Before the election there is ‘wash-up’

Whatever your politics let’s hope they get the Tobacco/Vaping legislation done. It’s one thing Sunak could be proud of.

General election = a moment to secure long-lasting change for people living with cancer.

Every 90 seconds someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. But cancer care is at a tipping point.

Lives are in the balance and the next UK Government has to make a change.

More evidence that loneliness ⬆️mortality in cancer - this adding to previous 🇸🇪

Mechanism? Lack of care, co-ordination, community?

Loneliness and Mortality Risk Among Cancer Survivors in the United States: A Retrospective, Longitudinal Study - PubMed (nih.gov)

Molte grazie! It’s been a fun ride #bhafc

We're looking for 2 x Fellows to join our team Macmillan Cancer Support for projects on Early Diagnosis and inequalities.

Posts are a 6 month secondment for 2 days/wk, open to all healthcare professionals.

Oh, and we're a great team (IMO!)

Details here 👇
jobs.macmillan.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/e…

More than Tam. and AIs

Treatments for ER+ breast cancer looking to get more complicated

Oral SERDS, PROTACS, CERANs and SERCAs.

Some of things I was discussing at #absconference2024 but beautifully summarised in
this free full text from Rima Patel

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37019913/

Would you offer breast conserving surgery for new cancer/ recurrence in an irradiated breast?

Mike Dixon and team would - under some circumstances 👇
#absconference2024

It’s over 20 years since the @Macmillancancer late effects programme started , but as in all important things in health care , you need to play a long game ( and special people like Late Effects Lisa #lateeffects#RT

Absolutely not.
Results given straight out of the gate please.
You know them. You know they need them. Even 5 minutes of chit chat is a cruelty.

Radiotherapy services are increasingly reporting long delays for patients needing treatment.

The Radiotherapy Board have developed a policy briefing, exploring the main drivers of lengthening waiting times and the action needed to support services.

🔗 rcr.ac.uk/news-policy/po…

A helpful scoping review on #prehab in #radonc from Laure Marignol

Heterogeneity (diseases, interventions and outcome assessments) a problem in the evidence but enough signal in the noise to keep pushing.

Free full text
clinicaloncologyonline.net/article/S0936-…

Thanks Naman Julka-Anderson (he/him/his) 💙 for your session today on race & radiation therapy skin care with RADTH students!
Your work on health equity and developing better & more inclusive tools for the assessment of brown & black skin are ✨inspirational✨

Delighted HM The King chose to visit the Macmillan Centre at UCLH for his first public engagement since sharing news of his own cancer diagnosis. Here with some of the Macmillan Cancer Support team in the Info & Support centre

Returning to work after cancer treatment can be daunting whatever your job 👑

At Macmillan Cancer Support we have resources and advice to help manage the transition.

macmillan.org.uk/cancer-informa…

Itchy skin is under reported in Pertuzumab/Trastuzumab (Phesgo) but this pre-print paper highlights the problem in 4.7%

The late presentation is unusual for skin reactions and theories here about cervical nerve root irritation and photosensitivity

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

So proud to announce that we’ve launched the new Sussex Cancer Research Centre spanning BSMS University of Sussex University of Brighton, UHSussexResearch, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and NHS trusts across Sussex.
Read more, come to the launch event, and follow us:
sussexcancer.org
Sussex Cancer Research Centre

Aged just 36, Nathaniel Dye was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer.

This weekend, he's running the London Marathon while playing the trombone to help us support people affected by cancer. 💚

🎥London Live #LondonMarathon

Regardless of whether the PM’s speech on PIP and #FitNotes is a political move, words matter.

It feeds the narrative that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions are the problem, rather than inadequate systems of support.

We need to do better than this.

How can I deal with the death of a patient? | The BMJ thanks again ⁦Abi Rimmer⁩ ⁦The BMJ⁩ bmj.com/content/385/bm…

More evidence on video as useful method for informing people about treatment

Especially useful for complex consents I think - this study with CAR-T, and look out for results of SHORE-C work on genomic expression profiles videos

jnccn.org/view/journals/…