Huge congratulations to
@gwalls89
on his PhD graduation at
@QUBelfast
👏👏👏
Well done Gerard - at
@NICCBeamTeam
we’re all super proud of your work and your amazing fellowship in
#RadOnc
. Looking forward to many successful days ahead.
Have a wonderful day with the family!
1/5 - Serving as Director at
@PeterMacRadOnc
has been the honour of a lifetime. It truly has been a privilege to work with so many committed and gifted clinicians and researchers. It was with great sadness that I said goodbye to everyone at
@PeterMacCC
today.
Today we wished our fabulous patient flow manager Colette Knowles a very happy retirement from
@BelfastTrust
Colette, we will miss you terribly. You are one in a million and we give thanks for the care you have given patients with cancer (and colleagues!) over the decades. 🙏👏
Great to be back in
@BelfastTrust
- welcomed back by the outgoing Director
@seamusmcaleer
sporting a multi-bag of
@MrTaytoNI
crisps… Thanks Seamus for all your hard work over the last year and half. 👏👏👏
The Cancer and Specialist Medicine Divisional Team celebrating the fantastic
#leadership
that
@ScullinP
has given as Division Chair. Thank-you Paula 👏👏👏
Paula, wishing you well and wishing you every success in your new role as Deputy Medical Director of
@BelfastTrust
Just finished this book. Moving and powerful story of Neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi’s diagnosis, treatment and death from
#lungcancer
which brought me to tears.
Anyone with 🫁 can get lung cancer
Delighted to hear that the UK National Screening Committee has recommend implementation of CT screening to the high risk group of people aged 55 to 74 years with a history of smoking.
Hopefully this will save 1000s of lives from lung cancer
More gutting news from
@niassembly
this afternoon. With no 3 year budget, the NI
#Cancer
Strategy cannot be delivered. This gutting and demoralising for
#NHS
staff who have worked so hard over the last 2 years but most of all for patients
Brilliant quote from a colleague:
"It may take a village to raise a child, but I swear it takes a vineyard to homeschool one"
#COVID
ー19
#Lockdown2
#homeschool
🔒⬇️2.0
Read our latest paper led by
#RadOnc
@gwalls89
📢Take homes:
➡️AF is a common form of RT❤️toxicity in patients with NSCLC
➡️pulmonary veins maybe the source of AF post
#radiotherapy
➡️dose to the PV are associated with probability of AF in this study
🔗
Delighted to receive
@Cancer_Research
funding on behalf of the
@PeterMacCC
ACRF Radiotherapy/Immunotherapy program alongside Dr Nicole Haynes. We hope this work will provide more effective treatments for patients with
#cancer
#TeamOfUs
It’s changer over day for
#Medical
Staff in the
#NHS
We wish our
#juniordoctors
starting every happiness in their careers ahead.
We also welcome new Specialist trainees and new and returning colleagues to our service.
For our FY1 Doctors, Remember, it’s always ok to ask
📢Fantastic news this morning. We're about to randomise our 💯th patient to the
@CR_UK
funded HALT study.
Brilliant work by all the
@ICR_London
trial team and fantastic leadership by
@fifimcdrmh
👏👏👏
We're nearly at our target recruitment of 110 🤞
How good was it to see Friend and Colleague
@bensolomon1
from
@PeterMacCC
at
#ASCO22
today.
Really great to be able to meet with colleagues from around the 🌏 committed to the
@ASCO
vision of “conquering cancer”
A real pleasure to give our superb and hard working Cancer Services Manager
@JoanneD17487655
her Certificate of Recognition
Joanne thanks for your dedication and commitment to bringing the best cancer treatment services to patients across NI
@NICCBeamTeam
@BelfastTrust
Breaking from
#ELCC
(discounting a press release…)
🚨 PACIFIC-2 is negative. No improvement with concurrent and adjuvant Durvalumab with chemo radiotherapy in stage III NSCLC
@JeffBradleyMD
presents at
#ELCC24
What a pleasure and privilege to have
@PeterMacCC
#lungcancer
Nurse Specialist Mary Duffy visit the
@BelfastTrust
@QUBelfast
today
Thanks Mary for sharing ideas, approaches to care, but most of all the core and essential role LCNSs play in supporting patients with lung cancer
Today the team at the NI Cancer Centre
@BelfastTrust
celebrated the amazing career and service of our Nursing Colleague and Flow Manager Mark Gregory.
