Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @FDAOncology
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
82
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-17
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-26
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
The tweets cover various topics related to cancer treatments, clinical trials, and FDA approvals. Some tweets criticize the FDA for its handling of a drug's safety signal and failure to halt its marketing despite trial failures, while others celebrate the FDA's recent approval of cancer drugs. There are also tweets discussing clinical trial endpoints, the feasibility of decentralized oncology trials during the pandemic, and the importance of global trial diversity. Additionally, some tweets mention specific cancer treatments and their approvals, as well as collaborations between the scientific community and regulatory bodies like the FDA and EMA.
Topic Modeling
- FDA drug safety and approval
- Cancer treatment and clinical trials
- COVID-19 vaccination and cancer risk
- Oncology conferences and discussions
- Drug approvals and developments in oncology
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are varied, but there are some recurrent themes. Some tweets express anger or frustration towards the FDA for various reasons, such as failing to remove a drug from the market despite safety concerns or being slow to approve drugs for cancer treatment. Other tweets express excitement or approval for new cancer drugs or research, while others discuss the importance of clinical trial endpoints and the importance of overall survival in assessing risk and benefit. Some tweets express concern, skepticism or skepticism towards certain cancer treatments or research findings.
Trend Analysis
- The FDA's failure to remove potentially dangerous drugs from the market despite safety signals
- FDA approvals and updates on cancer treatments and clinical trials
- False information and refutations regarding COVID-19 vaccinations and cancer risk
- Discussions and conferences regarding global trial diversity and clinical trial endpoints in cancer research
- Approval and development updates on cancer drugs and treatments
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
40
Percentage of total tweets
48%
Number of Original tweets
15
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
82
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
25
Percentage of total tweets
30%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
4
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
46
Percentage of total tweets
56%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter Web App | 29 |
Twitter for iPhone | 24 |
Twitter for Android | 18 |
TweetDeck | 4 |
Khoros Publishing App | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
MelDMann | Mel Mann, MBA, M.Ed🎗Patient Advocate | World’s Longest Living #Gleevec, TKI, & Kinase Inhibitor Survivor of 1,000,000+ survivors, 28 Year Leukemia Survivor, U.S. Army Ret, https://t.co/NmZAJKOId0 | 515,900 |
VPrasadMDMPH | Vinay Prasad MD MPH | Professor @ucsf, Physician-Scientist, Writer; More at @vkprasadlab @plenary_session, YouTube, #vpzd podcast & @Sensible__Med; Views are mine | 261,768 |
AACR | AACR | The mission of the American Association for Cancer Research is to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication, and collaboration. | 105,800 |
ASCOPost | The ASCO Post | News and views from the world of clinical oncology and hematology | 58,541 |
VivekSubbiah | Vivek Subbiah, MD | Oncologist | Associate Prof | Executive Director-Research, MD Anderson Cancer Network | Medical Director, Clinical Center for Targeted Therapy. Tweets = my own. | 26,712 |
