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This is Sam and Karine, and we are Two Onc Docs! We both graduated from our Heme/Onc fellowships in 2021 and became board certified in both Hematology and Oncology. Our mission with Two Onc Docs is to create short board review episodes that you can listen to on your drive to work, while you make your morning coffee, or between pages on call. This is intended to be a supplement to other established board studying resources for busy trainees. *This podcast is intended to be an educational resource for health care providers.*

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This is Sam and Karine, and we are Two Onc Docs! We both graduated from our Heme/Onc fellowships in 2021 and became board certified in both Hematology and Oncology. Our mission with Two Onc Docs is to create short board review episodes that you can listen to on your drive to work, while you make your morning coffee, or between pages on call. This is intended to be a supplement to other established board studying resources for busy trainees. *This podcast is intended to be an educational resource for health care providers.*

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English


Episodes
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Oncology Nutrition 101 Part 2

1/19/2026
This week’s episode is a new topic! We will be focusing on basics of nutrition in oncology. We are so excited to welcome a very special guest Dr. Krystle Zuniga, who is a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition. In part 2, we will go over dietary strategies focusing on cancer prevention, and myths around what causes cancer.

Duration:00:15:45

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Oncology Nutrition 101 Part 1

1/12/2026
This week’s episode is a new topic! We will be focusing on basics of nutrition in oncology. We are so excited to welcome a very special guest Dr. Krystle Zuniga, who is a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition. In part 1, we will go over information + myths in oncology nutrition including cancer feeds sugar, fiber, estrogen, supplements, fasting, and more.

Duration:00:26:49

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Follicular Lymphoma 2026 UPDATE

1/5/2026
Happy New Year! This week’s episode will be focusing on 2026 update for Follicular Lymphoma. We will go over the important details on the diagnostic criteria, indications for treatment and types + toxicities of treatment.

Duration:00:13:23

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ASH 2025 LBA BRUIN-CLL 313 Update: Pirtobrutinib vs Bendamustine/Rituximab in 1L CLL

12/16/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on an update of a late-breaking abstract presented at ASH 2025 this past week: the Phase 3 BRUIN-CLL 313 trial looking at Pirtobrutinib vs Bendamustine/Rituximab in 1L Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL).

Duration:00:11:00

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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) 2025 UPDATE

12/8/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on gastrointestinal stromal tumors, known as GIST with a 2025 update. We will go over important details on the diagnosis, mutations, and treatment of local and metastatic GISTs.

Duration:00:17:57

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Hodgkin Lymphoma 2025 UPDATE

11/24/2025
This week’s episode is also due for an update since it aired in 2022. Will be focusing on Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL), both classical and nodular lymphocyte-predominant. We will go into important details on the pathology, staging, Deauville scoring, and treatment for early stage/advanced stage as well as relapsed and refractory HL.

Duration:00:17:11

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Anal Cancer 2025 UPDATE

11/17/2025
Today’s episode is focusing on what you need to know regarding Anal cancer. This was one of our first episodes back in 2022 so it is time for an updated episode! This will include the important details on risk factors, diagnostic work-up, staging and treatment of both localized and metastatic anal cancer.

Duration:00:11:47

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Urothelial ESMO 2025 Updates

11/10/2025
This week’s episode will be on many exciting updates were announced at ESMO this October in Berlin from Oct 17-21, 2025, especially in bladder cancer, we continue to make such progress! We discuss key trials in NMIBC, MIBC, and metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Duration:00:13:11

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Board Review Tidbits

11/3/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on details of the hematology & oncology board exams, how we prepared the days leading up to our exam, and we cover some highly tested topics in both hematology & oncology. We wish the best of luck to everyone taking their boards this year!

Duration:00:16:59

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Porphyria

10/27/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on Porphyrias…which is very timely since this week is HALLOWEEN and porphyrias are the diseases many people believe started the vampire legend!

Duration:00:09:52

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Metastatic Breast Cancer 2025 UPDATE

10/20/2025
This week’s episode is part 3 of our breast cancer series, with a 2025 update focusing on metastatic breast cancer systemic therapies, toxicities, and supportive care considerations.

Duration:00:11:42

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Localized Breast Cancer 2025 UPDATE

10/13/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on treatment options for localized breast cancer with 2025 updates. We will go over important details on indications for adjuvant radiation, as well as therapies based on the ER/PR/HER-2 receptor status.

Duration:00:17:22

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Breast Cancer Screening, Prevention & Intro 2025 UPDATE

10/6/2025
October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We are providing 2025 update for our 3 part breast cancer episodes, in part 1 today we cover an introduction on breast cancer screening, prevention.

Duration:00:17:20

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Esophageal and Gastrosophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancer 2025 UPDATE

9/29/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on Esophageal and Gastrosophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancer. We will go over important details on the risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment for both localized and metastatic esophageal cancer.

Duration:00:14:58

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Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura ( ITP) 2025 UPDATE

9/22/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura ( ITP). We will go all the important details on causes, mechanism, diagnosis and treatment. The last time we covered this topic was in Sept 2022, and this comes up ALL the time in heme consults, and there will definitely be board review questions. It may also be tested on IM boards.

Duration:00:09:08

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Bone Sarcomas 2025 UPDATE

9/15/2025
This week’s episode will be an update on Bone Sarcomas. We will go over the important details on diagnosis, staging, subtypes and treatment of a few bone sarcomas. Just like Soft Tissue Sarcomas, these are RARE tumors encompassing 1% of all adult cancers and having multiple subtypes. They are more common in children, and most of our bone sarcoma recommendations that are testable are based on pediatric data.

Duration:00:13:47

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Soft Tissue Sarcomas 2025 UPDATE

9/8/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on soft tissue sarcomas. We last recorded this topic in 2023, and well we have some new FDA approvals and updates since then. We will go over the important details on the diagnosis, subtypes and treatment of a few soft tissue sarcomas. These are RARE tumors encompassing 1% of all adult cancers and having multiple subtypes that range from noncancerous tumors such as desmoid tumors to aggressive cancers and everything in between.

Duration:00:21:13

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) and other TMAs 2025 UPDATE

8/26/2025
Today’s episode will focus on an update for commonly tested Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) such as Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP). This will include the high yield facts on mechanism, presentation, diagnostic work-up, and treatment of TTP, and also discuss Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), and atypical HUS.

Duration:00:10:25

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Gastric Cancer 2025 UPDATE

8/19/2025
This week’s episode will be focusing on Gastric Adenocarcinoma. We will go over all the important details on risk factors, diagnostic work-up, staging and treatment for both local regional disease and metastatic disease with updates in 2025 since we last covered this topic in 2023.

Duration:00:18:42

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Endometrial (Uterine) Cancer 2025 UPDATE

8/11/2025
We are updating another important GYN ONC topic: endometrial (uterine) cancer. We will go over all the important details on the risk factors, presentation, diagnosis, staging & treatment options. We will also cover rare uterine malignancies at the end of the episode.

Duration:00:12:23