Professor of medicine | medical oncologist | Head @EHCSMonash | Chair, @ANZUPtrials | husband, father, grandfather, blessed | want to make a positive difference

Naarm, Wurundjeri land
Happiness is an empty beach, the wind in your ears, your best friend by your side, and 0/8 feet on the ground
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🏃‍♂️ Are we doing enough to make exercise part of supportive care for advanced prostate cancer? link.springer.com/article/10… Prevalence of meeting aerobic physical activity and resistance training guidelines in advanced prostate cancer: a descriptive study of racial and regional disparities in the IRONMAN💪 registry In 2,485 participants from the international IRONMAN registry, 58–63% met aerobic activity guidelines, but only 19–23% achieved recommended resistance training levels. Participation was particularly low in African 🌍 regions, where just 0–3% met resistance training guidelines. ➡️ Black participants and those from Africa had lower odds of meeting aerobic activity recommendations. ✅ The findings highlight important geographic and racial disparities and the need for tailored exercise strategies in advanced prostate cancer care. @Alekssolberg1, @nat_greaves, @Prof_IanD, @DrAndreFay, @DebEnting, @RayMcDermott1, @SimoneBadal, @APoopola, @JohnLazarus01, @quimmateo, @bjartell, @AOmlin, @camilleragin, @loreleimucci, @IRONMANregistry @OncoAlert 🚨 #LPCCC27 @Silke_Gillessen @AOmlin @ProfKHerrmann @weoncologists
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Predicting docetaxel benefit with a genomic classifier in #mHSPC. @ChrisSweens1 @SAiGENCI joins @TDorffOnc @cityofhope presenting a Decipher® genomic classifier analysis of the ENZAMET trial, applying the 22-gene assay to determine which patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer benefit from adding docetaxel to ADT + enzalutamide. #WatchNow > bit.ly/4oGSSZf @Decipher_VCYT @Veracyte
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Ok, who has the most mortifying typo in an email/text? Please show your work. Top 3 get an M-W Sweatshirt.
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A lot of people are asking questions already answered by my T-shirt.
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What utter bullshit. We have eliminated cervical cancer in Australia because of this extraordinary vaccine. Take NO NOTICE of this charlatan.
RFK Jr: “The Gardasil HPV vaccine — is 37 TIMES MORE LETHAL than the cancer it claims to prevent.” “Gardasil is the single worst mass vaccine that we’ve ever seen. It targets millions of pre-teens & teens, whose risk of dying from cervical cancer is ZERO. Nobody in their right mind would ever take this vaccine if they actually read the clinical literature.” Death rates in the Gardasil trials were 37 times the death rates for cervical cancer. Your child is 37 times more likely to DIE from the shot than from cervical cancer itself. And here’s the criminal part: It was NEVER tested against a true inert placebo. Merck ran the studies, Merck paid for the studies, Merck decided what injuries were “just coincidences.” The control group got aluminum neurotoxins — the same injuries as the vaccine group — so Merck wrote them all off. No science. No safety. Just profit. This is being pushed on our kids while Big Pharma laughs all the way to the bank. Read the clinical data. Say NO to Gardasil. Protect your children before it’s too late. The new reformulated Gardasil-9 HPV Vaccine used Gardasil-1 HPV Vaccine as the placebo in clinical trial. Ingredients in Gardasil-9 HPV Vaccine: 9 strains HPV proteins(found to contain DNA fragments) Aluminum Polysorbate 80 Sodium Borate(Borax) GMO Yeast Protein(Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) L-Histidine Post marketing injuries listed in the package insert: Blood & Lymphatic Leukemia Pulmonary Emboli Guillain Barre' Syndrome Transverse Myelitis Brachial Neuritis Death Autoimmune Diseases Severe Anemia Pancreatitis Arthralgia & Myalgia Encephalomyelitis Paralysis Seizure Disorder Cellulitis DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis Blood Clots
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I was asked to review a paper. The authors came from a country where English is not the first language. The paper was a long detailed narrative review written in impeccable English, well-structured, and all the content seemed correct. It would be a great resource if published.
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The paper contained no declaration of AI use. However, the style all the way through was "Not X but Y" and four of the six sentences in the Conclusion section were written like that. I think it was written by AI. How do others approach this situation?
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Hers was not my favourite style of music, but she is without doubt my favourite style of person.
In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy. She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid. The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%. She handed out the checks herself. In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college. When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months. You've probably heard that part. Here's the part you haven't: The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top. Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave. She built her county an entire hospital. She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it. In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees. Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal. In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release. And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it. She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway. She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did. Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸
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Eight years later 📅 , the question is no longer whether enzalutamide works in mHSPC—it’s how much long-term survival benefit we should expect from early disease control. Article 📰 annalsofoncology.org/article… Eight-year outcomes of testosterone suppression plus enzalutamide or a non-steroidal anti-androgen for metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (ENZAMET; ANZUP 1304) With 8.1 years of follow-up in mHSPC, enzalutamide 💊 plus testosterone suppression continued to improve survival versus first-generation NSAA therapy. Eight-year OS was 50% 🆚 40%, with fewer prostate cancer deaths and markedly better clinical PFS (43% vs 20%). One-third of patients remained on enzalutamide at 8 years, mostly at full dose. PSA ≤0.2 ng/mL at 7 months identified patients with particularly favorable long-term outcomes, supporting durable disease control. #ProstateCancer @mfrydenberg @crashimminent @docpook @scserendipity1 @ChrisSweens1 @RonanAndrewMcL1 @RayMcDermott1 @nklawrence1 @Prof_IanD @OncoAlert 🚨 #LPCCC27 @Silke_Gillessen @AOmlin @ProfKHerrmann @weoncologists
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Mature 8-year data from ENZAMET reinforce the long-term benefit of upfront enzalutamide in mHSPC: – OS 50% vs 40% (HR 0.73) – 43% clinically progression-free – 1/3 remain on enza (88% at full dose) @OncoAlert @Annals_Oncology @ChrisSweens1 annalsofoncology.org/article…
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🆕article in press: Eight-year outcomes of testosterone suppression plus enzalutamide or a non-steroidal anti-androgen for metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (ENZAMET; ANZUP 1304) @Prof_IanD; @ChrisSweens1 doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.202…
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How do you tell when this stuff actually goes off?
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Advice for a Student Entering Medical School via @adamcifu sensible-med.com/p/advice-fo…
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I feel like this technology is judging me.
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Sometimes, albeit very very rarely, you are able to impress your children.
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76 years ago, Ray Bradbury published "There Will Come Soft Rains," an apocalyptic short story about a time when we have wiped ourselves out—but our AI obliviously continues automating our empty smart homes. Bradbury set the story on August 4, 2026. btboces.org/Downloads/7_Ther…
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#Census done, took about 15min. Glad we didn't have to go to Bethlehem for it, with all the bad accommodation reviews.
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Bueno.... No te esperás ésta.
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A very warm welcome to Kuranga native plants nursery and cafe, open as of today in #Warrandyte on the site of the old Beasley’s nursery. Great have this excellent business and lovely people here.
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