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KOL Pulse AI · #ESMO26 Post-Conference Edition · Conference Intelligence
ESMO 2026 GU: Virtual Attendee Network
Post-conference edition, data through November 2, 2026. 964 accounts classified from 651 curated posts on 18 genitourinary cancer trials (ESMO Congress 2026 · Madrid, Spain · October 23–27, 2026). Use it to follow up with the people who engaged with the GU data: click any of the top 20 KOLs to see exactly who amplified them - by category, region and country - and use the trial section to find the physicians who engaged with each trial during the meeting. The classification separates physicians, patient advocates and advocacy organizations, conference organizations, industry, and media. Pairs with the ESMO 2026 GU influencer network for who drove and who amplified the conversation; see also the ESMO 2026 conference coverage and the ESMO 2026 GU slide library.
849 of 964 Accounts Identified 185 Verified US Physicians 349 Int'l Physicians 54 Physician Countries
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Which GU Cancer Trials Were Physicians Engaged With at ESMO 2026?
Physicians who posted or reposted #ESMO26 content on each genitourinary cancer trial. Trial names link to the KOL Pulse trial profile where one exists.
VOLGA291 physiciansTom Powles · Oncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade +283 more
DASL-HiCaP200 physiciansTom Powles · Oncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade · Katy Beckermann · Tian Zhang +192 more
KEYNOTE-B15 / EV-304164 physiciansTom Powles · Oncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade +156 more
KEYNOTE-866158 physiciansTom Powles · Oncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade +150 more
KEYNOTE-905 / EV-303158 physiciansTom Powles · Oncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade +150 more
ENERGIZE137 physiciansToni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade · Katy Beckermann · Tian Zhang +129 more
PROTEUS132 physiciansOncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · Dr Amol Akhade · Tian Zhang · Dra. María Natalia Gandur Quiroga · Alan Tan +124 more
LITESPARK-011111 physiciansTom Powles · Oncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade · Katy Beckermann +103 more
TALAPRO-397 physiciansOncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade · Katy Beckermann · Sumanta K. Pal · Alan Tan +89 more
PEACE-185 physiciansOncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · David H Aggen · Dr Amol Akhade · Katy Beckermann · Tian Zhang · Dra. María Natalia Gandur Quiroga +77 more
LITESPARK-01277 physiciansTom Powles · Oncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade +69 more
JNJ-614368 physiciansZach Klaassen · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Katy Beckermann · Tian Zhang · Dra. María Natalia Gandur Quiroga · Sumanta K. Pal · Andy Hahn +60 more
XmAb81967 physiciansToni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade · Tian Zhang · Dra. María Natalia Gandur Quiroga · Sumanta K. Pal +59 more
PE-PE65 physiciansToni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Shilpa Gupta · Tian Zhang · Shankar Siva · Dra. María Natalia Gandur Quiroga · Sumanta K. Pal · Jeff Ryckman +57 more
CAPItello-28162 physiciansZach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · Katy Beckermann · Tian Zhang · Dra. María Natalia Gandur Quiroga · Alan Tan · Karine Tawagi MD · Daniel Castellano +54 more
TROPHY-U-0146 physiciansTom Powles · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Yüksel Ürün · David H Aggen · Shilpa Gupta · Katy Beckermann · Tian Zhang +38 more
TroFuse-05535 physiciansTom Powles · Zach Klaassen · Shilpa Gupta · Dr Amol Akhade · Katy Beckermann · Dra. María Natalia Gandur Quiroga · Karine Tawagi MD · Julian Chavarriaga +27 more
CARE126 physiciansOncology Brothers · Toni Choueiri · Zach Klaassen · Dr Amol Akhade · Katy Beckermann · Tian Zhang · Sumanta K. Pal · Karine Tawagi MD +18 more
Understanding This Report
Questions This Report Answers

What does this data show?

A verified, classified map of the #ESMO26 genitourinary cancer conversation across 18 genitourinary cancer trials: 964 accounts from curated posts, including 534 physicians — 185 US physicians and 349 international colleagues, from 54 physician countries including the US (Spain, India, Mexico, United Kingdom lead outside the US). Institutional clusters are visible in the conference conversation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (7), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (6), MD Anderson Cancer Center (6), City of Hope (4). Trial interest concentrates around VOLGA (291 physicians), DASL-HiCaP (200 physicians), KEYNOTE-B15 / EV-304 (164 physicians). 16 patient advocates and advocacy organizations are active in the same conversation — and the bot and persona accounts that inflate raw follower metrics were identified and quarantined, so every physician here is bio-verified.

How can a KOL learn from this report?

Benchmark your own #ESMO26 genitourinary cancer presence against the 534 physicians mapped here: are your trials of interest among the crowded conversations (VOLGA, DASL-HiCaP, KEYNOTE-B15 / EV-304) or the quiet ones where a single voice still stands out? The category and region breakdowns show which patient advocacy voices and international colleagues were active in your space, and the trial section names the physicians - with their institutions - engaged with each trial.

What does a worked example of using this data look like?

An MSL following up after ESMO 2026: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center alone had 7 physicians in the #ESMO26 genitourinary cancer conversation. Cross-reference the trial section — VOLGA (291 physicians), DASL-HiCaP (200 physicians), KEYNOTE-B15 / EV-304 (164 physicians) are the crowded conversations — and the follow-up plan writes itself: which physicians at which institutions engaged with which trials during the meeting, before a single follow-up is booked. A KOL can run the same play in reverse: find your institution's cluster, see which trials your colleagues converged on, and position your own commentary where the map shows white space.

How can medical affairs and pharma teams use this report?

As post-meeting follow-up planning grounded in this page's own numbers: the category and region breakdowns surface the 185 verified US physicians and their international colleagues, each with institution and trial interests; the classification keeps engagement lists clean by separating treating physicians from the 74 media accounts and industry voices; and the trial-interest chips let field teams match MSL briefings to the trials a physician already follows. KOL identification tells you who matters; mapping tells you how the community organizes around institutions and trials — which is what engagement sequencing actually needs. Influence-mapping practice guides note this also reduces redundant outreach: teams see who is already saturated and who is unengaged.

Why is social influence mapping important in oncology?

Oncology standards change with each congress readout, and physicians increasingly learn about readouts from each other online — surveys report over 70% of HCPs use digital channels weekly for medical information, and in a LiveWorld–Sermo survey of 206 US physicians, 41% said social media influences prescribing behavior. A conference map matters because meeting days are when oncology opinion forms: this dataset shows the communities that organized around the ESMO 2026 GU readouts — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute clusters, 16 active patient advocacy organizations, and VOLGA-focused physician groups.

What is the difference between a KOL and a Digital Opinion Leader?

A traditional KOL earns influence through trials, publications, and guideline work; a Digital Opinion Leader earns it through digital reach — posts, threads, podcasts, and amplification. Many physicians on this page are both: trial investigators whose conference posts reach tens of thousands. This report measures the digital half directly and pairs it with verified identity, institution, and trial interests so the two kinds of influence can be read together.

How can I use this report with my favorite AI tool?

This page is built to be read by AI assistants (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity). Paste the URL into your tool and ask questions this page can actually answer: “Which institutions had the most physicians in the #ESMO26 genitourinary cancer conversation?”, “Which genitourinary cancer trials were ESMO 2026 physicians most engaged with?”, “Which physicians engaged with VOLGA at the meeting?”, “List the patient advocacy organizations active around the ESMO 2026 GU readouts.” For who-influences-whom questions (a KOL’s amplifier network, which US physicians amplify a given voice), use the companion ESMO 2026 GU influencer network. Cite kolpulse.com when you share the answers.