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Richard Simcock

@breastdocuk.bsky.social

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30 years #NHS #breastcancer Oncologist #Brighton Chief Medical Officer Macmillan Cancer Support

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Nov 20

So here’s a starter pack of the UK Oncologists I’ve found so far - LMK who I have missed and I will follow and add.

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · 9d

Multiple calls to our Macmillan helplines about Ivermectin.

Always check with your medical teams or call us at Macmillan but in this piece I’m clear that there is no current place for it in treatment protocols.

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2114...

Warning issued over drug touted as miracle cancer cure

Actor Mel Gibson claimed his friends had become cancer-free after taking the drug.

www.express.co.uk

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Jun 18

You can follow her progress live here 👇

infinitychannelswimming.com/live-tracking/

Live Tracking - Infinity Channel Swimming

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Jun 18

My Oncologist colleague Jo Stokoe is *right now* currently aiming to be the 165th person to swim the North Channel.

No wetsuit
Lions Mane jellyfish

And all in aid of the @RNLI and @SxCancerFund

Donate here 👇

www.justgiving.com/team/jos-nor...

Team fundraising for Sussex Cancer Fund & RNLI

Help Joanna Stokoe raise money to support Sussex Cancer Fund

www.justgiving.com

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ShinyBlackShoe (Calum Polwart) @shinyblackshoe.bsky.social · Jun 12

Dynamic-III guided ctDNA

Looks like ctDNA useful to predict recurrence (possible surrogate endpoint), but not yet found a role in predicting treatment escalation/de-escalation in Colorectal ca

#UKOF25

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Jun 12

31 years ago I first started medic-ing alongside this lovely human @nikjohnson.bsky.social

To be back at #NHSConfedExpo and hearing from him how devolution could improve the public health was all that I didn’t know I needed

Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Jun 6

Were there any great questions at #ASCO25 ?

Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Jun 3

Final round up from Day 4 of #ASCO25

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ASCO Day 4: The Birmingham Screwdriver

My father used to upholster furniture. It’s a skilled job that required great care.

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Jun 1

Day 2 at #ASCO25

‘Why Not?’

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ASCO Day 2: Podcasts, trust and "Why not?" | Richard Simcock

Day 2 at ASCO: Why podcasts are good, trust is fading and that “‘The difficult is hard, the impossible is a little bit harder.” And more AI...

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · May 31

A trial at #ASCO25 showing that podcasts improve education and confidence in oncology trainees will be no surprise to
@radchat.bsky.social !

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · May 31

TLDR
- it’s a thoughtful program
- tweaks to presenter format makes messaging clearer
- you need to make way for AI
- inequity data is as stark as ever

Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · May 31

Some thoughts from D1 #ASCO25 yesterday

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Day 1 at ASCO: Innovation, inequity, and inevitably, AI. | Richard Simcock

Reflections from Day 1 at ASCO: Innovation, inequity and the inevitability of AI

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · May 28

People with cancer deserve truthful and understandable health information.

Macmillan are proud to have the PIF tick and to be a source of reliable cancer information

Patient Information Forum @pifonline.bsky.social · May 28

1 in 10 people have been harmed by health misinformation.

We are proud to partner with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social's Ethnography Centre of Excellence to highlight this important issue.
Our new film explores the impact of health misinformation – and how we tackle it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCX...

The impact of health misinformation

YouTube video by PIF – Patient Information Forum

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · May 8

Because I want good news in my life…

New cancer centre approved at Brighton hospital www.bbc.com/news/article...

New cancer centre approved at Royal Sussex Hospital

The cancer centre at the Brighton hospital will include more inpatient beds, the NHS trust says.

www.bbc.com

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · May 2

Runcorn worn by 6 votes on a turnout of only 46.2% tells me two things:

Your vote is always important

Too many people think it isn’t

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Apr 30

A blog for Macmillan on misinformation in cancer

Inspired by this cartoon in The New Yorker exhibition currently at NY Public Library

www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-p...

A cartoon of a doctors office. A patient lies on the couch but there is another person sat with a laptop. The doctor explains to the patient that she ‘is the fact chacker’

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Apr 30

A blog for Macmillan on misinformation in cancer

Inspired by this cartoon in The New Yorker exhibition currently at NY Public Library

www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-p...

Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Apr 29

Shares with all our Consultants

Wonder if you could ask the nice ChemoCare @CISOncology (on X) people to include the site in their quicklinks Info sources tab?

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thanks for this
Sounds like a useful project!

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Elisabetta Bonzano MD, PhD @elisabettabonzano.bsky.social · Mar 30

📌 Awareness of genomic testing among patients with breast cancer in Europe 🧬

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

@oncoalert.bsky.social #OncoAlertAF @breastdocuk.bsky.social
@csabadegi.bsky.social

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Mar 27

The videos which have been carefully tested and translated are here and available in 9 languages

🇬🇧 English
🇫🇷 French
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
🇮🇳🇵🇰 🇧🇩 Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Understanding your Oncotype DX test result: A short patient information film - YouTube

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Mar 27

Explaining genomic tests (Oncotype DX) can be difficult

The IMPARTER studies shows a that a video helps understanding:
bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

See post below for links to videos

Improving patient understanding of GEP test results (IMPARTER4): an RCT

Objective Explaining gene expression profiling (GEP) test results to patients can be challenging. We examined the utility of two 8 min films about Oncotype DX and Prosigna to aid the knowledge and dec...

bmjoncology.bmj.com

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Mar 10

Since I just posted something the Post did that was very good, I am obligated to post this with the observation that this is very bad.

Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Mar 10

Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis

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Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Mar 10

I presumed that ❄️ produced some vasoconstriction in control hand as a systemic response to the cold stimulus?

Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Mar 10

I read it as 2 smalls, and yes it does reduce cannula options

Richard Simcock @breastdocuk.bsky.social · Mar 7

I tried it -

2 surgical gloves one size smaller than the tight fitting size - and it hurt!

(FWIW I only managed 10 minutes in a cold cap when I tried that too!)

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