I acquired COVID last week, despite being boosted. I made a post on my personal page about how terrible I’ve felt and how grateful I am that I got the booster because I would have been so much worse off. My (dead) ex boyfriend’s mother commented on it, linking to several anti vaxx/science sources. She then told me to, “keep collecting my paycheck” with pushing the vaccine.
I had kept this woman as a “friend” out of respect for my dead ex and the fact that she had never started any nonsense with me. But this? This shit is hurtful. She knows what I do for a living and still opted to follow that brainwashed train of thought. This woman is a marketing professor at a prestigious university. She knows how to utilize peer reviewed, evidence based studies. How did it get this bad, where intelligent people have become this insane?!! (PS- I removed and blocked her quickly).
Here’s a quick rundown. Check anything you wish.
-Purple biotech is currently trading at 4 dollars a share on the Nasdaq.
-Mkt cap is 70M
-Cash on hand is 48M
Assets:
Consensi- fda approved. Failed launch during COVID. New deal likely coming. But this is the weakest drug they have.
Nt-219- passed monotherapy phase 1A in humans. Entered phase 1B and combo therapy with erbitux. No data presented yet. They did get prelim data in June. The drug got a CRR in an esophageal patient. The drug has expanded research for phase 2 combos at MD anderson with opdivo and yervoy. It also won’t scholarship award from Bristol last April for its mechanism of action on metastatic brain cancer. It enters phase 2 this quarter.
Cm-24- passed phase 1. Entering phase 2 as we speak. In phase 1 it was combined with opdivo. Prelim human data showed a 40 percent reduction in a metastatic pancreatic tumor. Full phase 1 data readout is due any day. In phase 2 it will expand to more indications with abraxane as well as opdivo. Bristol Myers currently has a no money collab on this drug that was set up in 2018.
A couple other notes:
Purple Biotech just opened up a subsidiary in Switzerland at biopole. The same facility that Bristol Myers partnered with at the same time we started up there.
Purple biotech has no debt, they also now have 12 board members including Fabien sebille who quit debiopharm (a Swiss big pharma) as their executive director of business, to join purple in December. He now runs the Swiss subsidiary.
Why take a look or care?
A major Bristol licensing deal seems to be on the horizon.
As well as full phase 1 readouts on both oncology drugs this quarter.
The float is only 17.8M shares.
Ark IZRL has 700k shares. Steven Cohen has 225k shares.
Mkt cap target after data and/or a licensing deal? 500M
30 a share.
Watch out for 1.9M warrants at 9.
Nt-219 has the potential to beat Keytruda. It’s about to enter phase 2. Give it a look.
Hi all. Sorry if this is not the place to be asking but I'm desperately trying to find the best way to help my little dog. He means so much to my wife and I, and I recently relocated from Scotland to be with my wife here as her father was terminal. Its been a really tough year or two with both our fathers having cancer, and sadly my wife's father passed a few months ago. Since moving I had to cancel my UK pet insurance and was unable to get it in Ireland as our bichon is almost 11 so no insurer would cover him.
Since Xmas eve he has had a mass suddenly appear and has grown significantly since. We've seen the vet here 3x and it appears to be a mass cell tumour. They vet deals mainly with livestock and the other vet dealing with dogs is out the country for the time being. I'm seeking for advice and recommendations or resources to finding whatever ways I can to attempt to help my wee man. Its been an absolutely horrendous time for my wife in particular and this is breaking her heart (and mine as he is everything to me).
We are based in rural carlow but I am willing to go anywhere that may give him the chance to fight this and give him a shot at managing this. He's not in pain but due to the growth his breathing is faster and he's exhausted from the toll its taking on him. Located under his armpit means its causing some discomfort in walking in sure for him also.
I don't have an income here yet and limited funds but again I will do anything I can to raise funds or borrow from family for treatment, and would love to know of any specialists out there or any resources that I can use to focus on as I will go to the ends of the earth for him.
Currently he is on a steroid to reduce inflammation and an antibiotic. Does anyone have any similar experience that they had success with, or knowledge that made a positive impact to a dogs fight against cancer? Im at a bit of a loss and although normally quite capable of self learning, the current anxiety and stress of his situation had admittedly overwhelmed my mind and I can't really seem to figure out the best route forward.
Thank you in advance, and if this post is inappropriate for the sub let me know and I can delete it.
