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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

HealthKey.AI Acquires CancerBot: What It Means for CancerBot Users

What the HealthKey Acquisition Means for CancerBot Patients and Researchers

Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #clinical-trials

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

Dear Skeptical Oncologist: We Need to Talk

A point-by-point response to the objections we hear from clinicians — with evidence, logic, and the occasional raised eyebrow

May 09, 2026 · 7 min read · 5 claps #clinical-trials #cancer

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

EXACT: An Open-Source Precision Clinical Trial Matcher Built on OMOP

Matching a cancer patient to a clinical trial sounds like it ought to be a solved problem. In reality, most matching systems are either (a)…

Apr 24, 2026 · 10 min read · 0 claps #clinical-trials #cancer #omop

AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

CTOMOP: Extending OMOP to Be Comprehensive Transactional and Longitudinal Patient Record

We have discussed earlier a vision for centralized patient database repositories. One of the many use cases for a truly comprehensive…

Apr 19, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #omop #omop-cdm #medical-informatics

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

ctDNA Trials in Breast Cancer: How TREAT ctDNA, DARE and Apollo Are Changing Early Intervention

And Why CancerBot’s Precision Trial Matching Is Becoming Even More Important Than Ever

Feb 11, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #clinical-trials #ctdna #breast-cancer

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

SYMPHONY-1: Can Adding Tazemetostat to R² Improve Outcomes in Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma?

Clinical trials are the engine driving innovation in cancer care — especially in diseases like follicular lymphoma (FL) where cures are…

Dec 28, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps #clinical-trials #cancer #follicular-lymphoma

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

CAMBRIA-1: Exploring Extended Camizestrant in Early ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer

Finding the right treatment pathway after standard therapy can be complex — especially when deciding if extended adjuvant therapy might…

Dec 23, 2025 · 2 min read · 1 claps #breast-cancer #clinical-trials #cancer-treatments

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

Why Bispecific Antibodies Plus CELMoDs Could Be a Powerful New Strategy in B-Cell Lymphoma

Inside Trial NCT05169515 — and why precision matching matters

Dec 21, 2025 · 4 min read · 10 claps #clinical-trials #follicular-lymphoma #non-hodgkin-lymphoma

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

How T Cells Work

And How New Trispecific Antibodies May Transform Multiple Myeloma Treatment

Dec 15, 2025 · 3 min read · 2 claps #multiple-myeloma #clinical-trials #cancer

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

Towards a Common Patient Information Schema

What a unified, patient-centric data model could look like for breast cancer trial matching

Nov 24, 2025 · 3 min read · 1 claps #clinical-trials #omop #fhir

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

Generations of Clinical Trial Matching

Medical science is being drastically impeded by the lack of patient uptake of trials: a world-wide average of just 3% of patients…

Nov 20, 2025 · 5 min read · 6 claps #clinical-trials #cancer-treatments #follicular-lymphoma

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

A Vision for Centralized Patient Data Repositories

Empowering patients, enabling clinicians, and unlocking the full potential of healthcare data.

Nov 03, 2025 · 6 min read · 3 claps #patient-data #omop #fhir

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

Patient Data Access in My Own Cancer Journey

I am heading out to a private conference on patient data access (that is apparently embargoed until conference close!). In preparation, I…

Oct 26, 2025 · 5 min read · 3 claps #patient-data #nhs-patient-data #clinical-trials

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

BEGIN: A Manifesto for Better Patient-Centered Precision Clinical Trial Matching

I discussed my personal journey with cancer here a few months ago. I tried all commercial patient-accessible clinical trial matching…

Sep 24, 2025 · 6 min read · 2 claps #cancer #clinical-trials #breast-cancer

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AD Adam Blum · CancerBot

What Makes a Trial Good for a Patient?

CancerBot’s Trial Goodness Scoring Rubrics

Sep 05, 2025 · 7 min read · 2 claps #cancer #clinical-trials

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Accuracy of Precision Clinical Trial Matching with Follicular Lymphoma Trials on CancerBot

In our last post, we discussed how clinical trial matching systems should evaluate their accuracy. Using the recommended techniques there…

Aug 23, 2025 · 7 min read · 12 claps #cancer #clinical-trials