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D. Ross Camidge

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Oncologist, writer, award-winning ‘How This is Building Me’ Onclive podcast host - fan of truth, creativity and humor https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-this-is-building-me/id1726421043

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · Dec 3

Every year since 2018 we have gathered 5 or more year survivors of lung cancer together at CU to show others that hope has a face. This is the May 11th 2024 gathering. Rock on!

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 10h

There were for me emotional parallels with making it through cancer treatments. When I shared this with a friend he said “That’s a powerful observation. When I think of that book, uncertainty, pain, and isolation come to mind.”
“Yes,” I said.

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 10h

athletic records, longest survival adrift in the pacific, the most targeted prisoner of one of the war’s most vicious guards. Yet all readers see books through their own lenses

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 10h

I just finished ‘unbroken’ (courtesy of Denver Public Library). Unbroken has two meanings here - both the resilience of Louis Zamperini, Olympian, airman, crash survivor, POW, alcoholic, saved Christian. Also the sense of unbroken records, of exceptionalism -

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 15h

Divided dosing lowers the peak concentration that was driving the nausea. Later the real solution for the nausea would be to dose with food but the twice a day regime was already set.

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 15h

Crizotinib, one of the first miracles in ALK pos lung cancer is given twice a day. Yet it’s half life is 42 hours. This is because it caused nausea in the initial trial when dosed on an empty stomach. The approach to maximize speed at the time was to divide the dose

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 15h

Project Optimus, though imperfect, lessens some risk in the dose taken forward, pushing for two doses to be compared in larger groups early on. My experiences of several drugs whisked through at probably the wrong dose supports this

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 15h

South Africa to Canada to the USA and now one of the architects of the FDAs Project Optimus. At the heart of JFZ is a passion to do right by patients. The wrong dose compromises safety and efficacy. In dose escalation we only look at a few people at each dose level.

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 15h

The HTIBM Files Episode 27: Me and JFZ. I first met Jeanne Fourie-Zirkelbach on a call with the FDA about someone’s drug in development that i was advising on. She was the smartest person in the room bar none. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

PRO Research Is Key for a Patient-Focused Oncology Pharmacology Career: With D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, and Jeanne Fourie Zirkelbach, PhD

Podcast Episode · How This Is Building Me · 10/09/2024 · 1h 1m

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 3d

What makes a good day? A still warm enough day to put the top down on my 2004 convertible? Stepping back from a committee (even if it was fun)? Sharing the house with a curious cat? 😀 All of the above today

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 5d

The Oncologist’s Garden: Shaggy Ink Cap and rare yellow puffball

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 6d

The Oncologist’s Garden: From footprint to footprint. As the days get shorter, memories stir. 71 years from first house to resurrected house on the same site.

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 7d

The Oncologist’s Garden: Seasonal breakouts.

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 8d

Josh Reuss, me and Steve Liu. The ringleaders of the DC Lung Cancer Conference (and me and Tom Marron photobombing) having fun in the nation’s capitol

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 8d

DC Lung Cancer Conference- oddly personalized faculty gifts, what fun!

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 9d

Busy weekend of capitol to capitol. Ottawa to DC ready for DC lung cancer conference. The Canadians are, of course, hard to beat for making you feel welcome!

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 9d

A beautiful venue in the arts center in Ottawa

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 9d

Inaugural rare lung cancer conference in Ottawa, Canada. My real treat though was seeing my two ex trainees who are now faculty in Canada. L to R Dr Alec Watson, Calgary Cancer Center; me; Dr David Tsui, Sir William Osler Center, Toronto

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 11d

Who knew love came in envelopes

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 13d

After all the plan is to have cancer as a footnote not a headline for as many people as possible. For the same reason I don’t think male senators should be introduced by their presence or absence of prostate issues. Fair?

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 13d

Next Saturday’s improv oncology line up in the DC Lung Cancer Conference. I’m still feeling out the etiquette of my new public reality. My current thought is I don’t bring up my diagnosis when I introduce myself or be introduced by my diagnosis unless I am set to be specifically talking about.

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 14d

Panels are easy. Just answer questions with no slides- improv oncology

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 14d

This coming week I get to walk among my peer group again for the first time since coming out of the cancer closet. Thursday and Friday in Ottawa (just finished my talk on ROS1 lung cancer). Friday (commute south) and Saturday in DC for a panel on ALK lung cancer.

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 15d

Thinking back the crowds of survivors never cease to inspire me

D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 15d

Lungevity weekend for me. Friday was me and Rahul Gosain of the Oncology Brothers comparing and contrasting academic and community practices. Today was the geek squad of Janet Freeman-Daily and Upal Basu Roy (why am I the only one with a single surname?) and me on Ask the expert ‘Rare Mutations’ 🤓

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D. Ross Camidge @drcamidge.bsky.social · 16d

When you’re tummy looks better with it than without 😎