Vicky Ford

Was just thinking about how to introduce our new F2 doctor to patients so they understand their seniority (UK, second year qualified doc) - second year qualified, 5 years training, so 7 years into the apprenticeship? Then by the same calculation that I am 31 years into the apprenticeship!!

Full house for @BTOGORG Mesothelioma Essential Update 2024

@DrRiyazShah in charge

Fantastic energy & enthusiasm for a bright December morning

Looking forward to a day of education and networking 👊

Lots of radiotherapy physicists having a tea break in our break room today, I asked what the collective noun was for a group of physicists - they said “an uncertainty”

Woah are you all intensivists, ie routinely work in intensive care?

YouTube video by Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard "Great Escape" Sketch From Dress to Kill

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Happy Thanksgiving

Yes please do a bronchial tree one!

Is sharing our writing a thing here? 😊
Proud of this piece because it represents the work of so many trying to make medicine and communication better for our patients. #MedSky
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3️⃣1️⃣ Louise Bourgeois (1563-1636) 🇫🇷 #womeninSTEM Seventeenth-century midwife (at the time of Marie de Medici) known for writing the first obstetrics book in 1609, which included anatomical data.

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HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14 In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.

"[Scotland] has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13."

That's honestly so amazing.

Rising lung cancer cases in nonsmoking women under 50: Experts urge awareness An unexpected surge in lung cancer cases among nonsmoking women under 50 is raising alarms among oncologists, emphasizing the need for heightened awareness.

Honored to be interviewed about the rising incidence of lung cancer in non-smokers and especially females on @wral.bsky.social to shed light on #LCSM during #LungCancerAwarenessMonth and highlight the #HearHer campaign

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@younglungcancer.bsky.social

HPV is contagious & is associated with

>90% cervical & anal cancer
70% vaginal & vulvar cancer
60-70% oropharyngeal cancer
60% penile cancer

Over 46,000 HPV associated cancers occur each year in the US alone.

But the good news is

✨Vaccination Works✨

#medsky

#SABR

Great time at the UK SABR consortium conference in Edinburgh, especially the renal SABR workshop. Why can’t we? NHS National Commissioning 🤯