Lina Carmona
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Histopathology trainee, former surgeon. Prostate cancer research, mum, swimmer and Dr Mrs Dr 🇨🇴 🇬🇧
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#tweetorial
for our paper at
@SciReports
When men are diagnosed with
#prostatecancer
pathologists look at the samples under the microscope and give a score called 'Gleason score', depending on how similar it looks compared to the normal prostate
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My first pathology tweet is here! As a new trainee I have been studying basic normal histology. Here is my
#lymphnode
doodle.
A more detailed drawing of a secondary follicle and normal IHC to follow.
#PathTwitter
#Pathology
#surgpath
@JMGardnerMD
@DrMarkOng
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As many doctors in the UK, I have been worried about the current state of training, the use of MAPs in medical rotas, unemployed GPs and resident doctors. I had a look at the competition ratios (CR) in Specialty training and though I'd show you some of the data 🧵 1/n
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I just submitted my PhD thesis!
@AcademicChatter
@OpenAcademics
@TheWhitakerlab
@uclmedsci
@UCLDivofSurgery
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#ProfLucas
notes on how to examine a
#heart
at
#autopsy
, side to side with my doodles. At the end, the heart opens like a book. So you can examine the heart valves and chambers easily.
#PathTwitter
#CardiacPath
@WKemp_MT_FPDoc
@estheryoud
@JulianBurton15
@JMGardnerMD
@JussieDee
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Normal lymph node secondary follicle and IHC (immunohistochemistry).
Not exhaustive but enough to start!
What is IHC you ask? It’s something pathologists use to stain different cells and helps us tell between different diseases.
#PathTwitter
#hemepath
#MedTwitter
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I passed with minor corrections!!!!!
@UCLDivofSurgery
@TheWhitakerlab
@ProstateUK
@LondonProstate1
@EmbertonMark
@OpenAcademics
@thephdstory
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@OpenAcademics
Hi 👋🏻
I don’t tweet much 🙈 , I usually retweet cool science stuff or interesting research in my area of interest (prostate cancer, histopathology)
I love baking! This is a chocolate babka I made a few weeks back 🙃
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My doodle of the
#ProstateCancer
TNM (Tumour, Node, Metastasis). This system divides cancers into stages, helps treatment planning, and is an indication of prognosis.
#PathTwitter
#pathology
@AshishC97225686
@aimhaider
@BURSTurology
@ProstateUK
@LondonProstate1
@mrsprostate
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Nephrogenic adenoma is a benign tumour usually found in the bladder that can be confused with malignant tumours, here is my summary:
@AshishC97225686
#PathTwitter
@RCPath
#BAUP
#Path
@aimhaider
#Pathology
#GUPath
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Of course I had to be upside down on my virtual graduation 😂
@uclmedsci
@UCLDivofSurgery
@AcademicChatter
@OpenAcademics
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@MinoritySTEM
I am a Colombian 🇨🇴 doctor in 🇬🇧
Researching prostate cancer with an interest in digital pathology. Former surgeon future pathologist. Currently writing my PhD and dreaming of future collaborations with Colombian scientists/doctors to research prostate cancer in minorities.
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Great way to start a Friday
First PhD paper accepted!
More info to follow. For now thank you
@ProstateUK
for funding the work and to all co-authors
@TheWhitakerlab
@aimhaider
#AlexFreeman
@ustopka
#AviRosenfeld
@b3nsimp
@yipenghu
#ProfDavidHawkes
@hayleyjeanpye
@sue_heavey
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Last Friday I wrote the last chapter of my thesis, on Tuesday I wrote the acknowledgments and impact statement.
It is all one big document and I am waiting final corrections. I can’t believe I am almost done!
Next step VIVA!
@OpenAcademics
@AcademicChatter
#SoClose
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@noodles_nood
It’s a sad state of affairs when a doctor can’t take time off for cancer surgery, let alone recover.
No one should have to go through this.
