Blog Posts

Dr. Gyawali has been running a regular column called “Common Sense in Oncology“ at the Medscape since 2019.

From 2016-2019 Dr. Gyawali published monthly blogs at e-cancer that summarize recent news and publications in oncology (some of which get republished at the Health Care Blog).

Common Sense in Oncology

e-cancer Blogs

Additional blog posts can be found below:

Gyawali B. Do Oncology Board Exams Make Us Better Doctors? Medscape. July 2025

Gyawali B. Surrogate Endpoints: The 15 Most Common Misunderstandings in Oncology. Oncology News Central. 2024 October.
Gyawali B. The CodeBreaK Trial: We Broke the Code in More Ways Than One. Medscape. April 2023.

Ten health literacy principles cancer patients need to know. Healthy Debate Canada. October 2022.

Gyawali B. Cancer groundshot: Access to proven treatments must parallel development of new therapies. The National Post. 2022 May

Gyawali B. Cancer groundshot: Access to proven treatments must parallel development of new therapies. The Conversation Canada. 2022 May.

West J and Gyawali B. What Is the Least We Should Expect From New Drugs? The Relative Harm of ‘Me-Too’ Drug Approvals. ASCO Daily News.

Taking the Groundshot to My Native Ground: Developing a New Model of Cancer Care Delivery in Nepal. ASCO Connection. July 15, 2020.

Gyawali B. Prioritization in oncology: Going global before going to the moon.

Gyawali B. Shaping real careers with virtual mentorship. ASCO Connection. Sep 6, 2017.

Gyawali B. Preparing a great abstract for a conference: the why and the how.

Gyawali B. The Anomaly of Anamorelin. Journal club article for the Young Oncologist Corner, European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).

Gyawali B. Argument for a national health insurance system. Development AdvocateNepal:UNDP 2014; 2: 28-33.