"Deep listening" is the key to engaging with patients & families to improve care. Prof Paul Keall Image X Institute listened deeply to my mask experience, formed a multidisciplinary research team & Remove The Mask was born image-x.sydney.edu.au/home/remove-th… Paul Keall Targeting Cancer #rtt

Great advice from Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her), and Remove the Mask project is a great example! Julie's persistence & advocacy snow-balled in to a multidisciplinary team all working together to change the experience for patients with Head & Neck Cancer.

For your podcast queue: Innovations in Managing Mask Anxiety & The Remove The Mask Project, featuring RTM team members Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her) Paul Keall, Hans Ede and Phyllis Butow. #RemovetheMask #HNC tinyurl.com/226ycmg3

Many of the new technologies that make up #RemovetheMask were presented at the largest Medical Physics conference in the world last week, well done Mark gardner! We'll show you more about Mark's work soon 👀

World Head and Neck Cancer Day 27 July 2022 is approaching. Watch out for webinars, videos & patient stories! #WHNCDay22 #WHNCD22 Flinders Caring Futures Institute @hncanceraus Targeting Cancer @swallowsgroup CNSA Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group @rad__chat

Targeting Cancer- Julie's Story- Diagnosis and Treatment - Oropharyngeal Cancer #HPV #WHNCD22 ⁦Targeting Cancer⁩ ⁦Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group⁩ ⁦Cancer Voices NSW⁩ ⁦Cancer Voices Au⁩ ⁦Cancer Voices SA⁩ ⁦@hncanceraus⁩ #RTT ⁦@rad__chat⁩ youtu.be/5AxmDzF2b04

In 2018 we collected stories from people who have worn immobilisation masks during #HNC for #RadiationTherapy, for our crowdfunding campaign. We’re sharing them again in the lead-up to World Head & Neck Cancer Day on July 27. Here’s Hans’ story: tinyurl.com/22umwmzw

Four years later we are starting trials to see if we can RemoveTheMask during #RadOnc for #HNCSM

We collected stories of ppl who wore a mask during #RadiationTherapy for #HNC, for our (successful!) crowdfunding campaign. We’re sharing them again in the lead-up to World Head & Neck Cancer Day on July 27. Here’s Julie’s story: tinyurl.com/25fvyau2 Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her) #WHNCD22

@sundap15 Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her) Paul Keall Image X Institute POCOG Chindhu S @CPMCCWestmead WSLHD Research and Education Network This is one of the coolest projects with potential to really transform care I've ever been involved with. What makes it absolutely the best is the incredible multi- and inter-disciplinary team involved in making it happen. #HNCSM #RadOnc #PsyOnc #SuppOnc

Today is World Head and Neck Cancer Day 🌏 As part of her tireless advocacy, Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her) interviewed Paul Keall on #RemovetheMask especially for today! There's some great footage of the project🎥 #WHNCD22 #WHNCD #CancerResearch #PatientExperience youtube.com/watch?v=MB5Sim…

#RemovetheMask really is made up of a multi-disciplinary dream-team, if we say so ourselves 🥰 It's thrilling to have such a wide-ranging team of experts all passionate about improving care for people with Head & Neck Cancer. #WHNCD22

My initial experience of radiation therapy in the mask for Head & Neck was traumatic. We discuss solutions in this podcast. Prof. Haryana Dhillon ☢️ instagram.com/stories/juliem… @ASMIRTorg Targeting Cancer #WHNCDay22 @rad__chat @LeechmMichelle ESTRO Jo at SHU Radiotherapy (She/her) @HNCMaureen

If in doubt, get checked out. #WHNCD2022

We're VERY conflicted about removing this mask - on the one hand, it's easily removed - it's edible and delicious... but on the other hand, it looks too good to eat!

Thank you for taking part, Wendy! And thanks for sharing Wendy's story, Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her) - info on taking part in the VISION study can be found here: image-x.sydney.edu.au/vision-about/

Thrilled to have #RemovetheMask featured in an article being syndicated all over Aus this week! James Joyce writes incredibly about his experience wearing the mask. Great interviews from @sundap15 + Paul Keall, too. Julie McCrossin AM (She/Her) canberratimes.com.au/story/7917988/…