This is patient-centered research in action - prioritising quality of life alongside survival. If successful, it could rewrite international guidelines.
🎧 Catch the interview on BBC Sounds (feature starts at 53:33): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Prof Ananya Choudhury (@achoud72.bsky.social) was on BBC Radio 4 yesterday discussing the new £3.2m ENHANCE trial (funded by @CR_UK & @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social).
The trial is testing if a half-dose of hormone therapy can maintain life-extending results while slashing debilitating side effects.
Unique opportunity to spend 2 years in 2 leading #radonc centres Come and join us & research @mcrcnews.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social @estroradiotherapy.bsky.social @astro-org.bsky.social @rcradiologists.bsky.social #WhereisHoskin
Closing 07/04/26
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#WhereisHoskin champions #SBRT for the debate win! It's compelling to think that precise treatment with minimal side-effects can cure. Now we need randomised robust data #RENALC25 @oncoalert.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social
We have #ClinOnc #ACFs in Manchester. If you are ST2 or above please apply & get in touch. We've got exciting research going on! @mcrcnews.bsky.social @rcradiologists.bsky.social
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🚨We are hiring!
Would you like to be part of a dynamic urooncology team in a tertiary cancer centre? Get in touch!
#TheChristieNHSFT @yeepei.bsky.social
Job vacancy: Consultant Clinical Oncologist - GU, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester | trac.jobs
Talking about #clinicaltrials this morning for #prostatetalks & #prostatecancersupport
Will be available on
prostatecancersupport.org/about-us/
But in the meantime, here's the team in action @mcrcnews.bsky.social @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
📢We welcome you to read: Cell Surface Proteomics Reveals Hypoxia-Regulated Pathways in Cervical and Bladder Cancer, by Faris Alanazi, @achoud72.bsky.social et al.
🔗See more at: mdpi.com/2227-7382/13/3/36
@manchester.ac.uk
#proteomes #proteomics #proteoforms #hypoxia #biotinylation #cancer #LC-MS/MS
Hello #astro25 #TeamManchester is presenting #TORPEdOTrial photons v protons for H&N cancer. Go DrDThomson - we're very excited & right behind you! 🤩 @icr-ctsu.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social 👉🏽#LBA2 👏🏽 👍🏽RCTs @astro-org.bsky.social
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#CTRad is back up & running - clinical trials review panel 8th July 2025
Contact ctrad@macmillan.org to register 🥳👇🏽 @breastdocuk.bsky.social
@mcrcnews.bsky.social
@estroradiotherapy.bsky.social @christielibrary.bsky.social 🥳
Not that I can think of....Q: do we have to do RCTs in all cancers or can we assume generalisation?
Both studies not only interesting but likely to be cost-effective & implementable across different healthcare systems 🥳
I have two favourite studies from #ASCO25 @christielibrary.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social 👇🏽
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A trip to Edinburgh for #12thScottishBladderCancerSymposium It's #bladdercancer month & we must remember that bladder cancer outcomes must improve @alisonbirtle.bsky.social
Very proud 🥳of Amerah Alshamrani's PhD paper #2! 🎉medicaljournalssweden.se/actaoncologica/article/v... 📝With thanks co-authors! @achoud72.bsky.social @marianneaznar.bsky.social @robchuter.bsky.social Claire Nelder, Lisa Baraclough & Peter Hoskin @cruk-mi.bsky.social
Congratulations Liz on your interdisciplinary award👏🏽🥳 @rttqa.bsky.social _UK does an incredible job ensuring that #radiotherapy is robust. Fantastic leadership! @nhsengland.bsky.social #ESTRO25
Congratulations Corinne on the @ESTRO_RT #BreurAward Do we have parity of women in leadership? NO
#ESTRO25 @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @mguckenberger.bsky.social
Rob Chuter explains that climate change is existential Our lifestyle choices matter. @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social #GoGreenESTRO @robchuter.bsky.social
And on line meetings are more diverse! "Fewer old profs"
It's Manchester v Manchester in the #GoGreenESTRO debate #WhereisHoskin explains that global data & virtual meetings have a significant carbon footprint - our data appetite is carbonivorous. F2F has plenty of benefits🤔 @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @robchuter.bsky.social
Take a bow Dr Amen Shamim - first international oral abstract #ESTRO25 Genomic landscape of hypoxic #bladdercancer 👏🏽 Increased CNVs in hypoxic tumours - next step clinical validation @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
#PLATO #ACT4 published today #ESTRO25 @montefiored.bsky.social @thelancetoncol.bsky.social
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Congratulations @montefiored.bsky.social & team 👏🏽 I remember talking to you in clinic about this as a registrar. Great to see the results and the impact for patients #ESTRO25 @thelancetoncol.bsky.social
#WhereisHoskin describes the #radiobiology of brachytherapy. It's complex, so for a bit of light relief - we have a quiz Q - answer 1954!
#ESTRO25 @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social please help? What's the best way of travelling from Salzburg to Brussels on Wed 7th May along the Rhine Valley? Thank you!
Final leg - Zurich to Vienna through Switzerland to #ESTRO25 I'm sitting on the right thanks to @seatsixtyone.bsky.social ready to watch the world go by! See you all tomorrow! #GoGreen @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @robchuter.bsky.social will be proud of me!
Today I'm off to Zurich via Basel on the TGV. Train is 25 mins late, but I have a seat and the sun is shining #ESTRO25 #GoGreen @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social #Bladdercancer pre-meet looking good 😀
Taking the scenic route to #ESTRO25 Started at St Pancras & arrived in Paris in the sunshine. Vienna by Thursday in time for the #bladdercancer pre-meeting workshop See everyone there! @mcrcnews.bsky.social @mguckenberger.bsky.social #GoGreen
