Ian Davis

Critically important to understand patient-reported experiences and outcomes.

I do agree that there needs to be a very good reason to bring new (=expensive) and additionally toxic treatments early in the course. Cannot justify if you get the same benefit by sequential use. This trial #ENZAp focussed on pts at high risk of enza failure; addition of LuPSMA mitigated that.

Sorry, not sure what the 36mo reference is about. Yes all these agents have toxicity. However all patients on this study were going to get enza as best standard care. LuPSMA addition actually improved deterioration-free survival (composite of opposing effects of anticancer benefit and toxicity).

Flowers are the amputated sex organs of plants.

When Protocol Meets Reality In this narrative medicine essay, a pediatrician and former medical school dean offers 3 steps for clinicians on how to adapt their cognitive evaluations to the abilities of their patients, in this ca...

A powerful piece and timely reminder by Dr Wesley Burks sharing a deeply personal experience in @jama.com.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

That’s the problem with getting tattoos like that. You’re limited to rude words of up to 10 letters only. 20 if you take your socks off. Anything beyond that really depends on the extent of your vocabulary, and the finer details of your genetics.

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@mischhub.bsky.social

With treatment times remaining amongst the fastest in Australia, this achievement reflects the excellent care delivered by the Box Hill Stroke team in collaboration with the Emergency Department, Medical Imaging & multidisciplinary unit.

Congratulations to the Eastern Health Box Hill Stroke team.

Platinum Hattrick for Stroke Care.

Eastern Health Box Hill has been awarded another Platinum status by WSO, making it the only hospital in Australia to have achieved 3 Platinum Status in a row.

The World Stroke Organisation (WSO) recognises stroke services around the world for their excellence.

I watched an old man with a walking stick staggering to a chair at the shopping centre. He was wearing an AC/DC shirt. I laughed, then stopped, then checked - AC/DC was formed in 1973…

Sun Eater series by Christopher Ruocchio. Galaxy-striding space opera, hugely enjoyable.
But thanks for the recommendations, I’ll check them out! I do love this sub genre when it’s done well (sometimes it’s not…!)

It’s amazing the lengths a director will go to for the right camera angle.

I was too slow

“…so far!”

Note to self - remember when texting your wife about the "meeting late in the evening" that:
* You should always proofread before sending
* K is next to L on the keyboard
* #autocorrect changes the first letter to a capital if it thinks it's a name

(Cancels ballroom dancing lessons).

It was epic, in every sense of the word.

I say “told me” but the reality was that a church concert performance descended into an unplanned extensive improv, and the octopus verse resulted in a figurative large hook extending from stage right to yank him off.

I’ve just been going, “with an oc oc here” all this time, based on what my nephew told me when he was 3.

Finally I know the sound to make for the octopus verse of Old MacDonald.

Quiet Work of Clarity

Heartaching brilliance from Dr Henry Bair in @jco-asco.bsky.social.
Do yourself a favour.
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Also don't forget to contact me if you want to be included in the GU oncology starter pack:
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Screenshot of ASCO GU symposium 2026 program for Thursday 26 Feb 2026

Screenshot of ASCO GU symposium 2026 program for Firday 27 Feb 2026

Screenshot of ASCO GU symposium 2026 program for Saturday 28 Feb 2026

@ascocancer.bsky.social #GU26 program is available:
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Finally the “Bit” part makes sense.

The world was in need of a new currency reference standard. Now, thanks to your colleague, we have one.

And if you get a potato clock you can be at work by nine.

I’ll see myself out.

Welcome back - I hope you had a great break. We’ve missed you.

Photograph taken while 12 Days of Christmas are still in effect, showing supermarket shelves loaded with various types of hot cross buns.

Photo taken 2 Jan 2026, and for the record I have no problem with this.

Photograph of a pack of “10 baby hangers.” They resemble clothes hangers and have conveniently placed slots in the diagonals, presumably for wrists or ankles. Smaller print says, “special size for children's clothes” but I’m not sure what that has to do with it.

Convenient, but I doubt I’ll need that many.

A few quiet moments spent doing nothing but cuddling your dog and finding his favourite scritch points is the ultimate mindfulness experience and oxytocin high.