUNGKOOK, J-HOPE AND JIN PERFORMING 'JAMAIS VU'

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

We have two lives and the second one begins when you realize you only have one.

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

@GIMedOnc Thank you for sharing Dr Hornstein! Definitely a win. In our culture in the Philippines, most relatives "baby" our cancer patients and don't allow them to move around or exercise-- at least we have a study to back up our advice that it indeed has benefits!

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

"A 3-year structured exercise program initiated soon after adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer resulted in significantly longer disease-free survival and findings consistent with longer overall survival."

As someone who loves fitness-- WOW!

[Nicholas Hornstein @GIMedOnc]

If this were a pill, we’d call it revolutionary.
It would headline plenaries, get FDA priority review, and cost $10,000 a month.

Instead—it’s structured exercise.

🆕 NEJM June 2025 | CHALLENGE Trial
Stage II–III colon cancer patients post-chemo (n=889)
📦 RCT of 3 years of supervised aerobic activity vs health education
🕒 Median follow-up: 7.9 years

Primary Endpoint: Disease-Free Survival
✅ HR 0.72 (95% CI: 0.55–0.94), p=0.02
➡️ 5-yr DFS: 80.3% vs 73.9%

Overall Survival
✅ HR 0.63 (95% CI: 0.43–0.94)
➡️ 8-yr OS: 90.3% vs 83.2%

Other takeaways:
🔻 Lower liver recurrence (3.6% vs 6.5%)
🔻 Fewer new primaries (5.2% vs 9.7%)
💪 Gains in fitness, QoL, and physical function
⚠️ Mild MSK toxicity more common (18.5% vs 11.5%)

A major win for survivorship—and for rethinking what “treatment” means.
Dr. Chris Booth and colleagues move the field forward.

#ASCO25 @ASCO @OncoAlert @JCO_ASCO @oncbrothers

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[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

I'm ready to eat na Mama.🥹

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

@amaineaishaMD yey! <3

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

@MartinBravoMD congratulations martin!

[Dr Amol Akhade @SuyogCancer]

🚨 BREAKING | Press Release today
DESTINY-Breast11 🧪
Neoadjuvant Enhertu ➕ THP showed ⭐ statistically significant & clinically meaningful improvement in pCR vs ddAC➕THP
In high-risk ⚠️, locally advanced HER2+ 🧬 early breast cancer
Early EFS trend 📈 also favored Enhertu! @ErikaHamilton9 @OncoAlert @OncBrothers @Larvol @stolaney1
#BreastCancer #OncoTwitter 💊

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

@kyleugenio yung tipong nakita lang nila consultant-- gumaling na daw sila. choz haha

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

Navigating your profession as a doctor and parenthood. Striking a balance between the guilt of having career ambitions and raising your child. Pwede kaya magka ganoon na lecture? HAHA mukhang kailangan ko. Char HAHA

[Janine Mendoza-Torres, MD, MCMMO @pottipotty]

I can watch you sleep all day. 🥹