
Alexander Cox
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Alexander Cox
@AlexanderCoxMD
Urologist | FEBU @UniklinikBonn - University Hospital Bonn, Germany








Thrilled to share our review published today in Nature Reviews Urology! @NatRevUrol: rdcu.be/dYuu1 "Pre-treatment metastatic biopsy: a step towards precision oncology for urothelial cancer" Thanks to the amazing team of collaborators @AlexanderCoxMD @GottfridSjodahl @roghmann @ViktorGruenwald @FaltasLab @HolzelMichael @Markuseckstein3 We are exploring how real-time biopsies of metastases could capture the heterogeneity of met. UC, which could provide a clearer path to effective, targeted treatments for mUC! #PrecisionOncology #UrothelialCancer #CancerResearch @OncoAlert #OncoAlertAF @weoncologists @nataliagandur @acampsmalea @BiagioRicciutMD @yekeduz_emre @HHorinouchi @FadiHaddad_MD @Dr_Ivanoncologo @Abdallah81MD @FernandoOnco @ElisaAgostinett @to_be_elizabeth @lungoncdoc @bavilima @realbowtiedoc @Erman_Akkus @DrFMartinelli @Lucarecco @matteolambe @Icro_Meattini @NarjustFlorezMD @double_whammied @JaniceTNBCmets @ARosen380 @kevinpunie @scserendipity1 @CathyEngMD @PGrivasMDPhD @tompowles1 @Uromigos @DrChoueiri @urotoday @DrYukselUrun @shilpaonc @PTarantinoMD






We are happy to share our current manuscript: In an exploratory post-hoc analysis of IMmotion151 (mRCC, atezo + beva) and IMvigor211 (mUC, atezo), in which we correlated baseline electrolyte concentration with ICB response and outcome in an unbiased manner, we made an interesting observation: ejcancer.com/article/S0959-… ➡️High serum sodium predicts ICB response in mRCCl and mUC! ➡️Baseline sodium could serve as a valuable and cost-effective predictive biomarker for ICB (it outperforms PD-L1!) ➡️Sodium exhibits a linear correlation with survival in immunotherapy-treated patients ➡️This hypothesis-generating data suggests that more sodium might fuel an antitumor immune response! ➡️Consistent with this, there is growing evidence of a direct immune-modulating effect of sodium; e.g. High salt diet (HSD) inhibits tumor growth in mice by enhancing anti-tumor immunity ➡️ Maybe HSD could have a synergistic effect with ICB? Further research is needed! Thanks to all collaborators @AlexanderCoxMD @Markuseckstein3 @KuppeChristoph @HolzelMichael @IEO_HolzelLab @JohannesStein9 @saal_jonas @ImmunoSens and to the support from @BMBF_Bund @ @Krebshilfe_Bonn @EORTC @OncologyAdvance @myESMO @Uroweb @UrowebESU @DrChoueiri @ASCO @JCOPO_ASCO @OncoAlert @urotoday @PTarantinoMD @Erman_Akkus @drenriquegrande @PGrivasMDPhD @amerseburger @DrYukselUrun @tompowles1 @Uromigos @montypal @neerajaiims @shilpaonc @sonpavde #Oncology #Cancer #Immunotherapy




















Excited to share our new @biorxivpreprint: The evolution of genomic, transcriptomic, and immune features of metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. A #Teamscience project spearheaded by K. Ohara and co-led by @FaltasLab and J.M. Mosquera



In a trial comparing enfortumab vedotin and a PD-1 inhibitor with chemotherapy in patients with untreated advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer, progression-free and overall survival nearly doubled with the experimental treatment. Full trial results: nej.md/49ViJEe




Happy to share our work: Integrating On-Treatment Modified Glasgow Prognostic Score and Imaging to Predict Response and Outcomes in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma @JAMAOnc. See our tweetorial and the terrific editorial by @ggebraelmd @GliceidaGalarza @neerajaiims @urotoday 1/7

