SOP workshop on pre-clinical models of Cancer Cachexia Society now discussing SOPs for GEMMs with Tobias Janowitz. Workshop sponsored by Endevica Bio and Almac Group

Great work from Leo and the team. An important step forward in host staging in cancer cachexia.

Great result for Tanvir successfully negotiating his MD viva last week. Some superb work looking at the relationship between nutrition, inflammation and cachexia. Onwards and upwards! Surgery Glasgow Royal Infirmary Caledonian Cachexia Collaborative UofG MVLS Campbell Roxburgh Nigel B. Jamieson Donald McMillan Richard Skipworth

We are back! ☀️ We were in San Diego at AACR presenting our work and enjoying everyone else’s! Kathryn A F Pennel presented her work on therapeutic biomarkers in colorectal cancer, while Gerard Lynch represented INCISE with a poster on predictive biomarkers!

Exciting opportunity, please take a look, come and join us!

And Ross Dolan Siobhan Chien Stephen McSorley , Josh McGovern, and Andrew Crumley

Fantastic achievement Leo really well deserved!!!

Great day at #ASGBI2024 today. Interesting talking poster presentations with lots of good debate. Nice to share the session with John Camilleri-Brennan one of my first bosses as an FY1 all those years ago in Stirling. Caledonian Cachexia Collaborative Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Surgery Glasgow Royal Infirmary NHS Forth Valley

After a lot of work from the whole team it's great to see this in print. Biomarker endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 5 of the cachexia endpoint series - Yule - Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jc…

Great meeting. Interesting talks and lots of new collaborative ideas.

Interesting I might steal one of those books now.

Welcome Dr. Emma Parsons, PhD! 🎊 Emma successfully passed her viva! Her prostate cancer thesis which was supervised by Joanne Edwards and George Baillie was examined by @ahmadurology and Laura Greaves and convened by jean a quinn! We thank them for the interesting discussions! 🎉

Really nice to finally attend my PhD graduation just over 3 years after my viva (COVID grrr). My kids seemed to enjoy themselves or was that the bribery ice-cream. One of life's eternal mysteries. Surgery Glasgow Royal Infirmary Donald McMillan Barry Laird UofG MVLS Caledonian Cachexia Collaborative

Such a fantastic programme! Thank you very much Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow and University of Glasgow, learnt a lot and met wonderful colleagues Kirsty Colquhoun Ross Dolan

Wonderful programme. Great fun and learned so much from some wonderful colleagues. Fieke Froeling Angela Lucas-Herald Kirsty Colquhoun Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow

Our Glasgow Surgical Forum is next month and we’re looking forward to welcoming you 28-29 Nov. We have outstanding speakers and chairs delivering the Forum including Ross Dolan, Mr John Robertson, Alison Lannigan and Major Ajay Sharma. Find out more: rcp.sg/surgicalforum24

Delighted to announce that I have joined the Education Committee team of the CCS. Really looking forward to our upcoming educational meetings particularly on trial design. Stay tuned for more details. Caledonian Cachexia Collaborative Cancer Cachexia Society Surgery Glasgow Royal Infirmary UofG MVLS cancercachexiasociety.org/education-comm…

External validation of a deep learning model for automatic segmentation of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue on abdominal CT images academic.oup.com/bjr/article/do…

Excellent collaborative work between Glasgow and Maastricht showing the utility of AI in body composition analysis. Many thanks to the whole team in both the Netherlands and Scotland. Maastricht University Surgery Glasgow Royal Infirmary Caledonian Cachexia Collaborative Prof David K. Chang UofG MVLS

Congratulations to my former trainee NHS Forth Valley Fiona Ross on being awarded the Teasdale medal Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow for achieving the highest score in the FRCS General Surgery exam!