Thank you ireland ❤️
Title says it all, I have been offered a position at a cancer center in NYC using the sysmex for hematology. Just wondering if anyone has any experience working at one of these places- how are the differentials, work flow, etc? Strictly hematology so any advice would be appreciated! Thanks
Hey nurses! I am finishing up my BSN in August and have been thinking about nursing jobs as a new grad. I recently started working outpatient oncology/infusion in a nursing student position (kind of like a tech but with a bigger scope because I can start IVs, draw labs, access ports, picc line dressing changes etc). I really like this unit and the schedule works nicely with my life. I should be able to transition into an RN role once I graduate (assuming all goes well). However, I'm having a bit of a come to Jesus moment about starting as an RN in ambulatory care. Will I be severely limiting my future options by doing so? I have also liked pre/post op care, NICU, OR, and I'm sure there's plenty more that I would like as well so I don't want to completely eliminate other possibilities down the road. I'm ok with never being a flight nurse or something like that, but I don't want to pigeon hole myself into ONLY outpatient onc forever.
Thanks for the advice!
Any oncologists out there, clinical or medical?
Do you enjoy your job? What are the pros and cons? What did you have to do to get into specialty training?
My husband has prostate cancer, but he's only seen GU doctor mostly interns at VA. We have not seen oncology doctors and I am suspicious this VA location doesn't have strong oncology, if there is any oncology doctor. We are considering moving other location.
Can you tell which locations that have strong oncology doctors? except NYC. thanks
So I just started a treatment plan or whatever you want to call it at the VA Oncology clinic. There were a few things about this clinic that were different from all my other VA appointments and I'm just wondering if it seems as weird to other people as it does to me...
Firstly, multiple nurses were asking me to rate my "stress level." That was a new one and it seems like a bizarre question to me. Because yeah, probably everybody getting seen there is pretty stressed. Go figure. On top of that, being asked to quantify and rate my stress level on the spot just stresses me out more. And I'm not sure how that information helps them anyways.
Secondly, not long after I got there, I had a social worker come see me to talk about setting up advance directives. I'm only 31 years old, mind you. Now, I'm not saying I want them to sugarcoat anything, but doesn't it seem just a little bit discouraging that one of the first things they do when you come to this clinic is tell you to make a will? It's like they're saying "Yeah, if you're being seen here, you're pretty much definitely going to die." It really doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. She told me I could think about it and talk to her next time since I'm going to be in there every week.
idk, am I just being overly sensitive about this or do these things seem weird to you all?
Hello everyone, Recently I got the unfortunate news that my 10 year old corgi has a sinus cancer. I was wondering if anyone in the Denver area has had experience with this and if they have gone to the CASE specialist in Boulder or other places and what their experience was like. Thank you everyone
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Hello,
I was recently diagnosed with NS CHL. I have my first oncology appointment next week but I don't yet have a PET scan scheduled. Is this unusual?
hey so i have a question about wut my lab teacher said. so we were going through cytotoxic waste bins and purple ppe. and she said that we wear these to protect ourselves of course and then said that it's because cancer can spread if we touch wut they've touched etc. but i thought cancer isn't contagious though?? And i found a random person's reply in the Cancer sub reddit: "99% of people don’t know how to respond and you having cancer freaks them out. If you have it that means they can get it too and the average person doesn’t want to think about their own mortality."
Which confuses me even more lol i'm just dumb ok
URGENT REQUEST: Asking for my aunt who's suffering with stomach related issues and is in pain. Currently admitted in Kamineni (King Koti) and they are saying they do not have Oncology specialist.
Those of you in outpatient - if your patients are c19+ and symptomatic, are you delaying treatment? Do you still bring them in to treat but in an isolated area? Are they having you wear full PPE?
I’m just curious to know if our policies are similar, because the inner voice telling me things aren’t safe can’t always be trusted.
All - I have a question, it's more morality based (I think) than medical, hopefully it's allowed - I wanted to hear from oncology patients and professionals. A Dr's office tells a patient in November that they have Phase 4 cancer. Biopsies are performed, and results available and communicated to the Dr. on 12/23 (Thursday) before Xmas. The Dr. is going on leave from 12/25 to 1/2. The Dr. decides that the results can wait until 1/6 to tell the patient.
To me, this is a complete lack of compassion and morality - You've given someone a very grave prognosis, you have information for them, either good or bad, but you decide they don't need to hear it for 2 weeks, that it's not important? There was time before the break to do this, yet it's not important?
Am I missing something? Is this standard practice? Am I completely misreading the situation? Any advise / information would be appreciated. Thank you.
Hi friends. I’ve been in the ER a looooong time and, like all of us, I’m burnt to a crisp after the last two years. I dread going to work. I have nightmares about things I’ve seen over the last decade. My recently departed, very beloved aunt who is the reason I went into nursing in the first place was an oncology nurse. Over the years I know she worked in both adult and peds oncology. I’m thinking of switching - oncology nurses of the internet how do you feel about your job? What are the highs and lows? Does getting to know your patients make it harder or easier?
