With some incredible actuarial input from the team at Scottish Widows we have launched a projection of cancer prevalence in the UK for 2045.
A 58% increase. 5.4 million people living with or beyond cancer.
A combination of ageing, rising incidence and better treatments accounting for the rise.
Join us at our Long-term Conditions Conference this June, where we'll be exploring cancer nursing in more detail, including the impact of England's new National Cancer Plan.
Explore expert insights into health inequalities and what they mean for your practice. Book your space today ⬇️
‘Lived experience tells us about what matters most to patients’
Emily John on how chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies have transformed outcomes for people with advanced blood cancers. #nursing #cancer #rarediseases #RareDiseaseDay #nurses #health
www.nursingtimes.net/cancer/car-t...
Cancer survivors have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, but a cardiologist can help you stay on top of your heart health. Cancer Today outlines the important role cardiologists can play in survivorship care: buff.ly/20bQZqm @susandent.bsky.social
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Have you ever heard of Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) - a complication that can happen after a stem cell transplant?
In our latest blog, we explore how and why it happens, how transplant teams try to reduce the risk, and how it can be treated. 👇
www.leukaemiauk.org.uk/stories/when...
A poster about: Addressing Vocational Challenges in Cancer Survivorship: Employment, Education, and Career Disruption
Excited to attend (and speak at) the @mdanderson.bsky.social #Survivorship Retreat.
There is an acute need to improve how we support cancer survivors & return QOL in #survonc.
Example: Many #AYAC have unmet needs, particularly related to work & school. Vocational counseling can help!
Prehabilitation improves outcomes for non-surgical #cancer patients:
• 25% less treatment toxicity • Better #HRQoL • Enhanced physical function
Read the review: https://bit.ly/4bbN2df
#Oncology #Prehab #CancerCare #Nursing #EvidenceBased
• 90% of #cancersurvivors report lifestyle barriers.
• Lack of energy (51.3%) and physical limitations (48.3%) are the primary obstacles.
• Time constraints affect 27.6%.
Research from @ascopost.bsky.social, read more: ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ruVOc6
#Oncology #Survivorship #PublicHealth #PatientCare
Text on a gradient background from green to blue reads: "Even with improved tools, innovation alone is insufficient without systems that support adoption." In the top left corner, the ASCO logo is displayed.
As the burden of GU cancers in older adults increases, we need to incorporate geriatric oncology principles into routine cancer care. Read more from #ASCOEdBook: https://bit.ly/3ZYGKaC
Authored by: @tullikagarg.bsky.social et al.
#GU26
Physical activity for adults & older adults
24.02.2026 21:19 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Very interesting study! Any work towards minimising #PelvicRadiationDisease is very welcome
@prda.org.uk
🎓✨ New Learning Opportunity in Geriatric Oncology! ✨🎓
The The Royal Marsden School Teams are pleased to invite applications for the postgraduate module:
🔗 Find out more & apply: www.royalmarsdenschool.ac.uk/courses/modu...
Am very proud to be a trustee of this amazing charity @prda.org.uk
18.02.2026 10:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#Telehealth has been a huge boon to oncology: save pts time, see people who might not be able to travel.
Q in new study @jco-asco.bsky.social: is "webside manner" affecting quality? Are we just adding extra appts?
A: Largely, no! Similar communication, slight ⬆️ appts.
ascopubs.org/doi/full/10....
Join IPOS for World Cancer Day 2026: A Special Webinar on “The Human Crisis in Cancer” on February 4 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. ET. This is a live webcast and is open to all for FREE!
Almost 300 registrations received. Have you registered yet? www.ipos-society.org/event-6480465
Honoured to talk about late effects at the Royal Society of Medicine immunotherapy education day. Fantastic sessions.
29.01.2026 17:36 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New report reveals that the majority of people with late effects can't access specialist services due to limited availability across the UK.
The NHS can better meet the long-term needs of cancer survivors by investing further in late effects services.
https://ow.ly/IRhm50Y5m8M
How much exercise is needed? Any is a step forward for promoting health
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We need a board level director for patients at DHSC.
28.01.2026 16:56 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New research introduces the first practical guidance on how patients’ own assessments of how tolerable they find treatments (patient-reported outcomes) can be used more effectively to inform and design early-stage cancer drug trials.
A thread 🧵⬇️
👏 Findings of a new international study by Lisa Wintner et al. in @thelancetoncol.bsky.social highlight the importance of integrating the patient’s voice into routine clinical evaluations and cancer research
👉 Read more: www.eortc.org/blog/2026/01...
#CancerResearch #QualityofLife @qol.eortc.org
New or ongoing symptoms 3 months or more after pelvic radiotherapy could be #PelvicRadiationDisease
Symptoms can start years or even decades after radiotherapy and are often under-recognised. Find more information on our website:
prda.org.uk/what-is-pelvic-radiation-disease-prd/
New best-practice recommendations on lung cancer prehabilitation have been published. Experts advocate offering prehab to all patients diagnosed with #LungCancer.
Read article 📄 ow.ly/p4Qe50XFLvF
Intake of food additive preservatives and incidence of #cancer: results from the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
22.01.2026 10:12 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Research Assistant Niomie Wogan poster presentation on communication workshop 'Have you ever said that?' which focuses on improving communication skills among healthcare professionals working with metastatic breast cancer patients.
Research Assistant Niomie Wogan attended the UK Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium. She presented a poster on the workshop ‘HEARSAY’, for HCPs communicating with metastatic breast cancer patients.
For more information, visit our website shore-c.sussex.ac.uk/posters/Hear...
Supporting people living with metastatic breast cancer 💙
Link: blog.shu.ac.uk/awrc/2025/11...
NEW PAPER on knowledge awareness and trust in palliative care
In a UK wide survey, people from minoritised ethnic groups had:
👉Less awareness of palliative care
👉Less accurate knowledge about palliative care
👉Lower trust towards professionals to deliver high-quality EOL care
Do you have a project that could improve bladder cancer outcomes or support patients?
Apply for funding of up to £10,000. Applications are open until 30 March 2026.
#bladdercancer #urologynurse
A healthy diet can help reduce cancer risk, but it may also help people already diagnosed with cancer live longer. Learn about the benefits of eating foods that reduce inflammation in Cancer Today: buff.ly/6fnSObs @sarakchar.bsky.social
08.01.2026 20:05 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Lay Health Worker-Led Symptom Assessments Slash Emergency Visits by 53% and Hospitalizations by 68% in Older Cancer Patients
by Patel MI, Voskanyan M (...) Milstein A et 3 al. in JAMA #MedSky
👉 get more here
📖 read the article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2843478