CancerNetwrk | CancerNetwork® | Home of the journal ONCOLOGY®, CancerNetwork® offers different perspectives on oncology/hematology through review articles, news, podcasts, blogs, and more. | 25,904 |
mtmdphd | Mike Thompson, MD, PhD, FASCO | Views my own. VP Clinical Partnerships @TempusLabs #PrecisionMedicine #mmsm #lymsm @ASCO BOD (19-23) #CCC19 @COVID19nCCC https://t.co/ckNS2CepBH | 23,033 |
IASLC | IASLC | The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer is the only global organization dedicated solely to the study of lung cancer. #LCSM | 17,027 |
CD_AACR | Cancer Discovery | Follow Cancer Discovery for high-impact articles and news covering major advances in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research. Published by @AACR. | 15,079 |
barriere_dr | Dr Jérôme BARRIERE, MD. | Oncologue médical / Président de CME @polesantestjean 🏩 🇪🇺//militant contre la désinformation médicale//❤️👩👧👦//✊🇺🇦//Ceci n’engage que moi | 10,834 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
MelDMann | Mel Mann, MBA, M.Ed🎗Patient Advocate | World’s Longest Living #Gleevec, TKI, & Kinase Inhibitor Survivor of 1,000,000+ survivors, 28 Year Leukemia Survivor, U.S. Army Ret, https://t.co/NmZAJKOId0 | 273,795 |
6state | Terri Coutee | Founder #NPO https://t.co/e3hxG0Vr9O #BreastReconstruction #SharedDecisionMaking #PatientAdvocate #SDG3 YouTube: https://t.co/4cDtgFpP7c Podcast: https://t.co/850eYnpHy5 | 7,076 |
BernardAFox | Bernard A Fox | Harder Chair #FoxLab @ChilesResearch /CEO @UbiVac #immunotherapy/@OHSUSOM /exPres&Ambassador @SITCancer /ex @theNCI /exDetroiter/M GO BLUE/❤️Pinot/Tweets my own | 5,231 |
rimaanabtawi | Rima Isam Anabtawi | - | 5,000 |
ASCOPost | The ASCO Post | News and views from the world of clinical oncology and hematology | 4,556 |
JTrentMDPhD | Jon Trent, MD, PhD | Associate Director @SylvesterCancer. Director #Sarcoma and #GIST. Telemedicine Clinic is Open. Tweets are my own. | 3,885 |
mtmdphd | Mike Thompson, MD, PhD, FASCO | Views my own. VP Clinical Partnerships @TempusLabs #PrecisionMedicine #mmsm #lymsm @ASCO BOD (19-23) #CCC19 @COVID19nCCC https://t.co/ckNS2CepBH | 3,884 |
barriere_dr | Dr Jérôme BARRIERE, MD. | Oncologue médical / Président de CME @polesantestjean 🏩 🇪🇺//militant contre la désinformation médicale//❤️👩👧👦//✊🇺🇦//Ceci n’engage que moi | 3,016 |
gladeolie | ARYAN® | Just a common man with a scientific temper. #geek #technosavvy #geopolitics #nature #health #astrophyscics #blogger #fashion Retweet is not an endorsement.®© | 2,376 |
DianeEugenio | Diane Eugenio | - | 2,362 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
AACR | The mission of the American Association for Cancer Research is to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication, and collaboration. | 3 |
Rinaduka | 本名:徳田一成 現政権による改憲阻止! うつ病治療中。 | 3 |
RxRegA | Pharma Reg Affairs. Interests: scientific integrity,data standards,transparency,public health. Tweeting my passion, adcoms, @FDApanels while otherwise on pause. | 3 |
LeeJonesMBA | Stage IV colon ca survivor, patient/research advocate. Retired government senior executive. SWOG, NCI CIRB, OPTIMISTICC. COI:Bayer & Genmab Patient Engagement | 3 |
VPrasadMDMPH | Professor @ucsf, Physician-Scientist, Writer; More at @vkprasadlab @plenary_session, YouTube, #vpzd podcast & @Sensible__Med; Views are mine | 3 |
RSKemp01 | Junior Doctor at Southampton. Tweets my own. No FCOI. | 2 |
DrMarkLythgoe | Medical Oncology fellow & Pharmacist at @imperialcollege @ImperialSandC doing PhD in #cancer #microbiome -interest in health policy, drug development & @rovers | 2 |
ASCOPost | News and views from the world of clinical oncology and hematology | 2 |