You have been an wonderful colleague & friend and you will be really missed. Have a wonderful retirement! 👏👏👏
@NICCBeamTeam
Congratulations to my colleague Daniel from our Cancer Centre Portering Service. who celebrated the big 5️⃣0️⃣ today. 🎉🎂
Hope you have a great day and thanks for all your amazing service to patients over the last 26 at
@NICCBeamTeam
- you and your team are amazing 👏👏👏
Although he only looks 40, it was lovely to celebrate the 50th Birthday of our esteemed colleague and friend
@bensolomon1
- hope the
@TheTigersAFL
do their bit for you tonight. 🎂🥂🍾
This is one issue, above all else is causing a workforce crisis across the UK, reducing the availability of experienced doctors, when we urgently need them the most.
🚨Urgent action needed
@Jeremy_Hunt
Brown envelopes arrived. Looks like the government have fined me for treating too many cancer patients. Would have £100 extra per month in my pocket if I worked less. Madness! Should I cut my work and make waiting lists worse?
@goldstone_tony
@Jeremy_Hunt
From
@MDAndersonNews
,
@JoeChangMD
presents the results of the ISABR study at
#WCLC23
🚨 IO when added to
#SABR
in stage 1 NSCLC improves 4yr EFS 53% vs 77%
➡️ Phase 3 study awaited
➡️ Can radiomics identify those patients who will benefit the most?
Congratulations to
@QubPGJCCR
fellow
@gwalls89
presenting his work on ❤️ substructures at
#WCLC22
today. 👏👏👏
Avoiding cardiac toxicity from
#radiotherapy
is part of many aspects of optimisation as we continuously seek to improve outcomes for patients with lung cancer
Huge congratulations to a wonderful friend, mentor and colleague Dr
@seamusmcaleer
- winner of the Special Recognition Award at last night’s Healthcare Awards 🏆
So richly and very deserved Seamus!
Couldn’t think of a better recipient. 👏👏👏
To any adult in Northern Ireland who has not yet received the
#COVID19
vaccine... for the sake of your families, for the sake of the
#NHS
, for your own sake...
PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE get vaccinated ASAP.
Huge congratulations to my co-candidate
@Icro_Meattini
on election to the
@ESTRO_RT
council
Icro will do a fantastic job representing
#RadOnc
at our brilliant European society.
Huge thanks to everyone who voted and wishing Icro and the council every success in the year ahead
There is nothing quite like the breath of fresh cool evening air outside the hospital after you take this gear off
Huge 🙏 to all our staff at the NI Cancer Centre as they continue to provide care for patients through the ever changing circumstances of
#COVID19
Honoured to be present at the inauguration of the new
@UMSBelfast
President
@seamusmcaleer
this evening. Wishing you every success in the year ahead Seamus!
Absolutely delighted to see Dr
@seamusmcaleer
receive an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list today
Seamus has provided unparalleled services for patients with cancer across NI and the UK
But more than that, he has been a wonderful role model, mentor + friend to many 👏👏👏
Can patients with NSCLC and solitary brain metastases, treated radically have long term survival?
Our experience at
@PeterMacCC
is YES.