@LiangRhea
@mrsprostate
@TheBMA
@doctor_oxford
@JujuliaGrace
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Let's start with GP, the number of applications has increased year on year, on 2023 there were 10,514 applications for 3, 935 posts. See how the number of posts is relatively flat at around 4,000 jobs per year?. Below is the CR, last year there were 2.67 applicants per job 5/n
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Thank you for reading and I may create graphs for other specialties if I have the time. The data is freely available and I am happy to share it
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@medicalmodelbri
I worked as a senior clinical fellow in urology for years, I then decided to switch to Histopathology. I am happy I had to start from zero or I would be a danger to my patients. This idea of being a generalist after two years is dangerous and shows a frightening lack of insight
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@EffrainMu
@AcademicChatter
Ignorance 😞
Before I started collaborating with geography on my PhD and I had no clue of the complex mathematical models used for geographical research.
Good luck on your PhD hunt!
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Anaesthesia has a similar problem (Here CT1). More and more people applying, and a completely flat number of posts available . But the number of posts has actually dropped! There were 629 in 2018, and only 545 in 2023. I thought we had a shortage of doctors? 9/n
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This is not exhaustive, but I have included some graphs showing the number of applications vs number of posts, and at the bottom the competition ratio (CR), that is how many people apply for one post. The higher the CR, the more difficult it is to get a training post. 2/n
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Paediatrics was a bit difficult, here is CT1. Same trend, more applications as time goes on, number of posts remains fairly flat and the CR increases year on year. I don't know if I am correct but from the data it looks like these Drs have to reapply every year to progress 6/n
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Our paper is out! "A critical evaluation of visual
proportion of Gleason 4
and maximum cancer core length
quantifed by histopathologists"
@ProstateUK
@TheWhitakerlab
@EmbertonMark
@LondonProstate1
@aimhaider
@UCLDivofSurgery
@uclmedsci
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Paediatrics ST4, similar trend. Are there ST3's that cannot progress to ST4? What will they do? Is this the reason why the applications are increasing year on year? 8/n
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Core surgical training, this is the first step to become a surgeon. Look at how flat the number of posts line is (grey), the highest number of posts? 676, the lowest? 607 ... 14/n
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@OpenAcademics
Homeschooling a 6 year old and taking care of a 9 week old puppy while finishing my thesis during a heatwave 😂
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Histopathology, this is my specialty. We don't have enough consultants, but also not enough training posts. 20/n
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@ReadMoreScience
Better to have a false positive result isolated than a false negative walking around
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I obtained the numbers from
I am happy to share the spreadsheet and code if anyone what's to double check what I did 3/n
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@jessrpeto
What a lovely stone! My little one loves stones as well. This is what he was carrying in his winter coat pockets 😁
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Emergency medicine ST3, I ran out of ways to say applications go up, number of posts go down, CR goes up... 12/n
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Some data is missing, and the name of training programs has changed. In some cases there was recruitment for ST1, ST2, ST3, and ST4 (Paediatrics in 2018), and this has changed. 4/n
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I see a dinosaur looking at a rocket 😆
My family say it’s a dog.
What do you see?
@AshishC97225686
@DrMarkOng
@jbriosaneves
@aimhaider
#PathTwitter
#cytopath
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ACCS, I'll be honest I am not very familiar with this training pathway, but you can see the CR is 4.99 in 2023. Five people apply for one job... 11/n
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@OpenAcademics
Currently writing the last chapter of my thesis on prostate cancer biomarkers and digital pathology
This is Coco, she is helping with the writing (not)
She loves to sleep on her back 🧐
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Let's see Paediatrics ST3, no shock here, more applications, same number of posts, higher CR. But happens to the Drs that don't get an ST3 number? 7/n
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I got lots of new followers recently and thought I would be nice to introduce myself and tell you a story.
I was born in Colombia, and graduated from medical school in Bogota (
@EMCSUrosario
). I always had an interest in research 1/n
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@AcademicChatter
I am based in the UK
This is my dog, she motivated me to finish my thesis and makes me laugh a lot.
Here she is demonstrating “downward dog with donut” as appropriately named by
@JCDomCar
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Emergency medicine ST4, this is possibly the only one with more posts in 2023 compared to previous years, but it is still below 2016 levels. 13/n
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Neurosurgery ST2/3, I had to mix this one as well as this changed, in 2020 it was an ST3 application and in 2021 changed to ST2. What happens to the ST1's/ST2's that don't make it? Is the CR getting lower because people are leaving? 16/n
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Here I combined ST2 and ST3 because the data was not available, but you can see one of the bottlenecks here. There was no data for 2022 and I coundn't figure out how to plot a point in 2023 🤔. in 2023 there were 640 applications, 399 posts and CR 1.6. 10/n
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Radiology, this one has a fairly dramatic increase in CR, it was 8.77 in 2023. 18/n
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@OpenAcademics
My favourite day is upon us!