Edit: thank you everyone so much for your advice and for sharing your experiences. You’ve given me a lot to think about! I feel like this is a good move for me after hearing from you guys; time to fire up the old resume.
Ok, so I’m currently a PCT on a G.I floor. I am allowed to do several different things alongside the usual (vitals, blood sugar, toileting, EKGs, weight) like flush drains, collect and measure output, draw labs (some night shift PCTs ((not me included)) are even better than the nurses at it), and dressing changes. I’ve known since I started nursing school that I want to get into Oncology, specifically Peds.
Now, at our hospital techs on Oncology and Peds, save for the ED, only do vitals, blood sugars, EKGs and daily weights. The nurses do all the other stuff I’m used to doing. There are openings for both Peds and Adults and I was even invited to apply by the assistant nurse manager for Adults to apply (I float there a lot since they are critically short staffed.).
Would this be a good move to go there as a tech? Would it be easier to get a job there as a nurse once I graduate? If you think it’s a good idea. What are some expectations you would have for your techs?
Also, if you can share some experiences as a nurse on an Oncology floor, I’d truly appreciate it.
I know it’s a lot to ask, so thank you for simply taking the time to read all this.
I don't mean people from the same department/lab, but people from unrelated centers or cities. How do they discuss an idea or pacient they find interesting. Or even get in touch with each other? Is it just at the congresses, a little chit chat and that's it?
Do they have some kind of means of communication at all?
I got an email this morning saying that my next rotation which was meant to be geriatrics has to be changed and they're offering me either Oncology or neurosurgery. Both are 100% banding (Scotland), and not great in terms of support. I don't have experience with either, but I'd imagine Oncology has loads of arrests which I wouldn't be keen on... Can anyone advise on which would be a better pick?
I was hoping to do my mrcs part a in April but if I'll be on 100% banding I'm not gonna be able to do that if I'm on call every other day!
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If such a post is allowed, here's her site, she just got started and gives free initial consults for people interested: http://houdabouacha.com/
She basically focuses on prevention and how to fix things before things get out of hand.
Hi all,
I am a current Nursing student and know I want to go into Pediatric Nursing.
By the beginning of January I have to decide where I would like to finish out my clinical hours under a preceptor (lasting 3 months). I have yet to do my normal peds rotation which makes it more difficult to decide.
I was hoping to hear some experiences of current peds nurses. Without disclosing too much I was curious what kind of cases are seen on acute care floors? I am heavily considering oncology but didn’t know if it would be better to get acute care experience.
I have experience working as a nursing assistant on an IMCU for adults but have little to no experience working with peds. Would love to hear the good, bad, insight, anything.
I am a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering and I work with cancer genetic data in my research work. I don't have access to an Oncologist at my lab so I am trying my luck here with getting some questions answered. I know doctors are very busy, so if you can write a few words it will be great. Thank you !!
Questions:
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Do you use NGS test results for treatment planning?
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If yes, which type of cancers do you order NGS testing for?
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What are some of the challenges with using NGS testing in clinical practice?
I'm jumping from into the oncology field and need to brush up on my oncology knowledge, what are the best resources out there to brush up?
My two interests have been neuroscience and oncology. I got exposed to neuroscience through my university but have taken a research role in oncology at a pharma company to decide which field I would prefer to focus on in grad school. Before I started work I wanted start getting up to speed on the oncology space but wasn't sure where to start. Are there any book recommendations that I can use as a starting point?
And God said, let there be blood
And God said, flood
And God said, good
is a woman with fruit
in her womb and not
in her hand
And God said, sin
And God did not say, forgive
And God said, I will make a stormy wind
And God said, son, a breath
stirring
And God said, highly favored
And God said, condemned
And God said, I will blot out man
whom I have created, for I am sorry
that I have made them
And God said, listen
And sunk a boy
in her like a stone
Edit: find it here! https://pleiadesmag.com/poem-of-the-week-leila-chatti/
Mark your calendar! Friday, January 28 at 9:30 a.m. ET.
I had my first appointment with care oncology to discuss a new regiment of medication
https://careoncology.com
As gbm patient I think and hope this is a viable treatment due to not having a lot options for glioblastoma
My husband has prostate cancer, but he's only seen GU doctor mostly interns. We have not seen oncology doctors and I am suspicious this VA location doesn't have strong oncology, if there is. We are considering moving other location.
Can you share va locations that have strong oncology doctors?
