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We're back in Plenary Session HQ! We have multiple topics for you this week. We cover the use of trastuzumab in later lines of therapy for HER2+ metastatic breast cancer, we take a listener question on Kaplan-Meier curves, and we talk a little about Patreon. Malignant: www.amazon.com/Malignant-Policy-Evidence-People-Cancer/dp/1421437635 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This BONUS episode is an interview with Dr. Arjun Gupta, a second-year hem/onc fellow at Johns Hopkins University, on his new paper out TODAY in JAMA Oncology titled ''Use of Bone-modifying Agents among Medicare Beneficiaries with Multiple Myeloma''. Use of bone-modifying agents: doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.5426 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This is the last week of pre-recorded episodes -- we'll be back next week with a fresh, hard-hitting monologue. In the meantime, we have three questions of the week for you. Two are inspired by the hematology/oncology boards and are presented by Dr. Sven Olson. Between the two, we have one from Ian Straehely that's inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

Our host is still out of town, but don't worry -- we have some questions of the week to tide you over. The first is inspired by the hematology/oncology boards, presented by Dr. Sven Olson; the second is inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK, presented by Ian Straehley; and the third is from Audrey Tran, inspired by her experiences as a med student. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week our host is still in Australia, but we have some questions of the week saved for you! The first is inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK, presented by Ian Straehley; the second is inspired by the hematology/oncology boards, presented by Dr. Sven Olson; and the third is from Audrey Tran, inspired by her experiences as a med student. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

First up this week is Question of the Week inspired by the Hematology/Oncology boards, with Dr. Sven Olson. No monologue on current trials this week because our host is still in Australia, so we conclude the episode with an interview with Dr. Jonathan Kimmelman of McGill University on his extensive work in research ethics, studying the most important issue in cancer medicine today: the risk-benefit of clinical trials and how best to spare patients from the burdens of creating a new drug. Review of Sunitinib: doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djv292 Benefit, Burden, and Impact: doi.org/10.1177/1740774519873883 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we have a question of the week from Ian Straehley, inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK, as well as an interview with Dr. Robert Hirschtick of Northwestern University on what it means to be a doctor, how you should think as a physician, and his many popular pieces published in journals like JAMA. "Copy-and-Paste": doi.org/10.1001/jama.295.20.2335 "Extremities": doi.org/10.1001/jama.300.10.1125 "The Quick Physical Exam": doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.8182 Robiewon on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Ki7Zbo2VCGQAYinsJhU3w "You Did Not Teach Me What You Thought You Did": doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.15849 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We begin this week's episode by addressing a listener's feedback to our discussion of smoldering multiple myeloma. We then expand on our critique of 'going after the soft targets' (criticizing studies that fall apart with little resistance) by elucidating how to identify and go after hard targets and why it's so important that you do. Finally, we launch into an interview with Dr. H Gilbert Welch that explores his tremendous body of work on the preventable harm that comes from too generous a hand with novel diagnostic advances. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We begin this week's episode with a thoughtful discussion of the internet's "courageous skeptics". Then, after lamenting the way in which the recent study "Randomized Trial of Lenalidomide Versus Observation in Smoldering Multiple Myeloma" was conducted, we end with an interview with Dr. Andy Saultz on his ongoing campaign for Oregon state representative. We break up the interview with a couple Hem/Onc boards questions of the week from Dr. Emerson Chen. Lenalidomide in Smoldering Multiple Myeloma: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.19.01740 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we give a short monologue on the late Dr. Bernard Fisher's legacy in the field of oncology, and then dive into a far-ranging interview with Dr. Mark Lewis of Intermountain Healthcare on his career, his family, and diagnosing himself with MEN1 syndrome. Dr. Fisher's obituary in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/science/dr-bernard-fisher-dead.html Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we begin with a critique of the recent perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine, titled "Talking about Toxicity — 'What We’ve Got Here Is a Failure to Communicate'". After that we interview Dr. Eitan Amir on his paper on undisclosed conflicts of interest among authors of ASCO guidelines. Interspersed between segments of the interview, we invite guest Dr. Sven Olson on to offer a correction to a recent Hem/Onc boards question of the week on Lynch Syndrome (original question posed in episode 2.11) and we invite Ian Straehley on for a question of the week inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK. Talking about toxicity: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1908310 COI among authors of ASCO guidelines: doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32408 Transparency in medicine: doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32407 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We start this week's episode with a quick breakdown of why the recent BEACON trial is "the worst trial" host VP has ever read. After that, we have two questions of the week: one from medical student Audrey Tran, and one inspired by the Hem/Onc boards from Dr. Sven Olson. We end with an interview with Dr. Jonathan Yeh of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on his recent paper: "Has There Been a Shift in Use of Subacute Rehabilitation Instead of Hospice Referral Since Immunotherapy Has Become Available?". BEACON: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1908075 Subacute Rehabilitation: doi.org/10.1200/JOP.19.00044 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we break down the limitations of the recent FLAURA trial and then we're back in the Plenary Session Mobile Command Unit! We have a special guest host, Dr. Christopher Booth of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He and Dr. Bishal Gyawali, also of Queen's University, conduct a reverse interview with our usual host, Dr. Vinay Prasad of Oregon Health & Science University, on his career, the formation of Plenary Session, and what truly matters in the career of an academic physician. FLAURA: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1713137 Price of an Anticancer Drug: doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.3601 Simply Measurable or Clinically Meaningful? doi.org/10.1200/jco.2011.38.7571 The Emperor Has No Clothes: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2008.19.5594 Making Room in Oncology: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/917628 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This BONUS episode is an interview with Dr. Michael Raphael of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario on his new paper out today in JAMA Oncology: "The value of progression-free survival as a treatment endpoint among patients with advanced cancer: a systematic review and qualitative assessment of the literature". Value of PFS: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2751879 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we sit down with Dr. Jeremy Cetnar, director of the Oregon Health & Science University Hematology & Oncology Fellowship Program. In this far-ranging interview, we discuss what he is looking for when reviewing applications to the fellowship program. We also have two questions of the week: one from Dr. Derrick Tao, inspired by the MKSAP; and one from Dr. Sven Olson on hematology and oncology. Tweetorials: http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1906790 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

