Kara Maxwell
@KMaxwellLab
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Physician scientist, cancer geneticist and genomicist
Philadelphia, PA
Joined May 2016
RT @BasserBRCA: Bryson Katona, MD, PhD presents on #pancreaticcancer in BRCA1/2 carriers to end the scientific sessions for our Symposium.….
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Thank you for the shout ut @BeetsWhoTweets. Thank you to @LFSAssociation for helping to fund this work. @BasserBRCA @PennCancer.
Timely presentation by @KMaxwellLab as international #LiFraumeniSyndrome Awareness day was earlier this week. So important to understand #TP53 associated breast cancers! #COHGenomics23
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RT @PennMedicine: “We realize there is a knowledge gap about how BRCA affects men because most research and awareness efforts for BRCA have….
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RT @DaleYuzuki: Platz #AACR23 Prostate cancer and genetic testing. High risk variant versus high PRS.
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Genetic (rare variants and PRS) and non genetic factors need to direct prostate cancer screening - excited to be working on making this a reality with an amazing team Drs. Isla Garraway, Tyler Seibert, @Vi8tor @KOSJ12 @jasonvassy @VAResearch @PCF_Science @BasserBRCA
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Amazing work by my husband Jeff Liu, Dr. Camille Ragin and their team addressing H&N cancer disparities - highlighted at the final #AACR23 session! @FoxChaseCancer
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RT @BasserBRCA: Men & BRCA Program Director Kara Maxwell, MD, PhD discusses advancements in #prostatecancer at #AACR2023. Our Men & BRCA pr….
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Happening now! Very cool work by my graduate student on a super interesting tp53 variant we see in clinic - true bedside to bench science. @LFSAssociation @BasserBRCA @PennCancer #AACR23
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Lack of access is probably what is really responsible for lack of diversity in trials. Stop just blaming “medical distrust”, stop using the term “populations that are hard to reach”. There is always a way – but the message and the messenger matter. Karriem Watson #AACR23.
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RT @BasserBRCA: A look back at an incredible evening: The 2022 Basser Jean Bash highlight video is finally here! We're still in awe of your….
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It is my absolute honor to have been chosen to direct the new @BasserBRCA Center Men and BRCA Program. We aim to educate, inform clnical guidelines and do cutting-edge research to improve the care of male BRCA1/2 carriers. @PennCancer
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RT @Vi8tor: Excited to be working with my friends and colleagues on our @PCFnews Challenge Award! @KOSJ12 @DFCIPopSci @KMaxwellLab htt….
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Absolutely thrilled to be part of this amazing team of academic and VA physician scientists awarded a 2022 Movember PCF Challenge grant! @BasserBRCA @PennCancer @VAResearch @PCF_Science @Vi8tor @KOSJ12 .
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Extremely proud of my husband Jeff for this important work - self-identifed Black patients with Head and Neck Cancer have worse outcomes even in "ideal" clinical trial settings. @FoxChaseCancer @templemedschool.
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I am proud to be directing the new @BasserBRCA Men & BRCA Program - and we need a clinical research coordinator.
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RT @BasserBRCA: Today we celebrate #GeneticCounselorAwarenessDay! We strive to raise awareness of the importance of our #geneticcounselors.….
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First comprehensive view of matched primary and recurrent tumors from BRCA1/2 carriers @KLNathanson @BasserBRCA @PennCancer.
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Absolutely beautiful paper definitively answering the question in men of whether cancer increases COVID infection (yes), BUT that vaccination really works to protect cancer patients. @PCF_Science @VAResearch
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