#RadOnc
@IASLC
@TOGAANZ
Congrats to Dr StJohn Newman for putting this publication together:
Real pleasure to co-author this comment piece alongside
@fifimcdrmh
on the CURB oligomets study led by
@CJTsaiMDPhD
just out in today’s
@TheLancet
➡️ Comment available at:
➡️ Curb study available at:
On the 5th Anniversary of passing of the Prof Patrick Johnston, former
@QUBVChancellor
, thinking of
@iseultwilson
and all the Johnston Family.
Thank-you Paddy for all you did for Patients with Cancer and for for bringing the world to
#Belfast
“Dream no little dreams”
It’s official -
#BTOG2023
is coming to
#Belfast
. 🎉
23-26 April 2023. The Belfast lung community are looking forward to hosting this fantastic conference in
#Titanic
town, with a warm welcome to all attendees.
More details at:
@BTOGORG
@DrSanjayPopat
Just out today in
@RadiotherapyOn1
key finding in paper led by
@gwalls89
📢Statin therapy is associated with improved⬆️OS in patients receiving curative-intent
#radiotherapy
for NSCLC, and there is evidence of a dose-response relationship
Available at:
🙏
@KLCRFD
+ for all the good wishes this week from across
@NICCBeamTeam
+
@BelfastTrust
Will really miss working directly with so many wonderful colleagues who do so much to help patients + families.
First shout to my admin team, Mary-Clare, Louise, Shari, Jenna and Joanne
So good to catch up with
@PeterMacCC
#lungcancer
Nurse Superstar Mary Duffy at
#WCLC22
Lung Cancer Nurses are the Key Worker in our multi-disciplinary team and we urgently need more.
Lovely to see you Mary and huge smiles under those masks 😷 😊
A year ago today we lost our beautiful colleague Dr John Violet at
@PeterMacRadOnc
- it’s hard to believe it’s a year. We miss you John and we will always remember you. Sending a big virtual hug from Belfast.
Congratulations 🎉 to
@finn_corinne
for being awarded the James D. Cox Lectureship award at
#WCLC19
- so highly deserved Corinne! You’ve been a fantastic mentor to so many!
@CR_UK
@CTRad_CChan
Congratulations to
@DavidDbal
from
@PeterMacCC
for being short listed for the Priscilla Kincaid-Smith
@amavictoria
award tonight. David thank-you for all the leadership, mentorship and above all care that you give at
@PeterMacRadOnc
Superb paper from
@finn_corinne
and the team at the Christie: using big data and analysing the outcomes of >12000 patient they have shown that the use of
#IMRT
in
#lungcancer
is associated with ⬆️ survival.
#ESTRO2022
“Radiotherapy is human right”
Clarion call from Mei Ling Yap from at
#ESTRO23
as she outlines the care gap in radiation oncology
“We need to harness data to advocate to governments and policymakers for equitable access to radiation therapy”
@TargetingCancer
Congratulations to Dr Jenny Ward and Dr Kevin Armstrong who tied the knot today
@inchydoneylodge
- two fantastic
@PeterMacRadOnc
Registrars working at
@Bendigo_health
So delighted to celebrate your big day with and your wonderful families 🥂🎉👏🍾💍
#wedding
Thanks to Dr Violet Koh for providing this fantastic bit of
#RadOnc
merchandising displayed by Dr Lessy Chee. High quality contouring is such a key facet in
@TargetingCancer
So very saddened to hear that Tom Haswell has passed away. Tom was a wonderful patient advocate, a keen supporter of UK
#lungcancer
research and a true gentleman. Tom - we learnt so much from you. RIP
#ncri_ctrad
How long does radiotherapy contouring take for each tumour site?
Fascinating paper by Montague,
@tomroques
et al in this month's
@ClinOncology
- time needed varies considerably.
➡️Most time needed for Paeds cases (210 mins)
➡️Least time for Breast Cases (85 mins)
Thinking of
#SABR
for ultra central lung tumours?
This work presented at
#ESTRO23
from
@Mat_Guc
suggests that if a dose threshold of EQD2_3=100 Gy to the PBT or any of its subsegments is expected to result in low rates of severe bronchial toxicity.
