Plenary Session

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1.33 Guarantee-Time Bias & Trials, Philanthropy, and Cancer Research with Dr. Tom Beer Jan 05, 2019

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In this episode we discuss guarantee-time bias in the context of the recent JAMA Oncology paper titled "Profiling Preexisting Antibodies in Patients Treated With Anti–PD-1 Therapy for Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer". We also have an interview with Dr. Tom Beer, the Deputy Director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, on clinical trials, leadership, philanthropy, and future directions in cancer research. Profiling preexisting antibodies: doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.5860 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

1.32.1 Radiation Oncology with Dr. Brian Kavanagh Jan 04, 2019

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Episode 1.32 ran a little long, so this is episode 1.32.1 - we broke out the interview with Dr. Brian Kavanagh, the Chairman of Radiation Oncology at the University of Colorado, to make the interview more accessible. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

1.32 Rating Metrics, Conflict of Interest in the News, & Radiation Oncology with Dr. Brian Kavanagh Jan 03, 2019

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This week we discuss various academic indices including the h-index and the new Altmetric score, and we go over the recent NY Times article on conflict of interest. We end with an interview with Dr. Brian Kavanagh, the Chairman of Radiation Oncology at the University of Colorado. NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/upshot/congratulations-on-the-promotion-but-did-science-get-a-demotion.html Back us on Patreon! patreon.com/plenarysession

1.31 Ketogenic Diet, COMET-1 and COMET-2, the Health Insurance Marketplace with Dr. Jane Zhu Dec 27, 2018

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We begin this episode with a discussion of Dr. Mukherjee's ongoing study combining a ketogenic diet with PI3 kinase inhibition. We continue with a take on a recent reanalysis of COMET-1 and COMET-2, two failed randomized controlled trials of cabozantinib versus prednisone or mitoxantrone-prednisone in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. We end with an interview on instabilities in the health insurance marketplace with Dr. Jane Zhu of OHSU, an expert in the Affordable Care Act. Keto diet + PI3 kinase: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/magazine/its-time-to-study-whether-eating-particular-diets-can-help-heal-us.html COMET-1: http://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2015.65.5597 COMET-2: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2018.11.033 Back us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/plenarysession

1.30 BONUS! Clinical Trial Endpoints, Drug Approval, Incentives in Oncology Dec 19, 2018

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This BONUS episode is the recording of a lecture given to the National Breast Cancer Coalition on December 11, 2018. It's on clinical trial endpoints, FDA drug approval, and incentives in oncology. Backers of our Patreon will be sent accompanying slides. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

1.29 RCT of Parachutes and Frameworks for Internal Medicine with Dr. Andre Mansoor Dec 18, 2018

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We begin this episode with a critique of the recent paper in the BMJ, "Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial" and we end it with an interview with Dr. Andre Mansoor, discussing his new book: "Frameworks for Internal Medicine." Parachutes: https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094 Back us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/plenarysession

1.28 Questionable FDA Drug Approvals and Building a Career with Dr. Chadi Nabhan Dec 13, 2018

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In this episode we critique two recent FDA drug approvals (venetoclax in combination with azacitidine or decitabine or low-dose cytarabine; glasdegib in combination with low-dose cytarabine -- both for acute myeloid leukemia)and we interview Dr. Chadi Nabhan, the Chief Medical Officer of Cardinal Health, on career transitions. The interview was taped on location at the 2018 annual conference of the American Society of Hematology in San Diego.

1.27 BONUS! Medical Reversal Dec 06, 2018

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This BONUS episode is the recording of a lecture given to hospitalists at Kaiser Permanente on November 14, 2018. It's a slightly different version of the talk on medical reversals that we recorded for episode 1.16. Backers of our Patreon will be sent accompanying slides. Back us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/plenarysession

1.26 Lesson From an ASH Abstract, Behind the Scenes of a Residency Program with Dr. Sima Desai Dec 04, 2018

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Having just returned from the 2018 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, we begin this episode by discussing the abstract of a study that stretches its conclusions. We dedicate most of the episode to an interview with Dr. Sima Desai, the program director for OHSU's Internal Medicine Residency Program. She gives some great insight on the program's inner workings. ASH abstract: https://ash.confex.com/ash/2018/webprogram/Paper117448.html We have also launched our Patreon page! Become a patron at www.patreon.com/plenarysession.

1.25 Welch's Legacy, Interpreting NGS, Uncertainty over Pregabalin, Beyond EBM with Dr. Sam Edwards Nov 27, 2018

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In this episode we discuss: Dr. Gilbert Welch's Wikipedia page and how we should keep his decades of work in perspective, a Twitter conversation between experts on differing interpretations of results from next-generation sequencing, the new paper in JAMA titled "Assessment of Pregabalin Postapproval Trials and the Suggestion of Efficacy for New Indications", and finally, along with Dr. Sam Edwards of OHSU, we criticize the recent perspective piece in NEJM titled "Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine". Welch's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Gilbert_Welch Pregabalin: doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.5705 Beyond EBM: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1806984 We have also launched our Patreon page! Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/plenarysession.

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