Assistant Professor @stephensoncc | Former @harvardmed & @UF | Cancer prevention and control researcher | Northern Irish. Up the Reds. Views my own.

Oklahoma City
Joined November 2012
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Among US #clinicians, use of an #AI-enabled clinical information platform increased substantially over 2.5 years, with sustained use across #physician and nonphysician groups. Queries most often focused on #treatment and #management rather than #diagnosis, indicating that these tools are being used primarily to support #clinical decision-making at the point of care. ja.ma/4Ba9ej2
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🎉 Congratulations to Oklahoma legend Coach Marvin Mack on his induction into the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame! 🏆 A well-deserved honor celebrating your impact on our community! #Oklahoma #HEROES
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💡 JAMA Insights: #PhysicalActivity is an effective component of care for people with #chronic #medical conditions, and #clinician #communication can help support behavior change. This JAMA Insights article indicates that supportive conversations should acknowledge common barriers, frame activity as achievable daily movement rather than only structured exercise, and emphasize that any increase in activity can benefit health. ja.ma/47RzVeO
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Original Article: Effect of Screening with Multicancer Early-Detection Test on Late-Stage Cancer Diagnosis (NHS-Galleri trial) nej.md/4xRZN5L Editorial: A Step in the Search for the Elusive Holy Grail of Early Detection of Cancer nej.md/4cK3UIy #Oncology #Genetics
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Important study by @ldiaz1971 @MSKCancerCenter advocating for universal germline testing after a cancer diagnosis. Among ~40,000 patients, 18.4% of early-onset, 15.6% of average-onset, & 12.3% of late-onset cancers harbor pathogenic germline alterations. aacrjournals.org/cancerdisco…
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Oncologists are now combining PSA screening with MRI and MRI-guided biopsies to locate prostate tumors more precisely. This approach can help physicians select more targeted treatments that limit side effects and preserve patients’ quality of life. news.unchealthcare.org/2026/…
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Among patients due for annual #LungCancer screening, stepped reminders to primary care physicians to order and patients to schedule low-dose computed tomography increased guideline-concordant screening adherence vs usual care. ja.ma/4yCsV15
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Why do so few patients with advanced cancer join clinical trials? We usually blame the patient barriers: mistrust, travel, cost, eligibility. Our new paper in @JAMANetworkOpen asks a different question: how much depends on the doctor and the clinic? 🧵
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mm pattern 4 on biopsy far superior predictor of prostate cancer outcome than stage, grade, PSA, cores. We show using mm criteria rather than "favorable intermediate risk" would increase the number of US men eligible for active surveillance by >50,000. bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.…
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“Telling more people they have cancer is not progress; progress is having fewer people die from cancer,” H. Gilbert Welch writes of Grail’s multicancer screening test. trib.al/SBmjjc7
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Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international research finds: @WCRF_UK experts looking at UK, US and Dutch data found ‘significant increases’ in early onset cases of seven cancers, prompting warnings about lifestyle choices theguardian.com/society/2026… via @annabawden
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Systematic review and meta-analysis: After an abnormal fecal immunochemical test or fecal occult blood test result, patient navigation, patient reminders, and clinician reminders were associated with higher follow-up #colonoscopy completion. ja.ma/4dgoSix
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A randomized trial of a patient-facing chatbot vs web based search enhanced accuracy of diagnosis of lung conditions This is one of the first RCTs for public chatbot assessment in healthcare nature.com/articles/s44360-0…
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🧵 Among medically underserved adults referred for #LungCancer screening with low-dose computed tomography, adding financial incentives to ask-advise-refer and free smoking cessation pharmacotherapy was associated with higher biochemically confirmed sustained tobacco abstinence through 6 months. Free pharmacotherapy alone was not superior to ask-advise-refer, and adding a text-based future health tool did not improve outcomes beyond incentives. ja.ma/4rPGh7F
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A "normal" mammogram interpreted by AI can accurately forecast high-risk of breast cancer in the next 5 years. Approved by FDA, now becoming available. But it should be free and part of every mammogram readout. Front page @nytimes today, by @RoniNYTimes gift link nytimes.com/2026/10/01/well/…
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💬 Editor's Note: After a positive #FIT result, patient navigation/reminders, & clinician reminders each increased follow-up colonoscopy completion, indicating that several implementation strategies may improve #ColorectalCancer screening follow-up ja.ma/3VJnGhC
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Early ctDNA kinetics may complement PSA and imaging, particularly when conventional markers are discordant, but standardization and prospective validation are needed before routine clinical use @JCOOA_ASCO ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1200…
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“Bridging the PSMA PET/CT access gap in prostate cancer: evidence, barriers, and priorities for implementation” addresses an increasingly challenge: strong evidence and guideline recommendations do not necessarily translate into timely and equitable access for patients. 🎯PSMA PET/CT has transformed prostate cancer imaging. However, access remains heterogeneous across countries, regions and institutions, with barriers including reimbursement, nuclear medicine capacity, radiopharmaceutical logistics, waiting times and variable referral pathways. 🇪🇺 Exploratory European data suggest that real-world use remains below the estimated eligible population, highlighting an implementation gap between evidence, recommendations and clinical practice. 🎯 Priorities for implementation include guideline-based eligibility, harmonised reimbursement, regional referral networks, adequate imaging and reporting capacity, multidisciplinary collaboration, and measurable access indicators. The next challenge for PSMA PET/CT is not proving its value, but ensuring that eligible patients can access the right imaging at the right time, regardless of geography or institution. #ProstateCancer #PSMAPET #Urology link.springer.com/article/10… @MRoupret @wjurol @InfoAeu @UrologiaClinico
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Minister Butler has announced that from November, the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme will begin extending invitations to people aged 59, with 58-year-olds joining the programme from April 2027. The phased rollout will continue until everyone aged 50 to 74 is eligible by 2031.
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It’s a really good example of where we need double funding to transform Current staff and resource treating those already in system Screening increases need for investigation and treatment and we don’t have staff or capacity Ultimately prevention should reduce need for both…
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