On this week's BONUS episode, we sit down with Dr. Huseyin Naci, Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the London School of Economics, to discuss his new paper that came out Wednesday (producer's edit: not "yesterday" as said in the podcast - apologies for the delay!) in the British Medical Journal. The paper's titled "Design characteristics, risk of bias, and reporting of randomised controlled trials supporting approvals of cancer drugs by European Medicines Agency, 2014-16: cross sectional analysis." RCTS Supporting Approvals: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5221 Back us on Patreon! patreon.com/plenarysession

We begin this week's episode by revisiting last week's topic on the ethics of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to address some of the controversy stirred up by our episode. We transition from there to an interview with Dr. Dan Morgan of the University of Maryland School of Medicine on hospital transmission and medical overuse. We have two questions of the week, as well -- one from Ian Straehley, inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK; and one from Audrey Tran, inspired by the life of a medical student. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

After a hiatus from our segment on reviewing recent trials, we return to discuss the need for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). In the wake of the 2019 World Conference on Lung Cancer, we focus on whether a phase III trial of selpercatinib (LOXO-292) in RET rearranged lung cancer is feasible, practical, and ethical. We also have two questions of the week in this episode -- one from Dr. Derrick Tao, inspired by the MKSAP; and one from Dr. Sven Olson on hematology and oncology -- as well as an interview with Dr. Adam Duvall of OHSU on his career in the field of adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology. Back us on Patreon! patreon.com/plenarysession

