@BexKWhite

Senior Research Fellow - Senior Data Manager @UCL_BSH @CanTest_PC. Researching early diagnosis of cancer. Data/ geography/ mountains/ salsa

Joined February 2021
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Thank you @BJGPjournal for inviting me on your podcast to talk about detecting cancer in patients with fatigue! Shout out to co-authors @GLyratzopoulos @MattBarclay89, and Cristina Renzi and @CR_UK for funding us @CRUK_Policy bjgplife.com/episode-102-com…
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Cancer is a top disease for GPs to consider in older men with tiredness, but not in women. Explore the data becky-white.shinyapps.io/fat… Read the paper doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.00… @BexKWhite @MattBarclay89 @Glyratzopoulos @UCL_BSH @UCL_IHI @BrianDNicholson @SpirosDenaxas @DrMeenaRafiq
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Thanks @uicc for inviting me to speak at #WCC2024 about detecting cancer in patients with fatigue! And thanks to our funders at @CRUKresearch. @UCL_BSH @UCL_IHI @GLyratzopoulos @MattBarclay89 @BrianDNicholson
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It’s #sarcomaawarenessmonth! The most common symptoms of sarcoma are bone pain or a soft tissue lump. We have developed a guide for GPs to help know which patients with these symptoms need to be investigated. Learn more with @DrMeenaRafiq and @VCCCAlliance bjgplife.com/173

Sarcoma: diagnosing this rare type of bone cancer in general practice

In this episode, we talk to Dr Meena Rafiq, Academic GP and Clinical Research Fellow within the Institute of Epidemiology and Health at University of Melbourne.  Title of paper:...

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Enjoyed my time presenting what we know about cancer risk in patients with fatigue - thanks to funding from ACED and @CRUKresearch
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Now @BexKWhite is speaking about cancer risk in patients presenting in primary care with fatigue @UCL_BSH | @CanTest_PC
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Most cancers are found after GP referral, but any one GP rarely finds a cancer. A central challenge for primary care detection - finding the needle in the haystack, avoiding overdiagnosis, over-treatment, and waste of scarce resource. #CRUKEDConference24
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Should we revisit the 3% referral threshold used by NICE to recommend urgent cancer referrals? @MattBarclay89 present age-sex-smoking risks for cancer following different symptoms @CRUKHCPs #CRUKEDConference24
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No. 10 #BJGPTop10 – Cancer risk and fatigue: tiredness plus weight loss or abdominal pain could be signs of cancer in older patients    doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.03… @BexKWhite @MattBarclay89 @Glyratzopoulos @UCL_BSH
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1/ Timely diagnosis of disease is important but how can we research it using electronic health records? Emma Whitfield & co have developed a new taxonomy to support research design in this field nature.com/articles/s41416-0… @UCL_BSH @UCL_IHI @HDR_UK @HDRUKLearning @AHRQNews
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3/ We used cancer early diagnosis as an example, but the framework applies to research across human diseases.
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4/4 Thanks to co-authors @GLyratzopoulos @SpirosDenaxas @MattBarclay89 @BexKWhite Cristina Renzi. For more info about Epidemiology of Cancer Healthcare & Outcomes (ECHO) group, visit ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-healt…

ECHO: Epidemiology of Cancer Healthcare & Outcomes | Faculty of Population Health Sciences

We are a multidisciplinary research group based at University College London. Since 2015, we have been carrying out research to improve how cancer is diagnosed, treated, and managed.

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At @CR_UK we’ve made huge progress on cancer over the last 50 years – but cancer is still the defining health issue of our time. Today we’ve launched our #CancerManifesto outlining the steps the next UK Government must take so that people can live #LongerBetterLives. Visit our website to read it in full: cruk.ink/47KuUCG.
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Which cancers present with well defined symptoms and which are harder to diagnose? Nadine Zakkak covers this in her poster @UCL_BSH @CRUKresearch @OHSUKnight @CanaryCenter #EDxConf23 @GLyratzopoulos @MattBarclay89
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What is the risk of cancer in patients with fatigue and how does that compare to other diseases? If you're at the CRUK early detection conference, come say hi! @CRUKresearch @UCL_BSH #EDxConf23
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Can common GP blood tests help triage which patients with abdominal symptoms need further cancer assessment? Come and visit me at stand 46 on day 2 of the @CRUKresearch #EdConf23 to learn more! @UCL_BSH @ucl
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New paper on variation in blood test use by symptom presentation in patients subsequently diagnosed with cancer (link: doi.org/10.3390/cancers15143…). I am grateful for the support from @Gregrubin4 @garyabel @RuthSwann Sean McPhail @Dr_Sarah_Moore @GLyratzopoulos @CanTest_PC @Cancers

Pre-Referral Primary Care Blood Tests and Symptom Presentation before Cancer Diagnosis: National...

Background: Blood tests can support the diagnostic process in primary care. Understanding how symptomatic presentations are associated with blood test use in patients subsequently diagnosed with...

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How much earlier could different diseases be diagnosed, as shown by patients' changing healthcare use at a population level? My colleague Emma Whitfield answers this in her literature review @BJGPjournal @GLyratzopoulos @SpirosDenaxas @UCL_BSH @UCL_IHI
The British Journal of General Practice@BJGPjournal25 Jul 2023
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Listen to the audio interview with Emma Whitfield on improving quality and speed of diagnosis for non-neoplastic conditions bjgplife.com/128 @UCL_BSH @UCL_IHI @UCL_IEHC @glyratzopoulos @SpirosDenaxas @BexKWhite #PrimaryCare
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So happy to say I passed my PhD viva with minor corrections this week! Thank you so much to my wonderful supervisor @GLyratzopoulos and supervisory team, Cristina Renzi, @MattBarclay89, @DrMeenaRafiq, and Arturo Gonzalez-izquerdo
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Absolutely brilliant explanation of the difficulties we face when trying to measure improvements in early cancer detection 👍
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Deceptive measures of progress in cancer. A collaboration with Gilbert Welch. nature.com/articles/s41416-0…
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This #SystematicReview found that earlier diagnosis is possible for many non-neoplastic conditions Some diseases, such as Parkinson’s, were found to be detectable years before diagnosis doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.00… @UCL_BSH @UCL_IHI @UCL_IEHC @glyratzopoulos @SpirosDenaxas @BexKWhite
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