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Defining Lifetime Risk Thresholds for Breast Cancer Surgical Prevention

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 25

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This economic evaluation defines the lifetime breast cancer risk thresholds for risk-reducing mastectomy to be cost-effective compared with nonsurgical alternatives for breast cancer prevention.

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Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 25

Prof Manchanda said: "We for the first time define the risk at which we should offer mastectomy. This could potentially prevent can potentially prevent ~6500 breast cancer cases annually in UK women”.

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 25

Professor Ranjit Manchanda, Dr Rosa Legood, with colleagues from Manchester University and Peking University created a new economic evaluation model to accurately predict the level of risk that would make mastectomy a more cost-effective treatment.

World Brain Day – interview with Professor Claudia Cooper

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 25

More women at higher risk of breast cancer should be offered a mastectomy, according to researchers at @qmul.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social New analysis has found it's cost-effective way of reducing risk of developing breast cancer compared to breast screening and medication.

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DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · Jul 23

To mark World Brain Day, our Co-Director @claudiacooper.bsky.social spoke to @qmulfmd.bsky.social about:

🔵 How #denpruQM fits into the wider @nihr.bsky.social community
🟢 Our research and its impact
🟠 What gives her hope for the future

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Professor Claudia Cooper is a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and the co-Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration at Queen Mary (DeNPRU-QM). To celebrate World Brain Day 2025, we spoke to her about DeNPRU-QM’s research and its impact on people affected by dementia

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Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary University of London) @qmbci.bsky.social · Jul 23

📰Could a breath test detect blood cancer? New research from @richeslab.bsky.social ‬funded by @bartscharity.bsky.social suggests molecules exhaled in the breath might enable development of a simple, low-cost test to diagnose lymphoma.

@qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social #medsky #oncosky 🧪

Could a breath test detect blood cancer? - Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London

Molecules exhaled in the breath may provide clues to detect blood cancer, according to new research by scientists at Barts Cancer Institute. The findings could enable the development of a blood cancer...

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Henrike Janssen @henrikejanssen.bsky.social · Jul 24

Happy to share our paper investigating the feasibility and accuracy of perioperative continuous glucose monitoring in patients undergoing major surgery.
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Effects of a brief digital problem-solving intervention on depression and anxiety symptoms in Ukrainian children and adolescents displaced by war: a crossover, randomised controlled trial

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Our data suggest that a brief problem-solving DMHI, efficiently implemented in schools, could reduce internalising symptoms in refugee Ukrainian youths. After context-specific adaptations, DMHIs could...

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Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 18

Senior author Professor Dennis Ougrin from the Youth Resilience Research Unit @qmul-wiph.bsky.social said: "At a time when millions of displaced young people remain underserved, this research suggests a promising step toward meeting their urgent mental health needs - one mobile device at a time.”

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 18

Professor JR Weisz from Harvard University said: "Children displaced by conflict are at elevated risk of long-term psychological harm, but access to mental health services is often limited or non-existent. In our trial we found the effects of our 30-minute intervention lasted for four months."

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 18

The results, published today in The Lancet Primary Care, found that this brief mental health intervention reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety in displaced young people at one month and four months after the 30-minute intervention.

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 18

They created a Ukrainian-language version of an evidence-based digital mental health intervention called Project SOLVE. Delivered in schools through mobile devices, it teaches problem solving by providing strategies for solving everyday problems, such as school stress and interpersonal conflict.

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 18

An international group of researchers, led by Professor JR Weisz from @harvard.edu and colleagues including senior author Professor Dennis Ougrin from @qmul.bsky.social, tested a digital mental health intervention with 709 Ukrainian students, aged 10-18, who had been displaced to Poland.

Queen Mary dental students and staff help launch the NHS 10 Year Plan

Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 18

Short-term digital mental health interventions reduces depression and anxiety in Ukrainian children and adolescents displaced by war - a first of its kind randomised controlled trial found delivering a problem solving digital mental health intervention significantly reduced symptoms.

2 teenagers look at a tablet in a classroom setting. Photocredit LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS on Adobe Stock

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Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 4

Well done to all the students and staff from our Institute of Dentistry who took part!

Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · Jul 4

We're incredibly proud that Queen Mary students and staff met Prime Minister Keir Starmer as part of the launch of the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
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Healthcare Leadership Foundations - Digital Education Studio

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Vanessa Muirhead @nessaqmul.bsky.social · Jun 30

Are you interested in healthcare leadership? Watch Rahma Hegy, the Barts and the London Students' Association President @qmulfmd.bsky.social share her experiences of taking our Healthcare Leadership Foundations online short course! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rccy... bit.ly/healthcare-l....

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Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · Jul 4

Many congratulations, Professor O'Toole!

Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · Jul 1

Huge congratulations to my lovely and inspirational colleague Edel O'Toole who wins the Sir Archibald Gray Medal at #BAD2025. This is the highest honour the British Association of Dermatologists can bestow. We are so very lucky to have her @qmulfmd.bsky.social

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QMUL Genome Centre @qmulgenome.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congratulations to our Bioinformatician Beth Hughes on getting paper of the year at today's @blizardinstitute.bsky.social symposium for work during her PhD. @qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social

Cells’ recycling system plays a surprising role in shaping immune cells DNA - Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London

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Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary University of London) @qmbci.bsky.social · Jul 3

📰 Cells’ recycling system (autophagy) plays a surprising role in shaping immune cell DNA, new research from the BCI shows.

The findings could have implications for the development of certain #bloodcancer and #autoimmune diseases.

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Scientists have uncovered how bowel cancer cells imitate our gut’s natural healing processes to adapt, spread and grow. The findings researchers at Barts Cancer Institute could lead to new treatment s...

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Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · Jul 4

Dr John Ford, leader of Queen Mary's Health Equity Evidence Centre, gives a run-down of the hits and the misses for health inequalities in the UK's 10 year Health Plan.
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Good intentions, risks and missed opportunities: What the NHS plan means for health and care inequalities - Health Equity Evidence Centre

In the 10 Year Health Plan there are notable wins for health inequalities advocates, especially in funding and tackling smoking and obesity, but there are risks of inadvertently increasing inequalitie...

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