The NHS is offering free Lung Health Checks to current and former smokers aged 55 to 74 in parts of #GreaterManchester Phil explains why it’s vital you attend when you get your invite in the post. For more info mft.nhs.uk/lunghealthcheck #GMLungHealthCheck

Worried about your cough? Use our easy online tool where we'll ask you a few short questions to find out about your lung health, and we can advise on what you can do next. To find out more visit lungaware.co.uk #GMLungAware

Key discussion of the evening. Standardising practice in GM - ki67 as a standard & pre-operative functional imaging for accurate staging - DOTATATE PET for typical carcinoids with DOTATATE & FDG-PET for apical carcinoids Louise Brown 💙 Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance

Volunteers wanted! To support research into symptom awareness, public awareness messaging to support early diagnosis in lung cancer. Details below ☺️MFT NHS Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance @HistoryMakersGM BTOG @yorke_janelle Dr Georgia Black Samantha Quaife Louise Brown 💙 Rachael Murray Mason

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Are you a ☑️ smoker or former smoker? ☑️ 55-74? There's still time to get a Lung Health Check while we are at Morrisons in Kingsway #Rochdale. Look out for your invite. If received your invite but missed your appointment, call 0161 529 0900 to rebook. #GMLungHealthCheck

A fabulous initiative Matthew Evison Sarah Hulme Becca Duerden Louise Brown 💙 Haval Balata Christopher Craig Nas, Rhidian Bramley @PWMJohnson Andrew Prudames

Such an honour to work with such great colleagues to improve cancer waiting times for our patients

Thanks to the 2,477 people who have already attended for a Lung Health Check at Morrisons in Kingsway #Rochdale. If you are a smoker or former smoker aged 55-74 look out for your invite. If you have missed your appointment, call 0161 529 0900 to rebook. #GMLungHealthCheck

36' 🦈 5 v 29 🐯 Iona Antwis comes on for Niamh Swailes to make her 50th appearance for Sale Congratulations Iona! #SALvLEI #NorthernRugbyMatters

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗜𝗼𝗻𝗮 🤩 It's a half century of appearances for Iona Antwis as a Sale Shark. Here's to another 50 👏 #SharksFamily #NorthernRugbyMatters

Hospitals in Greater Manchester are now using new AI technology to help doctors detect diseases, including lung cancer, faster. A huge success for 2024 – well done to everyone involved. 👏 Read more: bit.ly/4hBh1wj #GMCancerHighlights24

Great to see this collaborative statement to improve early diagnosis in symptomatic #lungcancer in The British Journal of General Practice - features patient initiated investigations and the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance self-request chest x-ray programme BTOG British Thoracic Society (BTS) bjgp.org/content/75/750…

Excellent session by Dr Rebecca Duerden on Nodules: What to Watch vs. What to Treat? Clear guidance on monitoring vs. treating nodules - vital insights to improve patient care! #LungHealth #Nodules #EarlyDetection

Coughing? Short of breath? Worried? Use our LungAware online tool. We’ll ask you a few simple questions about your lung health, and then advise on what you can do next. To find out more visit: lungaware.co.uk #GMLungAware

A total honour to speak at #BTOG25 on prehab4cancer, with a bit of GMTargetedLungHealthCheck thrown in + attending alongside esteemed colleagues Anna Sharman Louise Brown 💙 Patrick Goodley Matthew Evison Cathy Sandsund BTOG Will Ricketts 💙 🕊️ Karen Clayton 💙 #prehab Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance MFT NHS #lungcancerscreening

#BTOG25 POSTERS 1) H.E. analysis demonstrating the cost savings achieved from integrating comprehensive smoking cessation in #lungcancerscreening GMTargetedLungHealthCheck & 2) prehab4cancer delivery for ppl with advanced stage lung cancer & 3) ⬇️ late-stage incidence from screening BTOG

It’s time to discuss how to deliver rapid pathological & genomic diagnosis in cancer care in the UK’s evolving landscape of screening, biomarker-driven treatment & new diagnostics like robotics. ROSE is a key discussion and here we present new data 👍 karger.com/res/article/do…

1) Delighted to share our publication demonstrating the clinical effectiveness of prehabilitation in patients with lung cancer undergoing curative-intent radiotherapy. Largest cohort published to date in this under-studied area (outside of surgery). sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

HUGE for prehab/rehab in cancer care. First study to show reduced cancer recurrence and improved survival from exercise in an RCT Published in the NEJM Hopefully the much needed turning point for equitable access to prehab-rehab for cancer patients nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.105…