So good to see the Cafe Chat team back in person!
You’ve been badly missed over the last couple of years.
Thanks for keeping the wonderful Cancer Centre and
@BelfastTrust
staff going with great ☕️ and food.
Very smokey in
#Melbourne
today. Destruction and impact of the
#bushfiresAustralia
seems unrelenting. Deep gratitude to all the emergency services working around the clock!
Red is the colour for our Oncology Patient clinical record chart for 2024 (we use a different colour for every year)
But this is the very last year of paper charts. On 6th June
@BelfastTrust
is going fully paperless with our new EMR
#encompass
Phase 3 Results of NRG Oncology/RTOG 0631 Randomized Clinical Trial of Stereotactic Radiosurgery vs Conventional Radiotherapy for Localized Vertebral Metastases of the Spine published in
@JAMAOnc
➡️ no difference in pain response at 3 months.
Annual Lung
#RadOnc
photo at the
#WCLC23
faculty dinner
You couldn’t ask for a more collegiate group of international colleagues at
@IASLC
all with the one aim of conquering
#lungcancer
As
@fred_hirsch
reminded us this evening
“Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah” X 2
Last night we farewelled our brilliant Colleague, Leader, Mentor and Friend
@DavidDbal
from his clinical career - many heart felt tributes and thanks from across
@PeterMacCC
. David, it was an honour to celebrate an wonderful career and life along with Mary and your family 👏🙏
Fantastic
@DavidDbal
farewell function expertly organised by
@gerryhanna
and Donelle Edwards last night. I was deeply moved by this unforgettable event -thank you
@PeterMacRadOnc
Great to see the results of the PACE-B study led by
@nickva1
published in
@TheLancetOncol
today. No significant difference in toxicity between conventional RT and hypofractionated RT - can 38 fractions of
#radiotherap
for prostate cancer be justified now?
#radonc
@_ShankarSiva
“Handing on the baton”
#ClinOnc
Registrars Dr Michael McMahon and Dr Sophie Lynch host a open night for prospective trainees at
@BelfastTrust
- thanks Sophie and Michael 👏🙌👍
#RadOnc
@_NIMDTA
Really beautiful and uplifting original photos taken by our late
@PeterMacRadOnc
colleague Dr John Violet hanging in
@PeterMacCC
staff areas.
We love and miss you John!
Tried out
@IndieFude
on the Ormeau Road for the 1st time. Amazing selection of
#Irish
#Cheese
🧀 ☘️ - great to see stylish and high quality shops selling gourmet quality produce 👏🙌
Really brilliant to have the wonderful Fiona Duncan back volunteering at the
@NICCBeamTeam
@BelfastTrust
Together with others such as
@GeoffWGHill
, Fiona has taken up volunteering in retirement and giving so much to our Patients and teams.
Thank-you all so much 🙏🙏🙏
NI Cancer Strategy Launched by
@RobinSwannMoH
and
@healthdpt
for public consultation today
This is your chance to help shape Cancer Prevention, Detection, Treatment, Survivorship and Research for the next 10 years 🗣️
Read the strategy and comment via
Really disappointing that the important UKCTOCS trial of
#OvarianCancer
screening is negative. Sadly my Mum, who took part in this study, died of this insidious disease. Well done to all the trialists for trying change the dial:
Beautiful morning for a 🚲 along the
#Yarra
into
@PeterMacCC
this morning. Let’s hope our
#COVID19
numbers are very low and we can get this beautiful city opened up again. Thanks to
@VicGovDH
for keeping up safe
#melbourne
On
#worldlungcancerday
I am delighted that our
@iaeaorg
sponsored PERTAIN study of PET/CT radiotherapy planning in patients with
#NSCLC
has been published online. Advanced
#radiotherapy
techniques improves survival. Thanks to all the patients and centres who participated
#radonc