Alicia Conway
@AliciaMConway
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology @TheChristieNHS @CRUK_MI @OfficialUoM
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15-10-2022 18:21:37
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Scientists could revolutionise how we diagnose cancer of unknown primary π
The team of researchers at The University of Manchester and The Christie NHS part-funded by us hope to use their findings and improve treatment pathways for patients with cancer of unknown primary.
Privileged to be able to extend research into improving the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma. These awards are so important to change outcomes for patients of the future and amazing to see all how much research is ongoing! Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Manchester Cancer Research Centre CRUK National Biomarker Centre Division of Cancer Sciences
So happy to finally share! Amazing project and amazing team behind this! Here's to the next steps - translating it into the clinic to really help patients get a quicker diagnosis. World CUP Awareness CUP Foundation CRUK National Biomarker Centre Natalie Cook π NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre nature.com/articles/s4146β¦
Attention!π¨ The deadline for our Scientific Officer 2 position within our CRUK National Biomarker Centre is approaching! Make sure to submit your application before the deadline of 10th March 2024!
Link to vacancy:
cruk.manchester.ac.uk/recruitment/caβ¦
Privileged to be part of the #rethinklivercancer campaign. Wonderful to meet the amazing researchers, clinicians, patients and advocates working hard to improve outcomes for patients. Excited to continue my research funded by AMMF with CRUK National Biomarker Centre, Division of Cancer Sciences, Mairead G McNamara
CUPISCO is out in ESMO Open - Ben Westphalen
ESMO - Eur. Oncology Linda Mileshkin Joel Federer-Gsponer
#Cancer #ESMO2023 #OncoDaily #Oncology #PrecisionOncology #CUPISCO #Research
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'GRAIL-Galleri: why the special treatment?', we ask in today's The Lancet as voices from the UK public health oncology community.
From Richard Sullivan Ajay Aggarwal Houlston Lab, ICR
Paul Pharoah (R soul) πͺπΊπ΅π¬πΏπ¦π¬π§ Margaret McCartney Stuart Hogarth
Prof Nick Wald Clare Turnbull- Prof/NHS Dr
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What a fantastic day discussing all things #CUP and MUO. Full room of amazing enthusiastic people, breakout groups with lots of ideas, keeping patients at the heart of what we do. Watch this space for next steps!! World CUP Awareness CUP Foundation Missie Tumor Onbekend Alison Taylor π The Christie Charity
Many thanks to Cancer Center Amsterdam - Amsterdam UMC for highlighting our 3 recently published studies on multimodal #cfDNA and #mtDNA sequencing for #liquidbiopsy #nanopore . I am really proud of the team work, and extremely thankful to our funders KWFKankerbestrijding, and collaborators!
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So true! All of these risk #clinicianscientists being a pursuit of the privileged with so many great academics lost on the way
Leading oncologists sound the alarm on cancer care crisis in the UK, and outline radical yet sustainable National Cancer Plan in The Lancet Oncology.
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Excellent and engaging talk on the role of dendritic cells in carcinogenesis from former The Christie NHS trainee Jon Lim McElwain prize winner Association of Cancer Physicians trainees weekend.
JUST IN Following the historic results of #CUP ISCO at #ESMO23 : ICI leads to high RR and a meaningful survival benefit in r/r Cancer of Unknown Primary harboring high TMB. A big thanks to patients and colleagues making this possible! #CUP #PrecisionMedicine
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It was a very successful day for our brilliant Natalie Cook π yesterday at #ESMO23
After beginning the day at the launch of the World CUP Alliance, Dr Cook then presented on βMolecular profiling for cancer of unknown primaryβ and even squeezed in a trainee CUP session. Great to see!
The launch of the World CUP Alliance is a fact! Amazing collaboration with SJKfoundation CUP Foundation & us. Thank you for the great energy this morning, we will follow up on several concrete next steps! For any patient advocates in the field of #CUP #CancerOfUnknownPrimary pls join!