Clinton Yam (@ClintonYamMD) profile picture

Clinton Yam

@ClintonYamMD

Breast Medical Oncologist @MDAndersonNews | Passionate about #EndingBreastCancer #PatientCenteredResearch #DrugDevelopment | Views are my own

 Houston, TX
Joined June 2018
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Grateful to @CCR_AACR for featuring our work on the cover! Thanks to @ConquerCancerFd and @MDAndersonNews for funding this project and my incredible mentors @EMittendorfMD @SMoulderMD @JenniferLitton @DrDebuTripathy for their guidance and support
Clinical Cancer Research (@CCR_AACR) profile pictureClinical Cancer Research@CCR_AACR1 Oct 2021
The October 1 issue is online! bit.ly/2ZQkeVF
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Honored to be supported by @ConquerCancerFd. Grateful for the opportunities @MDAndersonNews and my amazing mentors @SMoulderMD @EMittendorfMD @JenniferLitton @DrDebuTripathy and many more! Now the work begins!
Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation (@ConquerCancerFd) profile pictureConquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation
@ConquerCancerFd17 Dec 2020
Congrats to Dr. Clinton Yam for receiving a Career Development Award. His research helps patients with triple-negative breast cancer fal.cn/3cicd @MDAndersonNews #BCSM #TripleNegativeBreastCancer
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It doesn’t matter how well a drug works if you can’t afford it. xitter.cf/califf001/status/10108…
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This would be awesome for a lot of our patients at LBJ! @AlyssaRieber xitter.cf/shirajsenmdphd/status/…
Shiraj Sen (@ShirajSenMDPhD) profile pictureShiraj Sen@ShirajSenMDPhD20 Jun 2018
What an incredible program, transportation costs certainly contribute to the stresses faced by those battling cancer esp when traveling from out of town for treatment to places like @MDAndersonNews and @SarahCannonDocs - bravo @lyft @AmericanCancer !!👏🏼👏🏼 xitter.cf/drsgraff/status/100955…
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RT Transplant_Doc "Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care company from Amazon, partners statnews.com/2018/06/20/surg… via statnews"
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Proud to present at Institutional Grand Rounds LBJ quality improvement projects with our great team at @MDAndersonNews #myfirsttweet
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“To be successful in any endeavor, it is very important to know your strengths and weaknesses, and to play to your strengths,” says @drgglozano. Learn about the work of this pioneering #cancer genetics researcher: bit.ly/2JCl37o #endcancer
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Hot off the press: PDL1 amplification & Solid Tumor Immune Checkpoint Blockade Response. JAMA Oncology jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Prevalence of PDL1 Amplification and Preliminary Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Prevalence of PDL1 Amplification and Preliminary Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade

This tumor database study examines the prevalence of PDL1 amplification and its utility as a response biomarker to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in solid tumors.

jamanetwork.com
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Trish Groves@trished13 Jun 2018
We need less academic pressure, better leadership, and more people doing things for the right reasons. Like Doug. Obit @bmj_latest where #DougAltman was our lead statistician and great friend xitter.cf/bmj_latest/status/1006… – at South East, England
The BMJ (@bmj_latest) profile pictureThe BMJ
@bmj_latest12 Jun 2018
Obituary for Douglas G Altman: statistician, researcher, and driving force behind global initiatives to improve the reliability of health research bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k258…
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RT Transplant_Doc "RT ChronMed: Bourdain, Spade deaths spotlight little-noticed suicide rate spike bit.ly/2sKiWYD"

It’s not just Spade and Bourdain: Suicide rates increasing in America

The suicides of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain this week shocked most Americans, but mental health professionals said Friday they represent the public face of a phenomenon...

houstonchronicle.com
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I'm sorry I missed it. keep in touch. xitter.cf/tmprowell/status/10033… – at Chicago, IL
Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell) profile pictureTatiana Prowell, MD@tmprowell3 Jun 2018
Just a few of my #VailWorkshop mentees. The future of breast cancer research. So happy & proud to see them at #ASCO18 :-)
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Update: appreciate reply from David Sampson @NospmasD, Vice President and Publisher, that @ASCO will explore reducing environmental impact of door drops (no plastic, fewer inserts) and alternative programs. #asco18 #asco19 xitter.cf/yzafar/status/10040300… – at Durham, NC
Yousuf Zafar, MD MHS (@yzafar) profile pictureYousuf Zafar, MD MHS@yzafar5 Jun 2018
POUNDS of paper and plastic waste collected from my hotel “door drops” over 4 days. @ASCO I know this generates revenue, but no one reads these and most don’t bother to #recycle. Time for a change. Please RT! #ASCO18
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FDA Grants Talazoparib Priority Review for BRCA+ Breast Cancer shar.es/an4sfI #bcsm
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