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Chris Parker
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Prostate oncologist, cyclist, budding climate activist, croquet player
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This lucid editorial on prostate cancer screening is worth reading: Early Detection of Prostate Cancer — Time to Fish or Cut Bait | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Early Detection of Prostate Cancer — Time to Fish or Cut Bait | NEJM
Approaches to early detection of cancer often seem contentious, but the big-picture view is actually one of remarkable consensus. All major guideline groups recommend the Papanicolaou smear, mammog...
www.nejm.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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ourworldindata.org
Does the news reflect what we die from?
The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News. In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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thewonkologist.bsky.social
"We would regard it as a positive step if oncologists were discouraged from accepting personal payments from Pharma."

💯 Let's stop pretending industry COI is a good thing!

Must-read commentary from Ian Tannock, Saroj Niraula in @ascocancer.bsky.social JCO-OP.

ascopubs.org/doi/full/10....
Conflict of Interest: Moving From Disclosure to Avoidance | JCO Oncology Practice
ascopubs.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
Sad you didn’t get along tonight to our Living with the Planet Late? Check out the rest of the season which includes several events you can watch online
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/seasons/livi...
Living with the planet season
Delve into some of today's most urgent challenges and explore the latest research around biodiversity loss, nature recovery, the future of food and environmental justice. Living with the Planet will e...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
ccparker.bsky.social
One of the many joys of commuting by bike: stopping to watch the sunrise
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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jmcgrane.bsky.social
🚨New Simply Oncology Podcast Out 28.8.25
Calling all #ProstateCancer
We discuss the challenges of managing patients with rising PSA after prostatectomy.
We talk to the excellent
@ccparker.bsky.social
who has led the RADICALS trial.

@royalmarsden.org@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @icr.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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jmcgrane.bsky.social
@simplyoncology.bsky.social August Menu Specials🥗

Starter - Dr Anthony Cunliffe
Language of Oncology

Main Course #ClinicalTrials with Dr Mohini Varughese
Catch of the day -Early phase trials with
@oncocook.bsky.social

🎙️Desert- Post RALP Mx with Prof
@ccparker.bsky.social

A tasty month!!
August 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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debscohen.bsky.social
The UK’s flagship health research programme promises breakthroughs, but beneath an NHS branded facade, critics are asking who really benefits from this vast database, heavily backed by industry and government.

@mgtmccartney.bsky.social and I investigate

www.bmj.com/content/390/...
July 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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helensalisbury.bsky.social
My take on the Leng review.
Still some confusion as PAs can't make diagnoses but can see patients after triage - which is not diagnosis
bmj.com/cgi/content/...
Helen Salisbury: Physician assistant roles in general practice after the Leng review
After some delay, Gillian Leng’s report on physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) in the NHS was published on 16 July.1 Her remit was to look at the safety and effectiveness of th...
bmj.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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mancunianmedic.bsky.social
My @bmj_latest piece this week

Hard to distil 150 pages to 800 words - can never cover it all. So i will do a follow up on implications for medical workforce

David Oliver: The NHS 10 year plan—more a set of ambitions than a plan www.bmj.com/content/390/...
David Oliver: The NHS 10 year plan—more a set of ambitions than a plan
The government’s 10 year plan for England’s NHS, Fit for the Future , was published on 3 July.1 But can it deliver the goal set in its title? Is it an actual plan or more a set of ambitions, and what ...
www.bmj.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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deeponco.bsky.social
@alison-tree.bsky.social @ccparker.bsky.social #prostatecancer #pcsm
scinews.bsky.social Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Jul 1
This review discusses the contemporary management of all stages of prostate cancer, enabling holistic individualization of treatment, and describes the promise of future research to further improve outcomes.

Open Access
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/...
July 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
NEW STUDY: A new study “confirms what many riders already know—cycling to work makes you healthier, more productive, and even reduces sick days.”

“The most active cyclists chalked up 531 fewer sick days per 100 person-years compared to non-cyclists.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social
Study Shows Bike Commuting Is Still the Smartest and Healthiest Way to Get to Work
For urban cyclists navigating city streets every day, the benefits of bike commuting often speak for themselves
momentummag.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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drstevetaylor.bsky.social
NHS has a major problem - it has a leak - retention crisis

18,000 UK-trained doctors have left to work abroad
That's nearly one in seven UK-trained drs, representing a 50% increase since 2008

Imagine investing £𝟮𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿 dr, only for it to benefit another country

That’s UK workforce planning
June 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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deeponco.bsky.social
Happy to share our review on hypo- and ultra-hypofractionation for prostate cancer radiotherapy, just published in Seminars in Radiation Oncology