I research prostate cancer and how to use quantitative research to digital pathology
That’s one of my favourite gifs
#latina
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Neurosurgery ST1, a difficult specialty to obtain a training number, CR close to 16 but we have a similar trend, more applications, same number of posts 15/n
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Obs and gynae, for a while the CR was dropping, with the number of applications remaining fairly flat, but since 2020 the CR has increased. 17/n
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@MGastorf
When I was a medical student I witnessed a genetics clinic appointment of an infertile man with 4 children...
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Just had an interview to be a
#pathologist
I think it went well and cannot wait to find out
@OpenAcademics
@AcademicChatter
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@Ferchucky
After 4 failed attempts I managed to grow a small avocado plant. I am told it’s not usual to have so many leaves and I must cut some?
I appreciate your advice 👍
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@smartymartycavy
@TomStocks1982
I don't understand the argument that they have a degree in biomedical sciences. I have worked with great scientists, that does not mean 2 more years makes them qualified to see patients. It is not about time spent in Uni, it is about WHAT you are learning.
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Day one as ST1 in histopathology. Induction day here I come!
@aimhaider
@alexpathologist
@LatinasInMed
@OpenAcademics
@GSTTnhs
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@OpenAcademics
I was a surgeon, did a PhD, and now I am training to be a pathologist.
This is from a sample taken through the airway, and two eyed cell is a respiratory ciliated cell, it reminds me of a pineapple and Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons 😆
#Pathology
is beautiful!
#PathTwitter
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Prostate + Disney = tag
@susan_heavey
🐭
A day like today (Dec 5th), 120 years ago,
#WaltDisney
was born. Let us remember him with the histology of a prostate biopsy.
#gupath
#pathmemes
#pathmeme
#itsfunnybecauseitstrue
#PathTwitter
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@OpenAcademics
Hi fellow acadaemics👋🏻
I research prostate cancer and digital pathology
Not sure I identify with any animal but I truly love dogs 🐶
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@OpenAcademics
Always! I write down a “script” then rehearse and highlight the bits that need to be said, by the third time I just know how to make it flow without looking at the slides, at some point the “script” is in my head and I no longer need it. It involves A LOT of talking to myself 😂
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@OpenAcademics
1) histopathology trainee/newly minted PhD in prostate cancer biomarkers and digital pathology
2) I wanted to be an astrophysicist like Carl Sagan
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@AcademicChatter
Check
@mikemorrison
#betterposter
video on:
Try not to be shy and engage with people it’s a really good way to meet people and practice talking about your research.
Good luck!
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@florthescience
@AcademicChatter
Be nice to yourself and take breaks, work is not everything.
Plans will fail, it’s OK! you will figure out a solution. Your initial PhD plan will probably be different to the final thesis.
And lastly, remember this is part of a journey it won’t last forever.
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My big sister
@JCDomCar
passed her PhD defence yesterday and I am so proud! She really knows her CD8+ T cells and has done an amazing job, please join me in congratulating her 🥳
@AcademicChatter
@PhDVoice
@ASU
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@Ask_foradoctor
Perhaps better wording would be completed x number of eviscerations. PMs are always done by Pathologists. APTs are vital as they are skilled at evisceration, and depending on the mortuary 4 cases in the morning is not unusual. The examination of the organs is always done by a Dr
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@daniel_berney
and
@fabiotavora
kindly pointed out this classification is different from the TNM 8th edition. I re-did the clinical classification (cT) clarifying that pT1 is not palpable and invisible and imaging.
#pathology
#PathTwitter
My doodle of the
#ProstateCancer
TNM (Tumour, Node, Metastasis). This system divides cancers into stages, helps treatment planning, and is an indication of prognosis.
