The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture

By School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College LondonScienceMedicineHealth & FitnessLife Sciences
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The Bigger Picture episodes

  • The Bigger Picture on being active after prostate cancer

    Allen is an amazing guy. He tells his story of how he was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer. Having survived, he is now not just up and running, but actually running competitively in his 70's. Maggie talked to him about his experience.

    This episode was originally published in 2021, it was supported by funding from the public engagement team at the school of biomedical engineering and imaging sciences at King's College London

    32 min
  • The Bigger picture on how we can protect the heart following chemotherapy

    Maggie spoke to Dr Rick Southworth about research he is undertaking looking at the heart and the effect of some chemotherapy agents on the heart. He is interested in how we might be able to predict damage to the heart, early detection and ways to protect the heart during cancer treatment. His work has wider impact on cardiovascular research and is still ongoing.

    This podcast was first published in 2021 from funding provided by King's College London's School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Public Engagement Team.

    39 min
  • The Bigger Picture on Rectal Cancer

    Maggie spoke to Tim Jones about his experience of rectal cancer. Tim ran a surfing school and he talks about the challenges of living with rectal cancer and maintaining his work as well as his experience of diagnosis and treatment of his cancer.

    This podcast was first published in 2021 from funding provided by King's College London School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Science Public Engagement Team.

    38 min
  • The Bigger Picture on Ovarian Cancer

    Maggie speaks to Maxine who was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer in the middle of the pandemic. We discuss her diagnosis and treatment. Maggie also caught up with Prof James Spicer who heads up a unit carrying our early phase clinical trials in the hospital. 

    This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London. 

    43 min
  • The Bigger Picture on Living with Prostate Cancer

    John had lots of helpful information to share with Maggie about breaking bad news to patients, the support that is available to patients and he explains about the Nuclear Medicine scans that he has had to check that his bones are clear of cancer. 

    This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London. 

    23 min
  • The Bigger Picture on Predicting the Outcome of Chemotherapy

    Maggie spoke with Dr Tim Witney who is pioneering a new radiopharmaceutical which he hopes will be able to predict, very early in a patient's treatment, whether their chemotherapy is going to work. 

    This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London. 

    18 min
  • The Bigger Picture on Lobular Breast Cancer

    Maggie spoke to Darlaine about her experience with a less common type of breast cancer called Lobular Breast Cancer. It really is quite different from normal breast cancer and is more difficult to diagnose and manage. Maggie also spoke to Dr George Keeling who is working on developing a new simple method to make a new radiopharmaceutical to detect bone metastases that may result from cancers such as breast cancer or prostate cancer. Here he describes his 'pot noodle' approach to making drugs radioactive. 

    This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London. 

    49 min
  • The Bigger Picture on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST)

    Maggie spoke to Chris about his experience with gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), how he found out that he had this rare type of cancer and the treatment he has had since. 

    This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London. 

    34 min

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