We have three questions for you this week: one from Ian Straehley, inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK; one from Dr. Derrick Tao, inspired by the MKSAP; and one from Dr. Sven Olson on hematology and oncology. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We start this week with two Questions of the Week: the first is from Ian Straehley on the USMLE Step 2 CK, and the second is from Dr. Sven Olson on hematology/oncology. We end with an interview with Dr. Lynn Jansen of OHSU on the therapeutic misconception, optimism bias, and a deep discussion of the ethics of consenting patients for enrollment in early-phase clinical research trials. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We have three questions for you this week: one from Dr. Derrick Tao, inspired by the MKSAP; one from Ian Straehley, inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK; and one from Audrey Tran, inspired by her journey through medical school. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We start this week's episode with a Question of the Week from medical student Audrey Tran on translational research and medical student training. Afterwards, we have an in-depth interview with Dr. Adam Cifu of the University of Chicago on his recent publication: "Physical Examination Pet Peeves". Pet Peeves: doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-18-01063.1 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We're back with more questions of the week! Our first question, from Ian Straehley, is inspired by the USMLE Step 2 CK; our second question, from Audrey Tran, is on deciding on a medical specialty. We end the episode with an interview with Dr. Frank Harrell of Vanderbilt University on the Bayesian approach to statistical thinking. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

In this REUP episode, we replay a section of our interview with Dr. Adam Obley of OHSU: a primer on cancer screening. This audio was first aired on episode 2.03. Not So Silver Lining: doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.73 Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy: www.crcpress.com/Mammography-Screening-Truth-Lies-and-Controversy/Gotzsche/p/book/9781846195853 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

In this REUP episode, we replay a section of our interview with Dr. Michael Hayes of Kaiser Permanente. This audio was first aired on episode 2.01. The interview is on the relationship between conflict of interest and editorial stance on tumor-treating fields for glioblastoma multiforme. TTF: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2019.100189 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we launch a new segment on Plenary Session: Question of the Week! We invite Dr. Sven Olson on to ask a sample hematology/oncology boards question and we invite Audrey Tran on to ask a question from a medical student. Before that, we talk about the legacy of Dr. Charles Moertel and how modern oncologists, in contrast, will be remembered. We end the episode with an interview with Dr. Adam Obley of OHSU -- his fourth appearance on the podcast! -- on cancer screening. Dr. Moertel's obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/29/obituaries/charles-moertel-66-studied-treatment-and-cost-of-cancer.html Faith Lost, a Doctor Turns Bitter: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-12-mn-34516-story.html Not So Silver Lining: doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.73 Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy: https://www.crcpress.com/Mammography-Screening-Truth-Lies-and-Controversy/Gotzsche/p/book/9781846195853 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This BONUS episode is a recording of a lecture that Dr. Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University gave for grand rounds at OHSU on June 19, 2019. The lecture is on the cost of prescription drugs and out-of-pocket spending. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

Welcome to season 2! We're starting this season off with a little bit of everything: a critique of the FDA's accelerated approval of selinexor for penta-refractory multiple myeloma; an interview with Dr. John Reneau of Ohio State University on ECHELON-2 (brentuximab vedotin in t-cell lymphomas); an interview with Dr. Michael Hayes of Kaiser Permanente on parachutes in medicine plus the relationship between conflict of interest and editorial stance on tumor-treating fields for glioblastoma multiforme; and an interview with Dr. Stacie Dusetzina - a leading researcher in health care policy and the cost of cancer drugs, and an avid Twitter user - of Vanderbilt University on #MedTwitter. ECHELON-2: doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32984-2 Facing Our Mistakes: doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198401123100211 Parachutes: doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20170088 TTF: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2019.100189 Impact of Disclosing Financial Ties: doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.39 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We begin this week's episode by breaking down the recent phase III trial on voxeletor in sickle cell disease with Dr. Sven Olson of OHSU. Next, we feature guest Dr. David Steensma of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in a far-reaching interview on being well-read, running a small lab, humanizing cancer, learning from our past use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, understanding the headache of contract research organizations, defining cancer, and more! Voxeletor in Sickle Cell: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1903212 Don't Mention It: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2008.17.7238 The Raven: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2017.76.3458 Erythropoietin Use in Cancer: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2005.05.036 Contract Research Organizations: doi.org/10.1002/cncr.29994 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we begin the episode by discussing MONALEESA-7 and why ribociclib has been shown to increase overall survival while palbociclib has not. We finish the episode with an in-depth interview with Dr. Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University on her work in pharmacoeconomics, specifically we discuss her work on the market value of cancer drugs. MONALEESA-7: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1903765 Free drug samples are a marketing tool: doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2007.114249 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we open with a critical take on our current system of disseminating scientific research, specifically focusing on the prevalence of -- and dependence on -- medical writers. In the second half of the episode, we interview Dr. Allen Pannell of the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee on using a Frequentist approach vs a Bayesian approach in the context of a single clinical trial. Frequentist vs Bayesian: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024256 Dr. Pannell's breast cancer support group: https://www.breastconnect.org/ Dr. Pannell's research project: http://tinyurl.com/peerErPrHer2 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

