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*Final reminder to UK ClinOncs with a past/present academic role* We are collecting your experiences of training - uk.surveymonkey.com/r/clinoncacade… Please take <10min for the survey before Friday 23rd Feb if you have a joint NHS/uni contract OR have had a research fellowship since 2013

If you have #systematicreview skills and experience in #healtheconomics #cancer or #datascience we @AUHE_Leeds have an exciting new Cancer Research UK Policy funded post: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i… Get in touch with me or Judy Wright for more details!

#jobopportunity for a systematic reviewer. Come and join our lovely team in Leeds!

People living w/ #dementia have an increased risk of cancer-related complications including emergency presentations, lower quality decision making, barriers to treatment, higher caregiver burden for families, and undertreated pain. Learn more at: acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/ca…

Please join 7th May: Edith Pechey Lecture "NICE work if you can get it!" by @GillianLeng CBE Venue: Medical Lecture Theatre, Worsley Building, 5.30 pm Dinner: University House: 7 pm, to attend, pl contact [email protected] Katie Spencer Medical Education Leeds Teaching Hospitals LTHT People

Calling The Royal College of Radiologists members and Fellows at #ESTRO24. Please RSVP to join us at our drinks reception on the Sunday evening. And please share this widely with colleagues!

There are fascinating insights into the real cost of radiotherapy in the HERO report, published today. As an effective cure for many cancers, it is CHEAP! Huge thanks to contributors, especially Katie Spencer and Noemie def

Really interesting talk from Katie Spencer So much to unpick here to understand variation in RT utilisation across England. Need to consider socioeconomic variation, no of clinical oncologists/ linacs. ESTRO #ESTRO24

We publish data today that shows whooping cough cases continuing to rise, with five infant deaths reported for the period Jan to Mar 2024. Please contact your GP practice if you are pregnant and have not yet been vaccinated. More detail here: gov.uk/government/new…

How long does radiotherapy contouring take for each tumour site? Fascinating paper by Montague, Tom Roques et al in this month's Clinical Oncology - time needed varies considerably. ➡️Most time needed for Paeds cases (210 mins) ➡️Least time for Breast Cases (85 mins)

A new Parliament sits today If they want to think about a Cancer Plan - here's a starter for 10 The Lancet Oncology Pressure points explored and recommendations offered thelancet.com/journals/lanon…

This is appalling and affecting too many people, humans, families You can’t and shouldn’t be treating Medical Graduates/Doctors as commodities to be shipped around It’s always been challenging to match Drs to jobs but the current system is the worst they have ever had by a mile

What a lovely unexpected treat at the end of clinic! Thankyou RadiotherapyUK! I'll be back on my bike later clocking up the #Miles4Radiotherapy

I'm making the move over to bluesky on @katiespencer. Looking forward to building back up and hopefully finding all the things that were good about this place. #Cancer #radonc #HealthData #HealthEconomics

🗣️ Join Consilium and Cancer Research UK as experts David Crosby, Sir John Burn, Katie Spencer, Nick Woolley and Matt Fagg discuss the funding limitations of cancer prevention research and the vast opportunities ahead. Read more about the speakers here: mailchi.mp/consilium-scie… #CancerResearch

Kicking off the launch of #WorldRadiotherapyAwarenessDay #WRAD with The Royal College of Radiologists ASTRO AORTIC RANZCR ESTRO Exciting to see global coalition coming together to highlight the importance of radiotherapy for patients with cancer across the globe. #radonc

New paper on academic training in UK clinical oncology... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39214828/ Alarming findings - how can the future of a treatment so effective, for so many patients, be so under-invested in?

Very excited to say that in 2025 I'll become an NIHR Advanced Fellow! National Institute for Health and Care Research Finding out how we spend money in cancer care, if this influences the deprivation gap in survival and how policy can reduce the gap. @AUHE_Leeds University of Leeds Annette Boaz London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine NHS England