With some incredible actuarial input from the team at Scottish Widows we have launched a projection of cancer prevalence in the UK for 2045. A 58% increase. 5.4 million people living with or beyond cancer. A combination of ageing, rising incidence and better treatments accounting for the rise.

Multiple calls to our Macmillan helplines about Ivermectin. Always check with your medical teams or call us at Macmillan but in this piece I’m clear that there is no current place for it in treatment protocols. www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2114...

My Oncologist colleague Jo Stokoe is *right now* currently aiming to be the 165th person to swim the North Channel. No wetsuit Lions Mane jellyfish And all in aid of the @RNLI and @SxCancerFund Donate here 👇 www.justgiving.com/team/jos-nor...

Dynamic-III guided ctDNA Looks like ctDNA useful to predict recurrence (possible surrogate endpoint), but not yet found a role in predicting treatment escalation/de-escalation in Colorectal ca #UKOF25

31 years ago I first started medic-ing alongside this lovely human @nikjohnson.bsky.social To be back at #NHSConfedExpo and hearing from him how devolution could improve the public health was all that I didn’t know I needed

Were there any great questions at #ASCO25 ?

Final round up from Day 4 of #ASCO25 www.linkedin.com/pulse/asco-d...

Day 2 at #ASCO25 ‘Why Not?’ www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

A trial at #ASCO25 showing that podcasts improve education and confidence in oncology trainees will be no surprise to @radchat.bsky.social !

Some thoughts from D1 #ASCO25 yesterday www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

People with cancer deserve truthful and understandable health information. Macmillan are proud to have the PIF tick and to be a source of reliable cancer information

Because I want good news in my life… New cancer centre approved at Brighton hospital www.bbc.com/news/article...

Runcorn worn by 6 votes on a turnout of only 46.2% tells me two things: Your vote is always important Too many people think it isn’t

A blog for Macmillan on misinformation in cancer Inspired by this cartoon in The New Yorker exhibition currently at NY Public Library www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-p...

A blog for Macmillan on misinformation in cancer Inspired by this cartoon in The New Yorker exhibition currently at NY Public Library www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-p...

📌 Awareness of genomic testing among patients with breast cancer in Europe 🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @oncoalert.bsky.social #OncoAlertAF @breastdocuk.bsky.social @csabadegi.bsky.social

Explaining genomic tests (Oncotype DX) can be difficult The IMPARTER studies shows a that a video helps understanding: bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/... See post below for links to videos

Since I just posted something the Post did that was very good, I am obligated to post this with the observation that this is very bad.

A tight surgical glove. Simple and elegant study of compression to reduce taxane neuropathy in people with #breastcancer acting as their own control (dominant hand) Room for bias, a 20% withdrawal rate and small sample (n=101) but a meaningful reduction in CIPN jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Nicola Ranger from @rcn.org.uk on safe staffing: There is legislation that a dog walker can have no more than 6 dogs Yet no legal limit on how many sick people a nurse can be asked to manage

This obituary to Sheffield pathologist Kim Survana is a reminder that we can all choose to deal with cancer differently.

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Texas measles outbreak marks first fatality, with more cases being reported - STAT #medsky A preventable death, unprevented.

A double bill of Rebecca Frecknall in one week (Cabaret on Broadway and Streetcar in the West End) has been amazing soul food. I feel very lucky.

I want to be clear once more that every single vaccine on the childhood vaccine schedule in the United States has already been subjected to a randomized clinical trial. There is no evidence that giving more than one of these vaccines within the time period specified by the schedule poses any risk.

That incredible pair @radchat.bsky.social have launched their website If you know you know If you don't - have a look - kudos for their work to start building a library of clinical #radonc images across a range of skin tones and demographics www.radchat.co.uk/image-library

A short video from the Royal Family on life after a cancer diagnosis With reflections from Macmillan, @cancerresearchuk.org Maggies, people affected by cancer and me x.com/royalfamily/...

Is it possible to block words and phrases on this app, in order to maintain sanity and avoid a doom-scroll feed? Just for example “Trump” ?

