Vasily Giannakeas

Scientist @WCHResearch | Epidemiologist | Assistant Professor @UofT_DLSPH

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

#BreastCancer’s tough choice: To remove, or not to remove, both breasts, by @vasilepi @StevenNarod @DavidLimMD https://t.co/bwuIG89odP via @GlobeDebate @WCHresearch #BRCA1 #BRCA2

[JAMA Oncology @JAMAOnc]

Cohort study including 660k+ women with unilateral breast cancer and followed up for 20 years found that bilateral mastectomy was associated with a statistically significant reduction of contralateral breast cancer risk but not breast cancer mortality. https://t.co/neTbPIZMyU

[Steven D Wexner MD, PhD @SWexner]

Bilateral mastectomy reduces risk for contralateral breast cancer, not mortality https://t.co/jFqtl4YOeQ @GoHealio

[David W. Lim @DavidLimMD]

Celebrating my friend Dr Steven Narod’s new book out today “A Fair Trial: the Foundations of #BreastCancer”showcasing what he’s learned after studying #bcsm over 35 years! Really appreciate the acknowledgment, Steven! #bcsm @WCHospital @ihpmeuoft @UofTIMS @WCHResearch @UofT

[Vasily Giannakeas @vasilepi]

@DavidLimMD thank you for your support and contributions to this work! Special thanks to #WomensAgeLab and @UofTPRiME for the opportunity to pursue this research

[David W. Lim @DavidLimMD]

Big congratulations 👏🏻 to @vasilepi, recent postdoc fellow @WCHResearch, for winning a Best Poster Award at #ESMOBreast24! Presenting our work on 20-yr cumulative risk of breast cancer death after BCS, unilateral mastectomy vs bilateral mastectomy. Manuscript in press!
@ihpmeuoft

[Vasily Giannakeas @vasilepi]

@DavidLimMD @HallaMartin Haha I love this! Scary but true

[Vasily Giannakeas @vasilepi]

@Mina__T @PharmEpi @IntPharmacoEpi Rockstar indeed! Congrats!!

[Vasily Giannakeas @vasilepi]

@lyubovlytvyn @AlainnaJJ Somehow I know both of you independently. I'm feeling pretty special right now. Also yay chocolate chip :D

[Vasily Giannakeas @vasilepi]

@Linda_Kachuri @StanfordEpiNews Congrats Linda!

[Tim Willems @timwillems85]

RIP Sir David Cox 😢 An incredible giant whose contributions are inversely related to his modesty. Last time I saw him, he had just turned 94 on which I congratulated him. “Nothing special, it isn’t a prime number”, he replied. I’m glad he lived to 97 which is, indeed, prime.

[Vasily Giannakeas @vasilepi]

@orthogal21 I imagine this is more sensitive than PCR? 😉

[Healio @GoHealio]

Research from @WCHospital & @UofT shows strong association between multiple solid tumors -- including ovarian cancer -- and high platelet count https://t.co/9TxNEICQ5U #MedNews #onctwitter @JAMANetworkOpen

[Isaac Bogoch @BogochIsaac]

There is a rise in hospitalization (including ICU) due to the Omicron surge, but this is nowhere near what we would have seen with similar numbers of Delta.

Mass vaccination & a less virulent variant are helping.

Still have to keep a close watch on healthcare capacity...

[Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸 @ScottGottliebMD]

“These data suggest that virtually all individuals with existing anti-SARS-CoV-2 CD8+ T-cell responses should recognize the Omicron VOC, and that SARS-CoV-2 has not evolved extensive T-cell escape mutations at this time.” bioRxiv https://t.co/AiTMbVPvmw

[David Fisman @DFisman]

There's some potentially very positive news coming out of South Africa on limited virulence associated with omicron. If that proves true it'll be absolutely excellent news. I think it's always a good idea to hope for the best and plan for the worst.

[Vasily Giannakeas @vasilepi]

@Billius27 Someone had too many rainbow cocktails

[Isha Berry @ishaberry2]

I know we are *in* a pandemic, but have you asked how we can prevent the *next* one?
Hot off the press— our work with *amazing* partners at IEDCR provides some insight on exposure to poultry and potential risks for avian influenza in urban Bangladesh

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https://t.co/u6KTjNWIrk

[Vasily Giannakeas @vasilepi]

@sacha_bhatia Sorry for your loss Sasha