In this BONUS episode we give advice on how to use Twitter effectively: how to focus your content, how to build your Twitter following, and how to conceptualize of the platform as an information network. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we discuss the recent paper "Interpreting the Effectiveness of Cancer Screening From National Population Statistics: Is It Sound Practice?" with its author, Dr. Joaquín Chapa of OHSU. We then revisit the POLO trial with Dr. Emerson Chen of OHSU, who disagrees with last episode's analysis. Effectiveness of Screening: doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.02.016 POLO: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1903387 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we cover some of the highlights from this year's ASCO annual meeting. We discuss the POLO study "Maintenance Olaparib for Germline BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer" and the TITAN study "Apalutamide for Metastatic, Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer", both recently published in NEJM. We end with a presentation titled "Expedited Program Use and Patient Experience in Trials", which was given in a shortened version at ASCO. POLO: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1903387 TITAN: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1903307 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We begin this episode by responding to listener feedback from episode 1.61's discussion of clinic appointment time and rates of cancer screening. We also tackle listeners' outcry over our take-down of BILCAP (spoiler alert: BILCAP is still a null trial) and how outcry like this highlights the need to train clinicians to think probabilistically. From there, we move on to discussing the recent paper by Myung Sun Kim in JAMA Network Open on waterfall plots and how they are a visual distortion of response rate. We end the episode with an interview with Dr. Jeff Sharman of Willamette Valley Cancer Institute in Eugene, Oregon on community oncology, enrolling patients in clinical trials, expertise of academia, and using real-world evidence. Waterfall plots: doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.3981 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we cover three papers -- "Postpublication Metrics of Randomized Clinical Trials With and Without Null Findings" by Murray et al. in JAMA, "Association of Primary Care Clinic Appointment Time With Clinician Ordering and Patient Completion of Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening" by Hsiang et al. in JAMA Network Open, and "Exceptional responders with invasive mucinous adenocarcinomas: a phase 2 trial of bortezomib in patients with KRAS G12D-mutant lung cancers" by Drilon et al. in Molecular Case Studies. We end with an interview with Dr. Christopher Booth of Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, conducted in the Plenary Session Mobile Command Unit. Postpublication Metrics: doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.2994 PCP Appointment Time: doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.3403 Exceptional Responders: doi.org/10.1101/mcs.a003665 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We revisit I-PREDICT, discuss the "Imputability of Adverse Events to Anticancer Drugs" (a letter published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine), and interview Dr. Daniel Hartung of Oregon State University's College of Pharmacy on his vast knowledge of the cost of drugs, specifically addressing Acthar gel and multiple sclerosis drugs. Imputability of Adverse Events: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1900053 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

In this BONUS episode, we interview Palmer Greene, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, on his recent paper: "Should Evidence Come with an Expiration Date?", published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Expiration Date?: doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05032-4 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we discuss three paired papers on precision oncology published in Nature Medicine and then, later in the episode, go in-depth on the implications of these negative studies with Dr. Talal Hilal of the Mayo Clinic. We also discuss the use of magic mouthwash for oral mucositis with Plenary Session fan, Dr. Arjun Gupta of Johns Hopkins University. WINTHER: doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0424-4 TARGET: doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0380-z I-PREDICT: doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0407-5 Magic mouthwash: doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.6223 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

