#Oncology #Ethics #Trials Med Onc/PhD candidate @SydHealthEthics Aim: conversations which promote human flourishing.Views my own. Retweets do not = endorsement.
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⭐️ NEW PUBLICATION⭐️In 2024 @iaslc's JTO published a debate on the role of #equipoise in Ph3 RCTs of precision oncology therapeutics in #NSCLC. (See prior 🧵xitter.cf/CancerEthicsDoc/status…) In a new letter we highlight key implications if equipoise is uncertain in a given RCT...
⭐️ New Paper⭐️ Equipoise + modern cancer RCTs, using thoracic oncology as an exemplar - whose uncertainty matters (most)? 💥 A debate💥
jto.org/article/S1556-0864(2… with @WendyLipworth McLachlan @JenAMPhilip @TommyJohn00 Kerridge @SydHealthEthics
In this paper, we outline- a 🧵
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How do oncologists balance maintaining hope & truth-telling? When & how should they challenge unrealistic hope?
Less than 1 wk to go for this MOGA Medical Ethics Webinar. Participants can log CPD points for ethics & professional behaviour. Register today!
moga.org.au/medical-ethics-w…
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A standing ovation for #CHALLENGE trial at #ASCO25 - first in world to definitively show exercise reduces recurrence and improves survival:
“For every 16 people, exercise prevents 1 person from recurrent/new cancer”
“For every 14 people, exercise prevents 1 person from dying”
See full argument here: jto.org/article/S1556-0864(2…
with @WendyLipworth Sue-Anne McLachlan Jennifer Philip @TommyJohn00 Ian Kerridge @SydHealthEthics
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📰IN THE MEDIA⬇️| A new best practice guide developed by @PathologyRCPA and @TOGAANZ offers valuable recommendations for lung cancer care. However, concerns remain about the potential impact of stigma on participation in the #NationalLungCancerScreeningProgram.
🔬A media content analysis led by #DaffodilCentre Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Shiho Rose and her team revealed that stigmatising language - such as blame-focused terms and moralising narratives - continues to be prevalent in media coverage.
🔍The media plays a critical role in challenging the stigma surrounding lung cancer and encouraging people to engage in the screening program.
🌐Read the full article via @MedicalForum_🔗 mforum.com.au/new-best-pract…
📍@CCNewSouthWales | @syd_health
#⃣ #LungCancer | #LungCancerTesting | #PublicHealth | #LungCancerCare
Looking fwd to inaugural @MOGA_ORG ethics webinar Wed 19/3- on COIs in oncology, with stellar line-up including: Prof @WendyLipworth Dr Lisa Parker Prof @jrzalcberg & Prof Michael Millward.
COIs what are they? when could they be a problem? how might we manage them?
Link below:
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Do you work on clinical trials?
We need your help to understand the challenges to designing & delivering greener trials. Only 30 responses so far but we can all have a say on this topic. Please take 10 minutes to tell us what you think tinyurl.com/GreenTrials
RTs welcome
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With ADCs bringing cytotoxic payloads, good to get a reminder in these basics, to understand toxicities
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It’s the run up to the holidays so time to resurrect #MethodologyMonday #19. Published c1906 in Nature by the statistician Francis Galton, here is the scientific way to cut your Christmas cake 🎂🎄🔪😊 Enjoy!
galton.org/essays/1900-1911/…
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Our latest in @ActaOncol led by @JuliaLaiKwon on survivorship care for advanced or metastatic cancer.
⏳ Regular discussions about prognosis
✅ Assessment of unmet needs
📝 Referral to services (PROMs)
🆕 New models of care: Surv and Pall
☎️ Communication and care coordination.
Some thoughts to ponder as #AABHL24 kicks off by @IABioethics president Caesar Atuire re the challenges for bioethics to ponder in the modern era @AABHL @SydHealthEthics
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Avène is supporting Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials by donating $1 from every Avène Sunsitive Sunscreen ® sold in-store at Chemist Warehouse between 1 November and 31 December 2024.
masc.org.au/avene/
#avene #sunsitive #sunscreen #sunsafety #SPF50+
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Abhijit Pal has so much to say on equity in cancer care that it’s hard for mere mortals to keep up with him. However let’s start at the beginning…why does it matter? Here’s why! #COSA2024
