Scientists at King's have been chosen by Cancer Grand Challenges to receive up to $25m over 5 years to take on two of cancer’s toughest challenges. The teams PROSPECT and SAMBAI will advance progress in early-onset cancers and cancer inequities. Find out more ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/two-teams…

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Our latest paper in JAMA Surgery: Tumor-Associated Lymphocytes and Breast Cancer Survival in Black and White Women. We uncovered a bias in survival benefits of TAL leading into forthcoming work on ancestry-associated tumor immunology. Stay tuned! jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

So important this is addressed, and we understand differences in biology to tackle inequalities! We will do so with project #SAMBAI Cancer Grand Challenges Melissa B Davis, PhD Nicolas Robine Sheeba Irshad Isidro Cortes-Ciriano Prof David K. Chang Pancreatic Cancer UK

A great session on Immune-Monitoring in Haematology; Lessons from solid tumours. Excellent talks by Sheeba Irshad and Jonathan Irish. 👌👌 #EHA2024 Sheeba Irshad Jonathan Irish

It was an honor and pleasure to speak at the inaugural Cancer Prevention Conference. Kudos to National Cancer Institute American Cancer Society and Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK for shining a spotlight on the importance of cancer prevention research! #PrevConf24 #AcademicTwitter

Countdown to the first patient summit of its kind, the Make 2nds Count secondary breast cancer conference starting tomorrow. Looking forward to learning lots from experts by experience and experts by profession including Carlo Palmieri Lesley Fallowfield #BreastCancer #patientvoice

We are all set to kick off UK’s first meeting specifically for women & men living with secondary breast cancer in Liverpool today.Real good vibe last night amongst attendees. Grateful to all who have made it happen Make 2nds Count Liverpool ECMC The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Lesley Stephen ABC Global Alliance

We're delighted that our #SBCSummit2024 has begun, bringing the community together for the UK's first national patient-focused conference for secondary (metastatic) breast cancer. You can join online at any point across the two days: sbcsummit.online

.Lesley Fallowfield session on 'Talking with friends & family' shows how important support networks are for those living with secondary breast cancer. Scan the QR code to watch SHORE-C useful film with tips on what to say or do. #SBCSummit2024

What a humbling experience at the 1st ever Secondary Breast Cancer Patients Summit and an opportunity to present. Lots of learning, engagement & enthusiasm from all the speakers and participants #SBCSummit2024 Make 2nds Count thank you for a stellar job of bringing this together.

Key thing women brought up at the #SBCsummit2024 was inequity-inequity in regards to 1. T-Dxd for HER2 low 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✔️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❌ 2. Access to secondary breast cancer CNS support 3. Aceess to clinical trials & 4. Access to enhanced supportive care. Same taxes, should mean same services.

Grateful to Sakena Washington and the team Gates Foundation for telling our story Yemaachi Biotech so beautifully. We still have a long way to go but we are determined to transform and diversify life science research. Join us! gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles…

This Friday 16 August 📆 tune in for the first edition of SAMBAI Speaks, an online event delivered by newly funded #CancerGrandChallenges team SAMBAI. SAMBAI (bit.ly/SAMBAI), led by Melissa B Davis, PhD of Morehouse School of Medicine, is tackling our cancer inequities challenge. Details below 👇

Stand Up To Cancer We look forward to this important #AACRDisp24 session on early detection and screening organized by Stand Up To Cancer. The AACR is proud to be the Scientific Partner of Stand Up To Cancer. #CancerResearchSavesLives® SU2Cscience

Attention #AACRdisp24 attendees! This Sunday morning, CCHE Cancer Equity Leader & CURE Distinguished Scholar Chanita Halbert & former CURE Scholar Lauren E. McCullough will serve as chairs for the plenary session on structural racism. bit.ly/4gm72ut

“From the time they were abducted from their ancestral homes the enslaved Africans were not given adequate medical treatment” -Dr Melissa Davis kicking off the 17th AACR Health Disparities conference with her keynote address Melissa B Davis, PhD #aacrdisp24

Structural Racism: Unraveling the Complex Web from Society’s Structures to Biological Pathways— Mindy C. Hebert-DeRouen, Lauren Barber, and Cleo A. Ryals addressed this topic in an #AACRdisp24 plenary session chaired by Chanita Halbert and Lauren E. McCullough.

Last week, Cancer Grand Challenges SAMBAI had their kick-off meeting! Tackling the cancer inequities challenge, they are unravelling the factors that cause and influence disparate cancer outcomes in underserved populations of African descent. 👏 Melissa B Davis, PhD Morehouse School of Medicine 🔎cancergrandchallenges.org/sambai

Brilliant The Crick Lecture by Carola Vinuesa, sharing her work over the years exploring B cells and their many roles in autoimmunity