#PathTwitter
#pathology
@AshishC97225686
@aimhaider
@BURSTurology
@ProstateUK
@LondonProstate1
@mrsprostate
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@OpenAcademics
1) Prostate cancer biomarkers and digital pathology
2) 🇨🇴 🥼 🇬🇧 👩🔬 👨 🧒 🏊♀️ 🥖 🐶
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@OpenAcademics
@MonicaMalta7
It is possible to have a family and have a career. I started my PhD when my son was 1.5 years old and my sister has 3 children and just passed her defense. You’ll learn to be a bit more strict with time and maybe a bit more juggling, but those are skills you learnt on your PhD.
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@OpenAcademics
I love this
#FollowFriday
!
This is Coco, she helped me focus while writing my thesis (not).
I research prostate cancer and digital pathology, her main interests include eating feathers, twigs and moss.
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@OpenAcademics
I love this
#FollowFriday
!!
I'm Lina, I am currently training to be a
#pathologist
, my passion is prostate cancer, digital pathology and (*new) autopsies.
I like to draw, and recently started drawing
#pathology
doodles.
In my free time I bake... a lot!!
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@IncogAssociate
I cannot answer your question as I don’t have the data. But I can tell you this, it is irrelevant. You said it yourself, there are not enough doctors. It does not matter if they are from the UK or IMGs. They can’t get jobs!
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Looking forward to attending the
@BritishDivIAP
/
#BAUP
Symposium on Urological Pathology with a very generous bursary from BDIAP!
See you in London
@daniel_berney
@AshishC97225686
@aimhaider
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Well done
@b3nsimp
explaining
#CopyNumberGains
in less than 3 minutes
#EleanorDaviesColley
prize
#phdlife
@UCLDivofSurgery
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@MarinaGNeuro
@OpenAcademics
@AcademicChatter
Hazelnut and chocolate babka (although my last bake were pistachio and almond cookies) 🤤
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@OpenAcademics
Trying to understand
#ProstateCancer
, mum, surgeon, hopeful programmer (dipping my toes in R and hoping to learn Python)
@LatinasInMed
🇨🇴
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#AcademicTwitter
I have reached 300 followers 🥳
#Milestone
Thank you
@keirandavid
you are
#300
!
@AcademicChatter
@LatinasInMed
@somedocs
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So many interesting acadaemics from all backgrounds to follow!
#FollowFriday
and I want to highlight members with less than 4k followers❤️
1) Your academic field
2) Describe yourself with 10 emojis or less😃
3) RT and follow each other🙌🏻
#AcademicTwitter
#phdchat
#FF
#FridayMotivation
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@OpenAcademics
Hi 👋🏻 I’m a Latin American doctor researching prostate cancer
I think it’s important that academia moves to be inclusive in what we research. In prostate cancer we know black men die more of prostate but it’s a poorly researched area.
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@OpenAcademics
@adeline_bio
@ScienTwins
@MonicaMalta7
@cwalterswrite
@samfrowe
@DanielRough
@maythehan
@xatruchNMT
@DisneyPhD
@Sam_Cheung_
What an awesome list! Followed everyone I wasn’t following. I would add
@CRDemystified
@EmilyGrist1
@AdamSharpMedOnc
@sue_heavey
@_Astro_Nerd_
@RickyHuet
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@karenerrichetti
I do prostate cancer research and hope to become a pathologist, leaving surgery behind. I admire
@mrsprostate
for being a role model for women in medicine. And 2019? It was a special kind of rollercoaster
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Last weekend I attended the
#WomenInSurgery
meeting.
Thank you
@UCLU_SurgSoc
for organising and allowing me to talk about combining research and a surgical career.
@UCLDivofSurgery
@WomenSurgeons
@RCSnews
Here students are reviewing research posters:
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@OpenAcademics
Got a puppy, finished my thesis and started training to become a histopathologist, but best of all I got to spend 5 months with my family 😊
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I hope we as researchers understand the importance of involving minorities in our research, in fact
@ProstateUK
is supporting a trial called
#PROFILE
() that will try to understand the genetics of prostate cancer in black men. 10/n
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@OpenAcademics
@MonicaMalta7
Check
@mrsprostate
inaugural lecture as the first woman Professor of Urology in the UK. She is a great role model
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#Tweetorial
to follow soon
@sue_heavey
@hayleyjeanpye
@VStavrinides
@MrJosephNorris
@AcademicChatter
@OpenAcademics
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