smellyrajma | he/him, #CommunistMedTwitter 🐬 Passionate about Free and Open Access Healthcare, Education, Utilities, and Housing and the Abolition of All Hierarchy | 2 |
OncoViews | Uniting HCPs to share the latest advances in #oncology. Making medical education accessible to all. Content on this channel is for informational purposes only. | 2 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1640007360868413442 | Our LATEST in @JAMAInternalMed FDA was aware of a SAFETY signal for Idelalisib in 2016. The drug remained on market till 2023! Meanwhile trials failed & were halted, millions earned, & safety signal mounted. Horrible @FDAOncology failure 👇 See 🧵 https://t.co/PxNH7Y4O2t https://t.co/M7bhHVyxwl | 15 |
1638647586641854464 | 🚨📣 It’s Wednesday & we have an approval !!! ⚡️FDA grants accelerated approval to retifanlimab-dlwr for metastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma @OncoAlert @FDAOncology https://t.co/5GGcUKNo7O | 6 |
1639273005036470273 | Irreconcilable Differences: The Divorce Between Response Rates [ORR], Progression-Free Survival [PFS], and Overall Survival [OS] [Mar 17, 2023] Merino et al. @FDAOncology @JCO_ASCO https://t.co/Qu6CWXwDax #ClinicalTrials #ctsm https://t.co/tgOkcY2ncu | 5 |
1638644223833432065 | 10th anti-PD1/PDL1 approved by @FDAOncology for #merkelcellcarcinoma by accelerated approval @MedscapeOnc @OncoAlert @TargetedOnc @DrChoueiri @SuyogCancer @VivekSubbiah @oncology_bg https://t.co/tmtvNTJcrg | 5 |
1639312229119180801 | An increasing number of drug applications to FDA rely on clinical trials conducted entirely outside the U.S. On Tuesday, April 18, @FDAOncology will lead a discussion of global trial site selection and trial diversity at #AACR23. https://t.co/aYW7Zoefnd https://t.co/mfxIHSBsE2 | 4 |
1639586311077068801 | A fantastic collaboration with @FDAOncology @EMA_News A longstanding dream for the #gerionc scientific community Thank you @CapuBaldini @EtienneB66 @VereneDougoud M Vetter M Extermann @NajiaMusolino @SAKK_ch @unifr @HFR_info for making this dream a reality | 3 |
1637514553167683586 | View our top 5 articles of the week, featuring: @ASCO @LifeAtPurdue @PurdueChemistry @DanaFarber @US_FDA @FDAOncology 1. https://t.co/G16hyjDBRs 2. https://t.co/dKoFDtUmMF 3. https://t.co/hVLBL5Av71 4. https://t.co/tuuFin6Fh5 5. https://t.co/gWQjEWIwsg https://t.co/sUsdTpmNE1 | 2 |
1636683787890315266 | 💊 Drug approval news @FDAOncology has approved dabrafenib with trametinib for children aged 1 year and older with low-grade glioma (#LGG) with a #BRAF V600E mutation who require systemic therapy. This represents the first FDA approval of a systemic https://t.co/mCMErt2ILX… https://t.co/iw7IFZuGYU https://t.co/5tmvkfOXh9 | 2 |
1637154547675148289 | @unhealthytruth @P_McCulloughMD This is fake news About fifty French 🇫🇷oncologists have signed a paper refuting any observed link between COVID vaccination and cancer risk Covid 💉 have saved the lives of thousands of patients with cancer @OncoAlert @MedscapeOnc @angie_rasmussen @weoncologists @FDAOncology https://t.co/FSpkvq2cUB | 2 |
1639713121156706453 | Adaptations to the #COVID19 pandemic showed that decentralized oncology trials are feasible. On Sunday, April 16, @FDAOncology Deputy Director Paul Kluetz will moderate a panel discussion on how to make these changes permanent at #AACR23. https://t.co/ApHCIefJTn https://t.co/nTdlnWWujP | 1 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1640007360868413442 | Our LATEST in @JAMAInternalMed FDA was aware of a SAFETY signal for Idelalisib in 2016. The drug remained on market till 2023! Meanwhile trials failed & were halted, millions earned, & safety signal mounted. Horrible @FDAOncology failure 👇 See 🧵 https://t.co/PxNH7Y4O2t https://t.co/M7bhHVyxwl | 49 |
