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Join us for the first part of this 2 part masterclass in breast radiotherapy.

Breast radiotherapy is a major component of breast cancer treatment. It forms a large part of all radiotherapy delivered across cancer centres.

After removal of a breast tumour radiotherapy is offered to reduce the chance of local relapse of the cancer.

We talk to Professor Mark Beresford who is chair of the UK Breast Group about how breast radiotherapy has gone from 5 weeks of treatment to 1 week.

We talk about side effects and when we offer an extra radiotherapy boost to the area the tumour was.

We also discuss radiotherapy for reducing the risk of disease in the axilla (armpit) and the current surgery versus radiotherapy debate for that area.

This is a must listen for anyone wanting to learn more about breast radiotherapy.

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Join us for the 2nd part of our discussion with Dr Olubukola (Bookie) Ayodele on health inequities in cancer care.

We look at potential steps to promote health equity.

Bookie introduces the concept of 'Cultural Competency' in helping health professionals discuss the very challenging topic that is cancer.

We hear how biological difference in blood results can play role in excluding black patients from certain chemotherapy trials.

We think about the stepwise change and education needed to make healthcare more accessible to all.

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Join us for this Simply Oncology podcast episode on Health Inequites in the UK with Dr Olubukola Ayodele.
🎙️We discuss the challenges in delivering equitable cancer care across all patients in the UK.
🎙️we hear a recent report stating that black women with breast cancer have 30%higher mortality than equivalent Caucasian women in theUK!
🎙️This is not just an issue for low and middle income countries!

We need to Mind the Gap and Bridge the Gap.

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Join us for our second part of our discussions with the excellent Professor Ananya Choudhury where we discuss the option of bladder preserving treatment in muscle invasive bladder cancer.

In this episode we hear Ananya's views on new Antibody Drug Conjugate trials being used as an alternative to radiotherapy in a bladder 'preservation' strategy.

She is clear that this is experimental only at this stage and does not meet any true definition of bladder preservation in her view.

A fascinating and enjoyable discussion around all aspects of muscle invasive bladder cancer.

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Role that ADCs may have on bladder preservation.

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Join us for this episode focusing on the role of radiotherapy in the treatment of bladder cancer. We talk to leading bladder radiotherapy expert Professor Ananya Choudhury.

Ananya is passionate about all things bladder cancer related and discusses her views on bladder preservation and radiotherapy.

She makes a strong case for bladder radiotherapy in muscle invasive bladder cancer versus surgery and we review the evidence.

We also talk about the use of 'plan of the day' and on set imaging in radiotherapy.

This is a fascinating insight from a world expert in bladder cancer.

We hope you enjoy.

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Join us in this second part of discussing resilience and burnout and oncology with Professor Susana Banerjee.

In our last episode we looked at the ESMO Resilience Taskforce and what institutions should do to improve resilience.

In this episode we discuss what can help us on an individual level.

A lot of it comes down to a feeling of job satisfaction.

That can be having some variety to maintain interest and keeping the parts of the job that we value at our core.

Susie shares some personal views that echo this view in this episode.

We hope you enjoy.

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Burnout in oncology and throughout healthcare is a major issue.

An ESMO survey conducted in young Oncologists in 2013-2014 revealed 70% of young oncologists in Europe were impacted by burnout. 

25% of oncologists surveyed were thinking of a change of career and 38% of leaving the profession. All this at a time of needing more oncologists! 

Join us in this 2 part episode where we join the superb Professor Susana Banerjee.

She discusses the issue of burnout and the excellent work done by the ESMO Resilience Task Force  on this critical issue.

Professor Banerjee is an internationally renowned medical oncologist at The Royal Marsden Hospital treating and researching gynaecological cancers.

She has been heavily involved in the ESMO Resilience project and looking for strategies for dealing with the huge problem that is burnout in oncology.

We hope you find this as useful as we have!

https://www.esmoopen.com/article/S2059-7029(24)01403-0/fulltext

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Join us for this special episode of the Simply Oncology Podcast.

We have special guest Dr Tom Roques who is the Vice-President of the Royal College of Radiologists and lead for Clinical Oncology.

Tom speaks candidly and clearly on ; 

- the challenges facing oncology

- the opportunities AI may bring in oncology

- the clinical oncology model

- the role of the RCR in shaping UK oncology

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Join us for this episode of Simply Oncology where we discuss how to become an oncologist.

Oncology is always a forward thinking and progressive speciality and this involves training and developing training people to meet that challenge.

We talk to Dr Louise Hanna who is an oncologist who treats gynaecological cancers at Velindre Hospital in Cardiff. She is also the Medical Director, Education and Training (MDET) for the Royal College of Radiologist (RCR).

We discuss the appeal of becoming an oncologist.

The skills needed to deliver and co-ordinate cancer care.

How you can find out more if you are interested in becoming an oncologist.

An unmissable episode if you are interested in a career in oncology.

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Join us in this week as we discuss anal cancer with Dr Rebecca Muirhead.

Based at Oxford University Hospital, Dr Muirhead has played a key role in the adoption of IMRT in anal cancer. She is part of the ACT and PLATO trial group and shares her insights from these trials with us.

We discuss the principles of escalation and de-escalation in the PLATO trial to match the risk of the disease.

Rebecca also very elegantly discusses the pros and cons of re-irradiation in anal cancer to try to regain control of anal caner symptoms in patients where cancer returns.

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