John Broggio
@johnbroggio.bsky.social
Statistician in English cancer registry. Football dad.
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From CONCORD-3 (iris.unife.it/retrieve/han...) - of the 18 cancers studied, the US were assessed as having higher survival in 10 and Denmark in 8 for the most recent period reported; hardly the "death sentence" claimed.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
From CONCORD-3 (iris.unife.it/retrieve/han...) - of the 18 cancers studied, the US were assessed as having higher survival in 10 and Denmark in 8 for the most recent period reported; hardly the "death sentence" claimed.
Rest in peace, Bernice. You will be widely remembered for your time in helping get women priests into the @churchofengland.org and for the service you gave the ministry; within the family we remember the deeply personal ceremonies you kindly delivered to us. X
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘God is an equal opportunities employer- pity about the Church’: humour and the campaign for women’s ordination in the Church of England, 1978–1994
This article seeks to untangle the relationship between religion, humour, and feminism by analysing the humour which underscored the campaign for women’s ordination in the Church of England. By exa...
www.tandfonline.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Rest in peace, Bernice. You will be widely remembered for your time in helping get women priests into the @churchofengland.org and for the service you gave the ministry; within the family we remember the deeply personal ceremonies you kindly delivered to us. X
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
yippee kay yay motherf*clear etc
Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
yippee kay yay motherf*clear etc
Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas
Very good letter about nhse cuts in @privateeyenews.bsky.social highlighting some of the very real dangers of the process.
December 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Very good letter about nhse cuts in @privateeyenews.bsky.social highlighting some of the very real dangers of the process.
Honestly surprised it's this low.
One in five women in childbirth and labour feel concerns are not taken seriously
One in five women in childbirth and labour feel concerns are not taken seriously
Nearly one in five women in childbirth or labour feel their concerns are not taken seriously by NHS maternity services, new research has found.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Honestly surprised it's this low.
I presume he's going to deport himself and his entire administration.
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I presume he's going to deport himself and his entire administration.
Hopefully UK plc will see this.
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hopefully UK plc will see this.
If patients have these significant financial, physical and psychological harms when their cancer may have been fine even if untreated, this is what (at a population level) is being assessed for introducing a screening programme.
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If patients have these significant financial, physical and psychological harms when their cancer may have been fine even if untreated, this is what (at a population level) is being assessed for introducing a screening programme.
The most common side effects of this surgery are incontinence and impotence (a minority avoid one or both) which are significant physical and psychological things to deal with.
As well as the individual costs for patients, this also has significant cost for the NHS (testing, more appointments etc)
As well as the individual costs for patients, this also has significant cost for the NHS (testing, more appointments etc)
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The most common side effects of this surgery are incontinence and impotence (a minority avoid one or both) which are significant physical and psychological things to deal with.
As well as the individual costs for patients, this also has significant cost for the NHS (testing, more appointments etc)
As well as the individual costs for patients, this also has significant cost for the NHS (testing, more appointments etc)
Even if these theories are wrong, there is uncertainty about which group a patient should belong in.
Once symptomatic or PSA continues to rise, active treatment usually starts, the most common first step being surgery.
Once symptomatic or PSA continues to rise, active treatment usually starts, the most common first step being surgery.
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Even if these theories are wrong, there is uncertainty about which group a patient should belong in.
Once symptomatic or PSA continues to rise, active treatment usually starts, the most common first step being surgery.
Once symptomatic or PSA continues to rise, active treatment usually starts, the most common first step being surgery.
Further testing can suggest likely risk of mortality but some assessed as very low risk will die from their cancer diagnosis, others with a higher risk assessment don't.
There are theories that the low risk patients who die have undetectable cancer spread when testing.
There are theories that the low risk patients who die have undetectable cancer spread when testing.
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Further testing can suggest likely risk of mortality but some assessed as very low risk will die from their cancer diagnosis, others with a higher risk assessment don't.
There are theories that the low risk patients who die have undetectable cancer spread when testing.
There are theories that the low risk patients who die have undetectable cancer spread when testing.
Insurance (life, travel) is much more expensive if it can still be obtained, similarly mortgages.
We don't currently have tests that show if a patient is in the "die with not from" group without treatment, "die after successful treatment" group or "die after unsuccessful cancer treatment" group.
We don't currently have tests that show if a patient is in the "die with not from" group without treatment, "die after successful treatment" group or "die after unsuccessful cancer treatment" group.
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Insurance (life, travel) is much more expensive if it can still be obtained, similarly mortgages.