1638647586641854464 | 🚨📣 It’s Wednesday & we have an approval !!! ⚡️FDA grants accelerated approval to retifanlimab-dlwr for metastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma @OncoAlert @FDAOncology https://t.co/5GGcUKNo7O | 12 |
1637154547675148289 | @unhealthytruth @P_McCulloughMD This is fake news About fifty French 🇫🇷oncologists have signed a paper refuting any observed link between COVID vaccination and cancer risk Covid 💉 have saved the lives of thousands of patients with cancer @OncoAlert @MedscapeOnc @angie_rasmussen @weoncologists @FDAOncology https://t.co/FSpkvq2cUB | 12 |
1639273005036470273 | Irreconcilable Differences: The Divorce Between Response Rates [ORR], Progression-Free Survival [PFS], and Overall Survival [OS] [Mar 17, 2023] Merino et al. @FDAOncology @JCO_ASCO https://t.co/Qu6CWXwDax #ClinicalTrials #ctsm https://t.co/tgOkcY2ncu | 9 |
1637514553167683586 | View our top 5 articles of the week, featuring: @ASCO @LifeAtPurdue @PurdueChemistry @DanaFarber @US_FDA @FDAOncology 1. https://t.co/G16hyjDBRs 2. https://t.co/dKoFDtUmMF 3. https://t.co/hVLBL5Av71 4. https://t.co/tuuFin6Fh5 5. https://t.co/gWQjEWIwsg https://t.co/sUsdTpmNE1 | 8 |
1639312229119180801 | An increasing number of drug applications to FDA rely on clinical trials conducted entirely outside the U.S. On Tuesday, April 18, @FDAOncology will lead a discussion of global trial site selection and trial diversity at #AACR23. https://t.co/aYW7Zoefnd https://t.co/mfxIHSBsE2 | 8 |
1638644223833432065 | 10th anti-PD1/PDL1 approved by @FDAOncology for #merkelcellcarcinoma by accelerated approval @MedscapeOnc @OncoAlert @TargetedOnc @DrChoueiri @SuyogCancer @VivekSubbiah @oncology_bg https://t.co/tmtvNTJcrg | 8 |
1636691539123372032 | El Dr @bmassutis nos confonta con la baja aprovación de fármacos para #CancerdePulmon en españa @sanidadgob en comparación con la @FDAOncology y @EMA_News #XICursoCompetenciasGECP @gecp_org @AEACaP @ContraCancerEs @ContraCancerLPA @FCCPulmon https://t.co/Obfrf4Mb6l | 6 |
1638887317489197056 | “Humanized” Large Animal Cancer Models: Accelerating Time and Effectiveness of Clinical Trials. 🔻Naturally occurring canine sarcomas: Bridging the gap from mouse models to human patients through cross-disciplinary research partnerships @FDAOncology https://t.co/svQ7ayKJax https://t.co/WWrbFdvmrk | 5 |
1639983152436322304 | During #AACR23 on Monday, April 17, @FDAOncology will lead a discussion of clinical trial endpoints and the importance of overall survival in assessing risk/benefit, with a focus on lessons learned from PARP and PI3K inhibitors. https://t.co/IYp42O9kGY https://t.co/wsbn3Wvpou | 5 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#oceprojectcommunity | 7 |
#aacr23 | 5 |
#aanhpi | 5 |
#clinicaltrials | 4 |
#fdaoncology | 4 |
#conversationsoncancer | 4 |
#projectpragmatica | 4 |
#drugdevelopment | 3 |
#merkelcellcarcinoma | 3 |
#ocenewsburst | 3 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@fdaoncology | 82 |
@us_fda | 15 |
@oncoalert | 8 |
@mmarmarelis | 7 |
@lovasunmd | 7 |
@nicogirardcurie | 7 |
@jtoonline | 7 |
@charuaggarwalmd | 6 |
@jamainternalmed | 5 |
@ema_news | 5 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
37
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
💊 | 3 | pill |
👇 | 2 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
🧵 | 2 | thread |
🚨 | 2 | police_car_light |
📣 | 2 | megaphone |
⚡ | 2 | high_voltage |
🔻 | 2 | red_triangle_pointed_down |
🇫🇷 | 2 | France |
💉 | 2 | syringe |
🥲 | 1 | smiling_face_with_tear |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Objects | 12 |
Smileys & Emotion | 5 |
Travel & Places | 4 |
Flags | 3 |
Symbols | 3 |
People & Body | 2 |
Activities | 2 |