@alison-tree.bsky.social @harshanigreen.bsky.social

Full-text link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lFrI3lXQo...
June 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
ccparker.bsky.social
“a switch to electric vehicles, electric stoves and heat pumps will make us happier and healthier”
April 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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helensalisbury.bsky.social
GPs really would appreciate easy and efficient routes to ask advice from consultant colleagues - but getting a complicated list of instructions isn't appreciated, and nor is having our referrals rejected with the offer of 'guidance' instead.
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
Helen Salisbury: New incentives to ask for advice and guidance
The waiting list for NHS hospital appointments currently sits at 7.4 million, with three million patients waiting more than 18 weeks.1 Reducing unnecessary hospital visits is clearly one way of helpin...
doi.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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jmcgrane.bsky.social
Good luck to all clinical oncology SpRs sitting their FRCR part 2 exams
Some tips in
@simplyoncology.bsky.social
episodes 9&10 from FRCR examiners👇
@rcradiologists.bsky.social

www.buzzsprout.com/2342317/epis...
Episode 9: In the Clinic - Demystifying the FRCR part 2 exam with the examiners! - Simply Oncology
Calling all oncology SpRs and their trainers!!The FRCR part 2 exam is a rite of passage every clinical oncology trainee in the UK has to complete to become a consultant.We talk to Dr Paul Hatfield (le...
www.buzzsprout.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
Amazing! My free Talking Climate newsletter -- that shares good news, not so good news, and something you can do about climate change every week -- has almost at 20,000 subscribers from 151 countries around the world!

(Plus 109k on LI, 5k on IG/Threads and 15k on email)

Join: www.talkingclimate.ca
A global map showing the locations of Talking Climate subscribers on Substack, 63% of whom come from the US, 10% from Canada, and the rest from 149 other countries around the world.
March 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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helensalisbury.bsky.social
Will we miss NHS England?
Possibly not but reorganisations take time and energy and 'reform' often just means cuts.
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
Helen Salisbury: Goodbye to NHS England
After a flurry of resignations by NHS England’s (NHSE) top brass in the past few weeks—and while commentators and staff were still busy digesting the announcement of a 50% reduction in head count at t...
doi.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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npca-natcan.bsky.social
More details about the NPCA can be found here buff.ly/4kiLhxy and reports buff.ly/4klANxy and publications buff.ly/4kn1HF1. Enquiries can be made to npca@rcseng.ac.uk. Closing date 31st March 2025.

Please share widely @alison-tree.bsky.social @natcan-news.bsky.social @prostateukprofs.bsky.social
National Prostate Cancer Audit
buff.ly
February 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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If the answer to these questions is yes, look no further! The National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA) is recruiting a Clinical Fellow to work with our large and detailed outcome-linked dataset to undertake research for patient benefit. Apply here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB374/c...
Clinical Fellow for the National Prostate Cancer Audit at The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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npca-natcan.bsky.social
Do you want to help strengthen NHS cancer services & reduce variation in prostate cancer care? Are you a clinical oncological or urological trainee looking to pursue an MD or PhD with an expert clinical/audit team at the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN) buff.ly/4hW4zHz?
Picture saying that the National Prostate Cancer Audit is hiring a Clinical fellow with details on the NPCA email address and website.
February 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
My online life as a climate scientist ⬇️
April 2, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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ukhealthclimate.bsky.social
"How do you think health professionals as a group might best respond to the climate and nature crisis, which is becoming rapidly worse" Part 2 of our interview with Pat Hart, a GP sent to prison for a year for climate activism ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/pa... @richardswsmith.bsky.social
Part 2: An interview with Pat Hart, a GP sent to prison for a year for climate activism - UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
The first part of this interview has already been published (link below). We went ahead and published the first part of the interview because of the delay and limitations in getting responses by email...
ukhealthalliance.org
February 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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trishaelliott.bsky.social
Dr Sarah Benn, retired GP, gets a mention in this week’s @bmj.com.

A prison sentence and suspension from the Medical Register, are the consequences for her climate activism.

#ClimateCrisis
#MedSky
Pic of Dr Sarah Benn, plus text: Climate crisis Sarah Benn loses suspension appeal The retired GP and climate activist Sarah Benn (below) lost her High Court appeal against a misconduct finding and suspension by a medical practitioners' tribunal over her protest actions. Benn was suspended from the medical register for five months after defying an injunction three times during protests and was sentenced to 32 days in prison. She argued that the climate situation was so desperate that lawful means were insufficient to achieve change. But the court held that she was not entitled to rely on being a member of the medical profession while repeatedly defying a court order, which resulted in imprisonment.
February 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM