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Prof Michael Jefford

@michael-jefford.bsky.social

Consultant Medical Oncologist; Director, Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre; Health Services Researcher - all at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre + Professor, University of Melbourne. FASCO; proud to volunteer with ASCO, MASCC, COSA, IPOS. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

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Michael Jefford Invites Participation in MASCC26 - OncoDaily Michael Jefford Invites Participation in MASCC26 / cancer, MASCC26, Michael Jefford, OncoDaily, Oncology

Michael Jefford Invites Participation in MASCC26

@cancercaremascc.bsky.social @michael-jefford.bsky.social

oncodaily.com/voices/micha...

#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews #MASCC26

11.09.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congrats Prof Gail Garvey AM recipient of 2025 Tom Reeve Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Care. Her work has contributed greatly to policy and practice changes to improve the outcomes of First Nation's people with cancer. Award presentation & oration COSA-IPOS 2025 https://bit.ly/3JKd0cA

03.09.2025 04:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finale! Internationale topforskere og nationale profiler satte rammen, hvordan vi kan organisere senfรธlgeindsatsen og forlรธse visionerne i Krรฆftplan V: @michael-jefford.bsky.socialโ€ฌ, Kelly de Ligt, Anders Bonde, Thea Otto Mattsson, Dorte Jarbรธl #DKD2025 #SamarbejdeOmKrรฆft #dkforsk

29.08.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vi ser frem til to stรฆrke, internationale perspektiver under sessionen โ€Senfรธlger โ€“ Hvad sker der nu til #DKD2025, direkte fra Australien og Holland, fredag i Odense: professor @michael-jefford.bsky.socialโ€ฌ, postdoc Kelly de Ligt
๐Ÿ™Œ #SamarbejdeOmKrรฆft #dkforsk

20.08.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All, Many, Some, Few framework describing capabilities for discussing and guiding individuals providing survivorship care shared by @michael-jefford.bsky.social
Love this framework and see @advocatecollab.bsky.social opportunities to modify for advocate audience! #MASCC25

27.06.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A pleasure to present alongside Drs @michael-jefford.bsky.social #DrLarissaNekhlyudov at todayโ€™s #MASCC25 Survivorship Workshop! Thank you to the attendees for your participation!
@cancercaremascc.bsky.social

27.06.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Workplace Burnout Among Oncologists Has Risen: What Can Be Done? Results from a recent survey showed that 20% of oncologists planned to reduce their hours in the next 12 months, as workplace burnout among them has increased.

Burnout among oncology and healthcare professionals is on the rise, but what can be done? The Cancer Network spoke with Dr. Eric Winer on ways to address burnout and improve well-being, incl findings published in our Journal of Clinical Oncology.

09.05.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m looking forward to what will be a really interactive skills-building workshop at the annual meeting in Seattle. I hope you can join us! You can still sign up

13.05.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm also pleased to share this recently-published paper, which is open access in Supportive Care in Cancer. Experiences of over 3500 people regarding follow up. Most report major gaps regarding desired information and support

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

08.05.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two days of sharing and celebrating the breadth of research at @petermaccc.bsky.social

07.05.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are you planning to attend #MASCC25? Donโ€™t forget that the deadline to register with regular pricing is June 4, 2025.

Patient Partner registration closes May 23, 2025. Visit our website for the full eligibility criteria and how to apply: mascc.org/annualmeetin...

@oncoalert.bsky.social

06.05.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Quality cancer survivorship care: a modified Delphi study to define nurse capabilities - Journal of Cancer Survivorship Purpose To establish capabilities required by nurses to deliver quality cancer survivorship care in Australia. Methods A two-round online modified Delphi involving Australian cancer nurses. Initial do...

Also pleased to share this just-published paper. Work led by A/Prof Gemma McErlean to define scope and roles of all cancer nurses in the care of cancer survivors, open access at link.springer.com/article/10.1...

06.05.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ASCO Publications

And a link to the (free, open access) accompanying paper - ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

06.05.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Treatable But Not Curable: Addressing Survivorship Care Needs of Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Cancer An Education Session will highlight the recently released Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and ASCO guidelines for Survivorship Care for People Affected by Advanced or M...

A preview of our education session at the ASCO annual meeting is in this ASCO Daily News article. The session will be at 8am on Sunday June 1 in room E450a, dailynews.ascopubs.org/do/treatable...

06.05.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment: A Practical Guide for Oncologists | JCO Oncology Practice

Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment: A Practical Guide for Oncologists | JCO Oncology Practice ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

13.03.2025 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Step-by-step: A clinical pathway for stepped care management of fear of cancer recurrence
YouTube video by The Daffodil Centre Step-by-step: A clinical pathway for stepped care management of fear of cancer recurrence

๐ŸšจNew 2 min๐ŸŽž๏ธsummarising step-by-step plan to address fear of #cancer recurrence in clinical practice.
Watch youtu.be/cr_3KEOTAv8?...
Read the ๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐Ÿ‘‰ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Listen to the podcast w/ @bogda-koczwara.bsky.social & Sophie Lebel๐ŸŽ™๏ธ oncologynews.com.au/clinical-foc...
Explanatory๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡

03.04.2025 05:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Come visit our booth at the 2025 Cancer Survivorship Conference! Uncle Tony Garvey welcomed us to Wurundjeri country, Prof @michael-jefford.bsky.social Director of the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre opened the conference. #Surv25 @petermaccc.bsky.social

06.03.2025 07:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Really pleased to share the 2024 Year in Review from the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, based at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - check it out at www.petermac.org/document/acs...

28.01.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy holidays all! Back in January!

12.12.2024 06:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ†• paper! ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ statewide engagement on #survonc care:
โœ๏ธ survey of 20 hospitals on current care
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ webinar delivered to 20 sites
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ support for 7 quality improvement activities

access the full paper at rdcu.be/d3f2z

12.12.2024 05:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our latest paper led by Julia Lai-Kwon on survivorship care for advanced or metastatic cancer.

โณ Regular discussions of prognosis
โœ… Assessment of unmet needs
๐Ÿ“ Referral to services (PROMs)
๐Ÿ†• New Models of Surv/Pall Care
โ˜Ž๏ธ Communication / Care coordination.

medicaljournalssweden.se/actaoncologi...

10.12.2024 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Great survivorship session at #ESMOAsia24 - thanks for having us, thanks for all who came along!

08.12.2024 03:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are incredibly proud to announce that five Peter Mac researchers have been named in Clarivate's top 1% most cited researchers worldwide for 2024.

Read more: www.petermac.org/about-us/new...

03.12.2024 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Peter Mac researchers unveil MisMatchFinder, a blood test that profiles cancer by analysing DNA changes, helping to personalise treatment faster & without invasive biopsies.

Read about this breakthrough in @naturecomms.bsky.social, today's Herald Sun or here: www.petermac.org/about-us/new...

06.12.2024 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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At #ESMOAsia24 in Singapore. Big 3 days ahead!

06.12.2024 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Two stages of writing:

1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no

04.12.2024 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37505    ๐Ÿ” 7107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 567    ๐Ÿ“Œ 787
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Last work trip / conference / invited talk for the year ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ
See you at #ESMOAsia24 ?

04.12.2024 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Application of Artificial Intelligence in Symptom Monitoring in Adult Cancer Survivorship: A Systematic Review | JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics PURPOSEThe adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care may afford new avenues for personalized and patient-centered care. This systematic review explored the role of AI in symptom monitori...

Just published in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics by our Survivorship Study Group: Application of Artificial Intelligence in Symptom Monitoring in Adult Cancer Survivorship: A Systematic Review

Read more here: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

#SuppOnc #SurvOnc

03.12.2024 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two weeks until the #MASCC25 Conference Scholarship deadline on December 18!

All other abstracts (including other award/scholarship applications) are due by January 8, 2025.

mascc.org/annualmeetin...

#SuppOnc #SurvOnc #GlobOnc #PallOnc #Oncology @oncoalert.bsky.social

04.12.2024 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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and a 2nd paper from the terrific MASCC Survivorship Group, on AI in symptom monitoring

ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

03.12.2024 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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