@HamidMD10

Oncologist in Nairobi and at Garissa Cancer Center, Kenya| Cancer Research Fellow at Queen's University, Canada 🇨🇦

 Kenya
dromarabdihamid.com/
Joined January 2012
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🔔 Just Published in the journal of @ecancer The First data on the patterns of Esophageal cancer at the Garissa Cancer Center. ‼️ Late stage disease presentation ‼️ Mainly Ethnic Somalis 🚨Mainly Nomadic and rural communities Full link ⬇️ @garissahealth ecancer.org/en/journal/artic…

Landscape of esophageal cancer in Northern Kenya: experience from Garissa Regional Cancer Center -...

Landscape of esophageal cancer in Northern Kenya: experience from Garissa Regional Cancer Center Omar Abdihamid1†, Houda Abdourahman2†, Abdulsadiq Ibrahim1

ecancer.org
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@oncodailyOct 10
The Role of Environmental Protection in Global Cancer Prevention - Omar Abdihamid MD MMED @HamidMD10 oncodaily.com/new-paper-aler…
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Join us in the beautiful city of mombasa as we talk about ways we can change the current cancer care to a value based approach @AORTIC_AFRICA
Common Sense Oncology
@csoncolOct 8
Join CSO at the 2026 Kenya International Cancer Conference! Prof. @VanderpuyeVerna, Dr. @Rubagumyaf, Dr. @HamidMD10, and Prof. Nazik Hammad will be presenting the principles of CSO in the African context. Learn about a range of topics, from the impacts of clinical trials to patient perspectives. Where: Sarova Whitesands, Mombasa, Kenya When: November 19th, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm We hope to see you there! #CommonSenseOncology #CancerCare
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OncoDaily
@oncodailyOct 8
Honored to Contribute to the Global Oncology Research Community - Omar Abdihamid (@HamidMD10) oncodaily.com/voices/omar-ab…
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Cancer control in Africa must go beyond the clinic. Our new commentary in @JCOGO_ASCO Global Oncology highlights the critical link between environmental protection, climate change and cancer prevention @UNFCCC @NemaKenya @citizentvkenya @oncodaily
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Aden M. A Aress@AdenAressSep 21
For 60 years Northern Kenya had no cancer specialist, no radiotherapy, no chemo. Not one. Here's what changed. @HamidMD10
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Stephen V Liu, MD
@StephenVLiuSep 12
Landmark, practice changing study at #WCLC26. The phase III MAVERICK study shows no improvement in OS with PCI for SCLC, across limited and extensive stages, with worse cognitive failure free survival and increased toxicity in PCI arm. The end of the PCI era.
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September 7th is World Radiotherapy Awareness Day!. Here is a small history class I put together, and the inequities that persist when it comes to access to radiotherapy in Africa. omaryhamidy.substack.com/p/r… @AORTIC_AFRICA @CANCERKESHO @iaeaorg @NCIKenya @garissahealth
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BG Lab
@OncologyBGLabSep 2
Tomorrow morning 7:45 AM Toronto time zone @oncology_bg is giving grand rounds on How to Read and How to Write, if you are interested to join.
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There is a moment in the cancer journey: It is not the scan. It is not the biopsy. It is not even the first treatment. It is the moment a doctor says: “You have cancer.” For many men, those words do more than announce a diagnosis.open.substack.com/pub/omaryh… @AORTIC_AFRICA
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Yüksel Ürün
@DrYukselUrunAug 26
Pancreatic cancer just crossed a line once thought impossible. FDA approved daraxonrasib after prior therapy. Is “undruggable RAS” finally becoming history? @FDA @OncoAlert @ONCOassist @OpenMedicineHQ @DanaFarber
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Come join us and learn from world class leaders in health service research through this research fellowship at world leading university @QueensuSCRI @QueensUHealth
Common Sense Oncology
@csoncolAug 18
Only two weeks left to apply! If you are a trainee or early career clinical or medical oncologist, Common Sense Oncology invites you to apply for its Cancer Health Services Research Fellowship at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. Applications due by September 1. Learn more and apply now:  tinyurl.com/y8pdw3yv Dr. Omar AbdiHamid @HamidMD10 was a CSO fellow in 2024 and is currently a Consultant Clinical Oncologist and cancer researcher in Kenya. He writes a blog that continues to advocate for common sense principles in oncology. In his latest post, he describes the thinking and inspiration behind his recent publication, Re-centering overall survival in oncology trials: Interpreting the FDA draft guidance through a global oncology lens, which is now available in the Journal of Cancer Policy. To learn more about CSO’s past fellows and to apply to be the next CSO Fellow in 2027, visit: commonsenseoncology.org/get-… Also check out Dr. AbdiHamid's blog here: omaryhamidy.substack.com/
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BG Lab
@OncologyBGLabAug 7
Happy Friday. Please read this very touching piece by @oncology_bg on a phone call he made to the wife of a patient he recently lost to cancer. medscape.com/viewarticle/pho…
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What do we mean when we say a cancer drug “works” I invite your read our recent paper on substack open.substack.com/pub/omaryh…
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OncoDaily
@oncodailyAug 4
Predicting the Career Interests Among Final-Year Medical Students in Kenya - Omar Abdihamid @HamidMD10 oncodaily.com/science/omar-a…
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Our new study among final-year medical students found that only 25% will consider being a cancer doctor (oncologist). Full paper pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article… I also wrote a Substack article on the same. substack.com/profile/9035796… @NationAfrica @NCIKenya @CANCERKESHO @AORTIC_AFRICA
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After a short hiatus, I’m excited to be writing on Substack again. My latest piece explores cancer survivorship in Africa and why we need to challenge the long-held belief that a cancer diagnosis is always synonymous with a death sentence. open.substack.com/pub/omaryh…
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Toni Choueiri, MD
@DrChoueiriJul 19
Recent @Nature analysis shows the breakdown of cancer-related publications in the and reveals the cancer types with the highest output, and the leaders of the field. 📊 Breast cancer remains the most-studied cancer globally in the Nature Index (2021–2025), well ahead of lung cancer. 🌍 The 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳 together contribute ~60% of global cancer research output in the Nature Index. 🏛️ @Harvard is the world’s leading institutional contributor, followed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences @CAS__Science and @NIH 🎯 Countries with the strongest cancer research focus relative to their overall scientific output include the 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇸🇬 🇨🇦 🇹🇼 .
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Lookin forward to this session. Come join us and learn about value-based care behind the hype and the spin of the new drugs or treatment in oncology
KESHO
@CANCERKESHOJul 14
Would you call it progress if a treatment is new, but does not help patients live longer or live better? Join the Common Sense Oncology track at #KICC2026 with Prof. Verna Vanderpuye, Dr Fidel Rubagumya, Dr Omar Abdihamid & Prof. Nazik Hammad. Register: bit.ly/4mWAXgf
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China’s cancer drug market will be the game changer in the next few years! @DrHongchengZhu
Paolo Tarantino
@PTarantinoMDJun 10
>250 Chinese ADCs currently in clinical trials >500 in preclinical testing 🤯
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Just published! @CANCERKESHO @AORTIC_AFRICA
OncoDaily GI
@OncoDailyGIJun 8
What Does it Mean to Live With Prostate Cancer in Kenya? - Omar Abdihamid (@HamidMD10) oncodaily.com/voices/omar-ab…
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