In this BONUS episode, we interview Dr. Talal Hilal of the Mayo Clinic on his paper that was published today in JAMA Oncology, titled "Analysis of Control Arm Quality in Randomized Clinical Trials Leading to Anticancer Drug Approval by the US Food and Drug Administration". Control Arm Quality: doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.0167 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This BONUS episode is the recording of a Grand Rounds lecture that Dr. Christopher Booth of Queen's University in Kingston, Canada gave this morning (May 1, 2019) at OHSU. The title is "Achieving the Achievable: Real World Data and the Search for Meaningful Cancer Care". Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we sit down with Dr. Cliff Hudis, the CEO of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, to discuss the role of a professional society, the evolution of oncology, building a career, and more. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

In this week's episode, we break down two recently published papers. The first is "Association of Patient Characteristics and Tumor Genomics With Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Using a Clinicogenomic Database" by Singal et al., published in JAMA. The second is "Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus standard of care palliative treatment in patients with oligometastatic cancers (SABR-COMET): a randomised, phase 2, open-label trial" by Palma et al., published in The Lancet. Characteristics and genomics: doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.3241 SABR-COMET: doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32487-5 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We begin this episode with a discussion of two recent clinical trials in lymphoma: CALGB 50303 and REMoDL-B, respectively published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and The Lancet Oncology. We include a primer on the history of lymphoma and the development of R-CHOP. We follow that with an in-depth interview with Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari of the Harvard Medical School on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS), the Orphan Drug Act, and, broadly, the purpose of the US FDA. CALGB 50303: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.18.01994 REMoDL-B: doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30935-5 Dr. Sarpatwari's online course: https://www.edx.org/course/the-fda-and-prescription-drugs-current-controversies-in-context Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

In this week's episode we critique the statistics of the recent trial "Capecitabine compared with observation in resected biliary tract cancer (BILCAP): a randomised, controlled, multicentre, phase 3 study" that was published in The Lancet Oncology. Then, with Dr. Sven Olson of OHSU, we break down the two papers published in NEJM on thromboprophylaxis with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for patients with cancer: "Rivaroxaban for Thromboprophylaxis in High-Risk Ambulatory Patients with Cancer" and "Apixaban to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer". BILCAP: www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(18)30915-X Rivaroxaban: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1814630 Apixaban: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1814468 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

In this BONUS episode, we sit down for a quick interview with Dr. Emerson Chen of OHSU on his recent paper in JAMA Internal Medicine on how using surrogate end points as opposed to overall survival for FDA approval for oncology drugs only results in a reduced drug development time of approximately 11 months. Study Time Reduction: doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8351 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we tackle the recent paper published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology titled "Comparison of Population-Based Observational Studies With Randomized Trials in Oncology" as well as a couple papers lamenting physicians' use of Twitter and the open-access model for journal publishing. We end the episode with an in-depth interview with Dr. Kathryn Schabel of OHSU on orthopedic surgery and how she practices. Observational Studies vs RCTs: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.18.01074 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

We begin this episode by answering questions from a med student who is a Plenary Session fan. We transition from there to a discussion of the recent news stories on the FAA's handling of the Boeing 737 Max controversy and how this reflects on other USA regulatory agencies like the FDA. After a critique of the recent paper "Deleterious Germline Mutations Are a Risk Factor for Neoplastic Progression Among High-Risk Individuals Undergoing Pancreatic Surveillance" published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, we end with an interview with Dr. Elihu Estey of the University of Washington on his 40 years of experience as an oncologist, the "Renaissance" of drugs for leukemia, and advice for trainees on how to approach career goals. Pancreatic Surveillance: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.18.01512 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This week we dive deep into an article in JAMA IM on falsified data in meta-analyses. We also discuss the recent JAMA viewpoint "Reducing the Expert Halo Effect on Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees" with its author, Dr. Stephanie Halvorson of OHSU. Falsified data: doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7774 Expert Halo Effect: doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.20789 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

This BONUS episode is a lecture on medical reversal that was pre-recorded for a class at Harvard Medical School. The recording was played for students in February of 2019 and followed by a Q&A. The slides referenced are available to Patreon supporters. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession