onc brain

About onc brain

onc brain is a curated, AI-summarized digest of the research that matters from major oncology meetings (ASCO, ESMO, ASTRO, AACR, and subspecialty meetings). One oncologist flags the most clinically important findings; an AI pipeline summarizes each one with comparative-literature context and ships it here, organized by disease site and date.

It is a personal project, not affiliated with any conference or institution.

Who curates it

Nick Boehling, MD (@nb2276), a practicing oncologist. Every item here cleared his bar for "worth a subspecialist's attention," not an algorithm's.

How it works

1. Curate. Nick Boehling, MD sends sources to a private bot: conference posts from X, paper links (DOI, PubMed, or journal pages), full-text PDFs, and slide photos.
2. Analyze. An AI pipeline groups the sources into individual studies, then writes a per-study analysis: the headline result with effect sizes quoted verbatim, comparisons to recent and historical trials, and methodology critique where it is warranted.
3. Triage. Each study gets a standard-of-care verdict (practice-changing, confirmatory, early signal, and so on) plus the patient population it applies to, so you can scan a day in about 90 seconds.
4. Publish. The digest ships as this static site, plus an RSS feed and JSON API so other tools can read it.

What you get

• A human filter. A subspecialist's picks are the signal; algorithmic feeds are the noise.
• Effect sizes, verbatim. Numbers are quoted from the source, never paraphrased into vagueness.
• Comparative context. How each result sits against the prior evidence, not just the press-release version.
• Citation-aware. NCT numbers, PubMed IDs, and DOIs auto-link to their source records.

What this is not

Not medical advice. AI summaries can paraphrase incorrectly. Verify against primary sources (clinicaltrials.gov, PubMed, the conference proceedings) before any clinical use.

Not exhaustive. This is one curator's filter. Many important findings will not appear here.

Not affiliated with ASCO, ESMO, ASTRO, AACR, or any other organization.

Corrections and takedowns

Spotted an error, or posted something referenced here and want it removed? Contact Nick Boehling, MD at @nb2276. Takedowns are typically actioned within 24 hours.