We don't currently have tests that show if a patient is in the "die with not from" group without treatment, "die after successful treatment" group or "die after unsuccessful cancer treatment" group.
We don't currently have tests that show if a patient is in the "die with not from" group without treatment, "die after successful treatment" group or "die after unsuccessful cancer treatment" group.
PSA being elevated doesn't guarantee prostate cancer but even when it does reflect cancer being present, it doesn't mean the cancer will harm the patient (may not ever have symptoms and may not cause their death).
But the moment someone is diagnosed, that has huge implications financially.
But the moment someone is diagnosed, that has huge implications financially.
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
PSA being elevated doesn't guarantee prostate cancer but even when it does reflect cancer being present, it doesn't mean the cancer will harm the patient (may not ever have symptoms and may not cause their death).
But the moment someone is diagnosed, that has huge implications financially.
But the moment someone is diagnosed, that has huge implications financially.
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Girls ages 16 years or younger who received HPV vaccines were 80% less likely than their unvaccinated counterparts to develop cervical cancer.
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer | Cochrane
www.cochrane.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Girls ages 16 years or younger who received HPV vaccines were 80% less likely than their unvaccinated counterparts to develop cervical cancer.
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
Evidence from 23 studies showed that HPV vaccination lowered the incidence of high-grade cervical precancers.
🧪 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
They are not assessing whether it is easy to do PSA testing (it is), they are assessing whether doing mass PSA testing will cause more harm than good to the men tested.
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
They are not assessing whether it is easy to do PSA testing (it is), they are assessing whether doing mass PSA testing will cause more harm than good to the men tested.
Unsurprising and good to see that many men will not suffer life changing side effects unnecessarily.
National prostate cancer screening not expected to be recommended on NHS
National prostate cancer screening not expected to be recommended on NHS
Mandatory screening for prostate cancer will not be recommended for use on the NHS, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Unsurprising and good to see that many men will not suffer life changing side effects unnecessarily.
Following news.sky.com/story/politi..., there should be mass resignations and prosecutions for manslaughter.
Worst PM and advisers ever.
Worst PM and advisers ever.
All four UK governments 'failed to appreciate' scale of COVID pandemic threat, inquiry finds
Baroness Heather Hallett said evidence showed that, had the first mandatory lockdown been introduced a week earlier in 2020, there would have been approximately 23,000 fewer deaths in England during t...
news.sky.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Following news.sky.com/story/politi..., there should be mass resignations and prosecutions for manslaughter.
Worst PM and advisers ever.
Worst PM and advisers ever.
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Yeah, but voters do care, Mahmood, they care a lot
They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma
They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma
They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yeah, but voters do care, Mahmood, they care a lot
They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma
They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma
They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
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it's basically impossible to argue with this, they have won significant policy concessions, and there's no reason to think they'll stop pushing now that Labour have opened the door for them
They must be proud with this endorsement, they worked hard for it.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
it's basically impossible to argue with this, they have won significant policy concessions, and there's no reason to think they'll stop pushing now that Labour have opened the door for them
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BREAKING: Epstein Privately Claimed That He Met With Trump in 2019 in London with Prince Andrew.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
BREAKING: Epstein Privately Claimed That He Met With Trump in 2019 in London with Prince Andrew.
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'Irresponsible Waspis have no right to state pension compensation. The women who missed out when the retirement age changed should have checked how much they would get and when' | ✍️ Tom McPhail
Irresponsible Waspis have no right to state pension compensation
The women who missed out when the retirement age changed should have checked how much they would get and when, says savings expert Tom McPhail
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
'Irresponsible Waspis have no right to state pension compensation. The women who missed out when the retirement age changed should have checked how much they would get and when' | ✍️ Tom McPhail
Reposted by John Broggio
i really believe in tackling gender inequality but few things seem quite as wrongheaded to me as the demand to transfer wealth from poorer younger generations with a far-distant retirement age, lower real wages and very little hope of property acquisition, to wealthy boomers who didn't read a letter
'Irresponsible Waspis have no right to state pension compensation. The women who missed out when the retirement age changed should have checked how much they would get and when' | ✍️ Tom McPhail
Irresponsible Waspis have no right to state pension compensation
The women who missed out when the retirement age changed should have checked how much they would get and when, says savings expert Tom McPhail
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
i really believe in tackling gender inequality but few things seem quite as wrongheaded to me as the demand to transfer wealth from poorer younger generations with a far-distant retirement age, lower real wages and very little hope of property acquisition, to wealthy boomers who didn't read a letter
Looks like he's taking makeup tips from the Donald
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Looks like he's taking makeup tips from the Donald