Scientific representatives of big pharma do themselves no favours when they come onto #R4Today and decline to talk about side effects *at all*

This survey of text messages received by US Oncologists (its a lot!) 97 hours a year per oncologist answering them But it's what a modern patient would expect, and there is a lot of work to do here in routing appropriate queries to the right staff quickly jnccn.org/view/journal...

The NHS has lots of problems. But one problem I’ve been able to solve is something that’s been needed for a long, long time: silly names for the different parts of the radiotherapy machine. #cansky #graphicmedicine

I’ve liked Bluesky Here’s to more blue sky in 2025

Seeing the King’s speech from the Fitzrovia chapel reminded me on when they saved it after demolishing the old Middlesex Hospital

Reposting this Starter Pack of UK Oncologists as now up to 50 A bullseye of cancer experts If you know of anyone missing please let me know…

Ian Krop discussant on ctDNA in discussing the ZEST trial: No study has shown that intervening on a positive trst improves outcomes No study has shown that deescalating therapy on a negative test is safe For trial use only! #SABCS24

Great quote in the AI session at #SABCS24 “A doctor that can be replaced by a computer deserves to be replaced by a computer”

A (very) positive PROMS study in metastatic breast cancer 🇩🇪 High adherence PROMs prompted an alert which improved the primary outcome (fatigue) …but it’s unclear what the action was that the PROM prompted… #SABCS24

Immunotherapy in TN breast cancer is more toxic than seen in the published KN522 study Yet another collection of real world evidence showing tox rate much higher than the published study Delayed tox not captured in study period one possible explanation #SABCS24

4w Denosumab or 12w The efficacy results of the REDUSE study are not mature yet but the tox results are in Less drug - fewer tox events ONJ all grades 8.1 vs 5.2% #SABCS24

I wasn’t expecting the first drug to be discussed at #SABCS24 to be cannabis Highs: - usage by people with cancer - misunderstanding Lows: - disclosure by patients - useful research - current indications (nausea)

You’ve had your Spotify Wrapped So now: What’s your Oncology wrapped? What have you been doing in treatment of people with cancer in 2024 that you weren’t doing before? What data/trial/research has been transformative for you in last 12 months?

(Double posting on the other place too) Dear #radonc here is my #Grayzone question: If a person has had a prophylactic femoral rod inserted for a threatened path fracture in a bone and referred for post-op RT Would you irradiate all the metal or GTV + margin Or just let the drugs do the work?

#UKSACT2024 Ann Rigg telling us 16% increase in SACT activity in last 5 years. New service specification coming (11 years since the last draft) Register as a stakeholder to be consulted on it

The SONIA trial shows the utility of well-designed academic trials. But funding such studies is getting harder and harder. We need to work with industry to design smarter trials that don’t need further costly and lengthy trials to fill gaps www.nature.com/articles/d41... @oncoalert.bsky.social #bcsm

We would love to get your help choosing our next book - it’s the turn of something medically related - this can be fiction/ non-fiction/ memoir. Something with a medic in it, or a medical event, can be serious/ fun. All and every option considered! Let us know your suggestions!

Some additional accounts added to Isocenter starter pack. Please message / like / repost / reply so I can add you. This is meant to be a general list of professionals of #radonc #ClinOnc #medphys #radther #rmeddosim #brachytherapy #EBRT #IGRT #IMRT #IORT #ProtonRT #SBRT #StereoRT go.bsky.app/9dMTnSr

For several years I’ve given a talk to senior Oncology resident doctors about the benefits of being on social media In 2024 I’m less sure what those benefits are. What should I tell them?

Here is my blue sky for today This is my good friend (and excellent GP) Laura who is currently one hour from the end of 800km trek across the Maasai steppe to raise money for schools and medical facilities there www.justgiving.com/page/laura-m...

@kylecrawfordonc.bsky.social That was quick!! Good to see you tonight Now the big question - do we allow @gerryhanna.bsky.social on the list of UK oncologists??

So here’s a starter pack of the UK Oncologists I’ve found so far - LMK who I have missed and I will follow and add.