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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Proteomes MDPI @proteomesmdpi.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢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

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · 12d

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
amportal.astro.org/sessions/pl-...

Primary Results for the Phase III Trial of Toxicity Reduction using Proton Beam Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer (TORPEdO; CRUK/18/010)

amportal.astro.org

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Jun 20

#CTRad is back up & running - clinical trials review panel 8th July 2025
Contact [email protected] to register 🥳👇🏽 @breastdocuk.bsky.social

roberthuddart.bsky.social @roberthuddart.bsky.social · Jun 20

Reminder that #ctrad are holding a proposals guidance meeting on 11th July 2025.
We have a limited list of contacts to invite but if you are interested in UK radiation research we would love you to join us.
Please contact [email protected] for details, register and submit a trial idea.

roberthuddart.bsky.social @roberthuddart.bsky.social · May 30

News for UK radiotherapy community.
Pleased to say that thanks to @macmillancancer we have been able to establish #ctrad.
We plan a proposals guidance meeting on 8.7.25
If you have a new trial idea and wish to attend please contact [email protected] to register

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Jun 6

@mcrcnews.bsky.social
@estroradiotherapy.bsky.social @christielibrary.bsky.social 🥳

Rob Chuter @robchuter.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨 Our paper estimating the 🍃 carbon footprint of ESTRO conferences is now available as Journal Pre-proof here!:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1. Hold it online 💻
2. Include non-European hubs 🏘️ 🏠
3. Choose locations that are central within Europe 🌍
4. Promote and enable train travel 🚅

Estimating the carbon footprint of an international radiation oncology conference and modelling reduction strategies

Healthcare professionals attend international meetings to network, disseminate science and update practice. Conferences have large carbon footprints, …

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Jun 5

Not that I can think of....Q: do we have to do RCTs in all cancers or can we assume generalisation?

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Jun 5

Both studies not only interesting but likely to be cost-effective & implementable across different healthcare systems 🥳

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Jun 5

And
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

Overall survival according to time-of-day of combined immuno-chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a bicentric bicontinental study

This sizeable bi-continental study provided real-world evidence that morning administration of standard first-line immuno-chemotherapy was associated with improved clinical outcomes compared to aftern...

www.thelancet.com

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Jun 5

I have two favourite studies from #ASCO25 @christielibrary.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social 👇🏽
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Structured Exercise after Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer | NEJM

Preclinical and observational studies suggest that exercise may improve cancer outcomes. However, definitive level 1 evidence is lacking. In this phase 3, randomized trial conducted at 55 centers, ...

www.nejm.org

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 29

A trip to Edinburgh for #12thScottishBladderCancerSymposium It's #bladdercancer month & we must remember that bladder cancer outcomes must improve @alisonbirtle.bsky.social

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Cynthia Eccles @cynthiaeccles.bsky.social · May 20

Very proud 🥳of Amerah Alshamrani's PhD paper #2! 🎉https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actaoncologica/article/view/42898 📝With thanks co-authors! @achoud72.bsky.social @marianneaznar.bsky.social @robchuter.bsky.social Claire Nelder, Lisa Baraclough & Peter Hoskin @cruk-mi.bsky.social

Quantifying the dosimetric impact of online daily adaptation for MR-guided RT in cervical cancer | Acta Oncologica

medicaljournalssweden.se

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 5

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

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 5

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

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 5

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"

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 5

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

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 4

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

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 4

#PLATO #ACT4 published today #ESTRO25 @montefiored.bsky.social @thelancetoncol.bsky.social
thelancet.com/journals/lanon…

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 4

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

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 3

#BioCommittee meets and greets at #ESTRO25 Great turnout. Welcome all biologists!

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 3

#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

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 1

@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!

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 1

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!

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Apr 30

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 😀

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Apr 29

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

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Apr 23

@christielibrary.bsky.social

Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Apr 23

International Bladder Cancer Group consensus recommendations for #bladderpreservation👏🏽 Freely available for 50 days
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ashishkamatmd.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social 👇🏽

Bladder Preservation Strategies in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Recommendations from the International Bladder Cancer Group

Patient-centric management necessitates providing care aligned with patients’ values, preferences, and expressed needs. Therefore, critical assessment…

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